Rest Area - Breelong, NSW, Australia
S 31° 48.661 E 148° 47.720
55J E 669938 N 6479107
A concrete hexagonal prism holds the Orientation Table at the Breelong Rest Area.
Waymark Code: WM1078W
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 03/12/2019
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There really is NOT much to see at Breelong Rest Area, and certainly the capital cities that are indicated on the Orientation Table are NOT visible [SORRY flat-earthers!!] The concrete stand of the Orientation Table also holds a Community Commemoration plaque, for the 100 year anniversary for the tragic murders of some of the Mawbey family in 1900; along with being a Commemoration of 50 years of the Gilgandra Rotary Club in 1999. The Cities, and local sites indicated, in a clockwise direction from North are:
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- Twin Trees
- Mawbey House Ruins
- Governor's Camp
- Brisbane - 592 km
- Newcastle - 287 km
- Sydney - 318 km
- Castlereagh River
- Hobart - 1258 km
- Melbourne - 765 km
- Chinese Graves
- Little Red House
- Breelong Inn Site
- Creek Crossing
- Adelaide - 1007 km
- Pioneers Graves
- Perth - 3076 km
- Erosion Bad Grounds
- Locas Bridge
- Aboriginal Axe Grinding Site
- First Breelong School Site
- Wallumbrawang Creek
- Breelong Village Site
- Gilgandra - 18 km
- Darwin 2831 km
Nearby is the Infamous Crime Scenes waymark, with a couple of Australian Historical Markers. So a few waymarks to find at the one stop.
Address: Breelong Rest Area, Castlereagh Highway, Breelong, NSW, 2827 Australia
Visited: 1302-4, Friday, 21 September, 2018