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Discover Ophir in Australia

Ophir in the region of New South Wales is a town located in Australia - some 146 mi or ( 236 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Ophir

Local time in Ophir is now 07:57 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Sydney " with a UTC offset of 11 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Sydney City, Orange, Mullion Creek, Lewis Ponds, and Kerrs Creek. When in this area, you might want to check out Sydney City . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Ophir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Orange New South Wales Australia A Drive Through

7:21 min by thecuta
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A drive through Orange from one end to the other. Give my Channel a view to see my other videos ..

Testing out the Cooper STT's on our 2006 D40 Navara-Ophir Reserve June 2012.MP4

0:31 min by jesdee1808
Views: 404 Rating: 5.00

Out for a quick day trip & followed the creek bank at Ophir NSW..Having not done a lot of off-roading up to this point in the Navara we had a bit of fun along the way.. Here's one of the rock obstacle ..


2012 AMSAG Orange City Rally - Stage 3 - Car 25

25:36 min by rx2andrew
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Stage 3 of the AMSAG Orange City Rally. In-car from Car 25 - Mazda RX2. ..

2012 AMSAG Orange City Rally - Stage 4 - Car 25

18:14 min by rx2andrew
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Stage 4 of the AMSAG Orange City Rally. In-car from Car 25 - Mazda RX2. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Ophir, New South Wales

Ophir is the name of a locality in New South Wales, Australia in Cabonne Shire. Ophir is located near the Macquarie River northeast of the city of Orange. Ophir is the place where gold was first discovered in New South Wales in 1851, leading to the Australian gold rushes.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -33.17 149.24 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Ghost towns in New South Wales, Towns in New South Wales, Towns in the Central West (New South Wales)

Mullion Creek, New South Wales

Mullion Creek is a locality in the central west of New South Wales, Australia, in Cabonne Shire, near Orange. It is a quiet town with a school, hall and church. The church is going through debate about a cemetery next to the Roman Catholic church. It is also quite famous for sightings of large orange cats that many people have thought to be cougars, which have been accused of killing local livestock. The name of the town is odd because there is no designated creek in the town.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -33.13 149.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Towns in New South Wales, Towns in the Central West (New South Wales)

Suma Park Dam

Suma Park Dam impounds the water of Summer Hill Creek to form Suma Park Reservoir, the primary source of water for Orange, New South Wales, Australia.

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Located at -33.27 149.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Dams completed in 1962, Reservoirs and dams in Australia

Kinross Wolaroi School

Kinross Wolaroi School is an independent, Uniting church, co-educational, day and boarding school, located in Orange, a provincial city 260 kilometres west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school was formed in 1975 with the merger between Wolaroi Methodist Boys College and the Kinross Presbyterian Ladies' College, Orange (PLC). It is a non-selective school and currently caters for approximately 1005 students from the Preparatory school to Year 12, including 300 boarders.

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Located at -33.29 149.11 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 1886 establishments in Australia, Boarding schools in New South Wales, Educational institutions established in 1886, High schools in New South Wales, Independent Schools Association (Australia), Junior School Heads Association of Australia Member Schools, Private schools in New South Wales, Uniting Church schools in Australia

2EL

2EL is an Australian radio station, owned by Bill Caralis's Broadcast Operations Group. It is licensed to Orange, New South Wales, and transmits on 1089kHz on the AM band. BOG purchased the station from AMI during 2005. The station was opened as 2GZ on 31 October 1935, and vacated by 2GZ on 14 September 1996. 2EL is a relay of BOG's Sydney station 2SM. Tony Wright presents a local show, based in the Orange studios from 12noon to 3pm, Monday to Friday.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -33.28 149.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Broadcast Operations Group, Radio stations established in 1935, Radio stations in New South Wales