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Touring Parkes in Australia

Parkes in the region of New South Wales with its 11,137 citizens is located in Australia - some 158 mi or ( 254 km ) North of Canberra , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Parkes

Time in Parkes is now 05:17 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Sydney " with a UTC offset of 11 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Sydney City, Katoomba, Goonumbla, Cookamidgera, and Canberra. Being here already, consider visiting Sydney City . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Parkes ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Parkes 2 - Broken Hill railcar & big train

2:06 min by horizonstaraus
Views: 3121 Rating: 5.00

In December 2005 a transcontinental freight train headed by two 3000 kW (4020 HP) 132 tonne NR class locomotives waits at Goobang junction west of Parkes to cross the weekly Sydney-bound Xplorer railc ..

4898 shutting down Parkes Loco 16th May 2003

1:29 min by ninthnotch
Views: 1907 Rating: 5.00

4898 stabling at Parkes ..


48110-8142 head to Parkes Loco 16th May 2003

0:57 min by ninthnotch
Views: 936 Rating: 4.67

Heading off to stable ..

Elvis a didge player and some gospel singing

3:03 min by yindyamarra
Views: 659 Rating: 5.00

this is elvis stephanousky? and ron wardrop on didge and lexien solamon singing this is at out yearly elvis revival ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Northparkes

Northparkes is a copper and gold mine in central New South Wales, Australia, approximately 27 kilometres north-northwest of the town of Parkes. The mine was originally started in 1994 using open pit mining, with underground mining using the block caving method starting in 1997. The mine has an operational capacity to produce five million tonnes of ore per year, containing roughly 60,000 tonnes of copper and 50,000 ounces of gold.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -33.14 148.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Mines in New South Wales, Rio Tinto subsidiaries

Parkes Elvis Festival

The Parkes Elvis Festival is an annual event celebrating the music and the legend of Elvis Presley held in early January in the Australian New South Wales regional town of Parkes. The first festival in 1993 was simply a one night performance attracting 300 attendees. From then, it has grown to become a five day long festival of all things Elvis. The Festival now attracts large numbers that briefly double the population of Parkes.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -33.14 148.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Music festivals in Australia, Recurring events established in 1993

Parkes High School

Parkes High School is a secondary school located in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia. The school offers a range of subjects in junior and senior years in accordance with a syllabus developed by the NSW Board of Studies.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -33.14 148.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: High schools in New South Wales

Parkes railway station

Parkes is a railway station on the Broken Hill railway line in the western New South Wales city of Parkes, Australia. The station opened in 1893 and is served by the Indian Pacific and Outback Explorer passenger trains. Parkes is also the junction point of the Stockinbingal–Parkes railway line and the Parkes–Narromine railway line which form a cross country route between Cootamundra on the Main South line and Werris Creek on the Main North line.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -33.14 148.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Regional railway stations in New South Wales

Parkes, New South Wales

Parkes is a town in New South Wales, Australia. It is the main settlement in the local government area of Parkes Shire. At the 2006 census, Parkes had a population of 9,826.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -33.13 148.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Towns in New South Wales, Towns in the Central West (New South Wales)

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Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Parkes