Bylong, New South Wales

Summary

Bylong is a village in New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is located on the Bylong Valley Way.

Bylong
New South Wales
Bylong village
Bylong is located in New South Wales
Bylong
Bylong
Coordinates32°25′0″S 150°07′0″E / 32.41667°S 150.11667°E / -32.41667; 150.11667
Population23 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2849
LGA(s)Mid-Western Regional Council
State electorate(s)Upper Hunter
Federal division(s)

The area is home to numerous horse studs. The champion racehorse and sire Heroic was born in the area.

Bylong hosts an annual mouse racing event.

Access edit

Bylong can be accessed from the Hunter Valley by travelling west along the Golden Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way, one kilometre (one mile) before Sandy Hollow. If travelling from Ilford, Bylong can be accessed by travelling two kilometres (one mile) north along the Castlereagh Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way.

Railways edit

Bylong has a railway crossing loop, one kilometre (one mile) east of Bylong on the Sandy Hollow-Gulgong railway line. The railway passes through a two-kilometre-long (one-mile) tunnel in the Bylong Range, eight kilometres (five miles) to the east-southeast (32°26′11.0″S 150°12′00.8″E / 32.436389°S 150.200222°E / -32.436389; 150.200222) between the Bylong River and Murrumbo Creek valleys.

Preceding station Former Services Following station
Akuna
towards Gulgong
Sany Hollow - Gulgong Line Kerrabee
towards Sandy Hollow

References edit

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bylong (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 October 2018.    Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.