Bylong, New South Wales

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
Population19 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)2849
LGA(s)Mid-Western Regional Council
State electorate(s)Upper Hunter
Federal division(s)

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

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

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

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
 Sandy Hollow–Gulgong Line Kerrabee
towards Sandy Hollow

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bylong (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata


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