Dubbo Hotels

Dubbo is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. Dubbo is situated on the Macquarie River, 400km northwest of Sydney. It is also a favourite stopover place for weary travelers heading from the South to the North (Victoria to Queensland) in search of holiday sunshine. The Newell highway which passes through Dubbo is about the midway point between these states. John Oxley was the first European to pass through the area in 1818 and he noted the quality of the soil and plenty of water which encouraged some early settlement. Dubbo is the largest population centre (population 38,000 as of 2004) in the central-west of New South Wales, Australia. It is located at the intersection of the Mitchell Highway, the Newell Highway and the Golden Highway. Dubbo is 416 kilometres northwest of the state capital Sydney and is a major road and rail freight hub to other parts of New South Wales. Dubbo is considered the cross-roads of New South Wales. From there you can drive north to Brisbane, South to Melbourne, east to Sydney and Newcastle, and west to Broken Hill and Adelaide. It has 2 major newspapers - the Dubbo City News that is a weekly publication, and, the Daily Liberal that is published daily.