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Portland - “the town that built Sydney”..and much of NSW, lies between Lithgow and Bathurst. Portland is an historic mining town which was built up around the Portland cement works. It is also the place of the first cement works in Australia, which was opened in 1902. Cement produced at the Portland cement works helped build the city of Sydney and the cement was shipped around Australia until the works closed in 1991.
The Portland, Wallerawang and Cullen Bullen area is part of the gateway to the Central West and is ideally located between Oberon, Mudgee, Bathurst, Lithgow and Katoomba, Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. It is only 2 1/2 hours from Sydney, an easy 40 minutes to Bathurst and 30 minutes from Lithgow.
Just down the road and closely associated with Portland are Wallerawang and Cullen Bullen.
This area is surrounded by beautiful countryside and has many areas for bushwalking, Lake Wallace for sailing and it is close to Glen Davis, Newnes & Wolgan Valley and the Glow Worm Tunnel, Wollemi National Park and the Gardens of Stone National Park.
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Visit Portland for these Events...
- A4DE - Australian 4-Day Enduro - April 8th - 11th April 2010
- Portland Art Exhibition - 1st Weekend in March ea year
- Lake Wallace Sailing, Races - Every Sunday
- The Portland Great Aussie Pie Challenge - Australia Day Celebrations
- The Portland Spring Fair - October
- Christmas Carols - 1st Saturday in December
- Sunny Corner Sunday - 1st Weekend in December
- Racing at Cullen Bullen Speedway
A few of the highlights Not to Miss around Portland...
- Portland Signs of YesterYear
- The Bottle Kilns - the first cement-making kilns west of the Blue Mountains .
- Charlie Pinch's Museum - a large collection of Australian memorabilia.
- Mt Piper Power Station - Energy Expo
- The BEST Fishing at local Lakes and Dams.
- Beautiful nearby National Parks, Valleys & Wildernesses
- The Back Cullen Heritage Cemetery - graves dating back to the early 1800's
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