Lucknow (New South Wales)

Lucknow is in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, a couple of kilometres east of Orange.

Get in

By car

Lucknow is a couple of minutes east of Orange, and about 2½ hours west of Sydney via the A32 and about 30-40 mins west of Bathurst again via the A32. Well, to come to Lucknow from Sydney, you have to pass the A32 in Bathurst; you've got no choice.

By plane

Orange Regional Airport OAG IATA has flights from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and is about 9 km south of Lucknow. Just the maximum capacity to walk.

See

  • Patina Wines, 109 Summerhill Lane, Orange, +61 429 457 575. Tastings by appointment: Sa Su 11AM-5PM.
  • Wentworth Mine. First Saturday and Sunday of each month from 10AM – 2:30PM. Tells the story of goldmining from the 1850s until its closure in the 1950s. Adult $2, child or pensioner free.

Buy

  • Lucknow skin shop and boot barn.

Eat

There are no restaurants in Lucknow. The nearest are in Orange.

Sleep

  • Goldfields Tavern.

Connect

Telstra has proper coverage. Optus and Vodafone are sketchy. No satellite phones needed.

Go next

  • Orange is a couple of kilometres west of Lucknow, another popular spot for its wiki
  • Bathurst is 40 min east, quite popular for one of the earliest towns to initiate the gold rush, along with Lucknow.
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