1. Mount Canobolas State Conversation Area
The area is a short drive from Orange, so it makes it for a great day trip. Along the area are great places for picnic and also walking tracks. If you want to be in nature for the weekend, then you can use camp ground with basic facilities. If you can make it to the top, enjoy the magnificent view on the surrounding area and it is even more wonderful in winter months when the mountain is covered with the snow. Visitors also can discover many unusual plants and animals.
3. Ophir Reserve
This is the place where the first payable gold in Australia was found. It is about 30 km from Orange and today it is recreational reserve. Here you can go picnic since there are picnic facilities and also camping ground. There are many evidences of old mines and visitors also have opportunity to hire a gold pan and try a luck with the gold in Summer Hill Creek. It is accessible any time.
2. Lake Canobolas
At the Mount Conobolas is a large and peaceful lake where a visitor can enjoy many different activities that change with the season. There are also BBQ and picnic facilities by the lake, playgrounds for the kids and you can also go swimming, canoeing, fishing and sailing boats. The lake was made to supply water the region of Orange. This is heaven for many birds and other wildlife.
Maybe you could think that in Orange there are many orange farms, but the situation is totally different. Orange actually recently became the leading centre for apple and pear production due to temperate climate. Thing to do in Orange are numerous, so come and discover the town.
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