04 Carcoar Village

Access is best at the bridge park in the Village of Carcoar. 
Carcoar is a historic village.  Situated in the NSW Central Tablelands, some 260 km west of Sydney and approximately 40 minutes equidistant from Bathurst, from Orange and from Cowra, with an altitude above sea level of 720M that affords a cool temperate climate for year round enjoyment. Easy access to the village is gained from the clearly signed turn-off on the Mid-Western Highway, the A43: just far enough at under 1km distance to escape the rush of through traffic, yet permitting immediate access to the tranquil oasis and cordial welcome awaiting you in our hospitality and retail outlets. The village has been authentically and fully restored and conserved in close consultation with National Trust heritage advisors. Buildings of note include the Georgian style terrace of shops in Belubula Street, the mid-Victorian era court house in Icely Street, the School of Arts community premises that accommodates an RSL-managed Military Museum on the first floor, the 1849 convict built stone stables on Stoke Lane, St Paul’s Church designed by convict architect Edmund Blacket erected in 1848, the Church of the Immaculate Conception and Shalom House of Prayer both designed by Edward Gell and many more buildings that are redolent of another era.
The village is astride the banks of the Belubula River and is situated in a sheltered fertile valley framed by gently rolling hills that give pasture to cattle, sheep, horses and random mobs of kangaroos that gaze eerily statuesque, silently disapproving upon village inhabitants and visitors alike. The Belubula was so named by the Wiradjuri clan of the earlier inhabitants and it means “Stoney river”
http://www.sydneyweekender.com.au/swe-stories/hostings-carcoar