Delve into Castlereagh
The district Castlereagh of in Penrith Municipality (New South Wales) is a subburb in Australia about 141 mi north-east of Canberra, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 26°C / 78 °F
Morning Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
Evening Temperature | 24°C / 74 °F |
Night Temperature | 20°C / 67 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 56% |
Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 82% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
34°C (93 °F)
20°C (68 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
31°C (88 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
24°C (75 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Mercure Penrith
Value Suites Penrith
Quality Inn Penrith
Jamison Hotel
Western Sydney University Village Penrith
Western Sydney University Village Hawkesbury
Videos from this area
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Penrith Whitewater Stadium Rafting
Video of my dad whitewater rafting at the Whitewater Stadium at Penrith, NSW, Australia. He is rear left on the raft.
Garage Storage System Solutions in Penrith Sydney NSW Australia - Roll Cabinet
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All GM Day ~ 40th 2013 ~ Penrith Panthers, Sydney AU by Riviera Visual
All GM Day ~ 40th 2013 ~ Penrith Panthers, Sydney AU by Riviera Visual. Sound by The Hollies and Hoodoo Gurus. View Riviera Visual Photography and Digital Art @ http://rivieravisual.deviantart.com ...
Ulysses Motorcycle Club Penrith 2009
Ulysses annual meeting, in Penrith NSW Australia. Video recorded on Saturday 21st March 2009.
(HD) Penrith station (4.4.2012)
A hour or 2 at Penrith station. Featuring; Pendolinos, Voyagers, Transpennine Expresses and a DRS Class 66 on a Malcom Intermodal (I beat this back from Carlise (which is in another video...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Winmalee, New South Wales
Winmalee is a town in New South Wales, Australia. Winmalee is located 80 kilometres west of Sydney, in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains. At the 2006 census, Winmalee had a population of 6,345. Originally known as North Springwood, Winmalee was officially established in 1972. Springwood is historically significant as the first settlement in the Blue Mountains. Winmalee is surrounded by Blue Mountains National Park.
Emu Plains Correctional Centre
Emu Plains Correctional Centre, an Australian minimum security prison for females, is located on Old Bathurst Rd, Emu Plains, New South Wales. The centre is operated by Corrective Services NSW an agency of the Department of Attorney General and Justice of the Government of New South Wales. The centre detains sentenced and unsentenced felons under New South Wales and/or Commonwealth legislation.
Cranebrook, New South Wales
Cranebrook is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cranebrook is located 65 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. It is surrounded by the rural suburbs of Castlereagh, Llandilo and Londonderry and has come to incorporate the Mount Pleasant housing estate, long regarded as a separate suburb.
Emu Plains, New South Wales
Emu Plains is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Emu Plains is on the western side of the Nepean River, located at the foot of the Blue Mountains.
Division of Lindsay
The Division of Lindsay is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the outer western suburbs of Sydney, and is centred around Penrith. It also includes the suburbs of Castlereagh, Mulgoa and Werrington. The Division is named after Sir Norman Lindsay, the prominent Australian artist, writer and sculptor. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 October 1984 and was first contested at the 1984 Federal election.
Yarramundi, New South Wales
Yarramundi is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Yarramundi is located 69 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Hawkesbury.
Werrington Downs, New South Wales
Werrington Downs is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 52 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
City of Penrith
The City of Penrith is a local government area in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The seat of the City is located in Penrith, located about 50 kilometres west of Sydney's central business district. The Municipality of Penrith was incorporated on 12 May 1871 under the Municipalities Act 1858 (NSW). On 3 March 1890, St Marys was separately incorporated, and on 26 July 1893 and 9 September 1895, Mulgoa and Castlereagh followed respectively.
Llandilo, New South Wales
Llandilo is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 54 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Llandilo is a small semi-rural outcrop between two creeks.
Castlereagh, New South Wales
Castlereagh is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Castlereagh is 67 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Emu Heights, New South Wales
Emu Heights is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Emu Heights is located 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. Sitting on the Blue Mountains escarpment and on the western side of the Nepean river, the suburb is just outside the Sydney metropolitan area. It is bounded to the east by the Nepean River and to the west by Blue Mountains local government area.
Cambridge Gardens, New South Wales
Cambridge Gardens is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Cambridge Gardens is located 54 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Mount Riverview, New South Wales
Mount Riverview is a town off the Great Western Highway about 2 km NE of Blaxland in the Lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales, 70 kilometres west of Sydney, Australia. At the 2006 census, Mount Riverview had a population of 2,993 people. Mount Riverview borders the townships/suburbs of Warrimoo, Blaxland, Emu Heights and Yellow Rock. Mount Riverview offers some stunning views over the Sydney area, including views of Centrepoint Tower some 55 kilometres away.
Penrith railway station, Sydney
Penrith railway station is a station on the CityRail network in New South Wales, Australia. Located in the Sydney suburb of Penrith, the station serves as a major interchange between Western line, Blue Mountains line trains. Western-bound CountryLink XPT and Xplorer services also stop here.
Emu Plains railway station
Emu Plains railway station is located in the western Sydney suburb of Emu Plains and also serves the surrounding suburbs of Emu Heights and Leonay. With two side platforms, it is located on the Western and Blue Mountains lines of the CityRail network. It is the terminus of the main branch of the Western line, though many trains terminate at the previous station of Penrith.
Penrith Whitewater Stadium
The Penrith Whitewater Stadium is located near Sydney, Australia. It is an artificial whitewater sporting facility which hosted the canoe/kayak slalom events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The facility is part of the Penrith Lakes Scheme, which is converting open-pit sand and gravel mines into lakes for recreation. It is close to Cranebrook and is adjacent to the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
Winmalee High School
Winmalee High School is an Australian public school situated in the North of the suburb of Winmalee in the city of Blue Mountains, Australia. The School is near the National Park which has been recently placed on the World Heritage List and surrounds the City. It was established in 1985, and teaches students from year 7 to year 12. The school is famous for its Autumn Art Festival, which supports well-known local artists from throughout the region.
Victoria Bridge (Penrith)
The Victoria Bridge over Nepean River, officially known as The Nepean Bridge, is a wrought iron plate girder bridge that crosses the Nepean River at Penrith in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales Australia. Completed in 1867 under the supervision of John Whitton, the Engineer–in–Chief of New South Wales Government Railways, the bridge initially carried rail and horse–drawn traffic, and was converted in 1907 to exclusively carry the Great Western Highway.
Hawkesbury Heights, New South Wales
Hawkesbury Heights is a small town in the state of New South Wales, Australia in the City of Blue Mountains. It is located between the townships of Yarramundi and Winmalee. At the 2006 census, Hawkesbury Heights had a population of 426 people. To the south is Yellow Rock. The only road link to the suburb is Hawkesbury Road, which becomes Springwood Road to the east.
Yellow Rock, New South Wales (Blue Mountains)
Yellow Rock is a small village in New South Wales, Australia. Yellow Rock is located 78 kilometres north-west of Sydney, in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains. At the 2006 census, Yellow Rock had a population of 600. Yellow Rock is situated on the eastern, lower slopes of the Blue Mountains and the western side of the Nepean River extending back some way from it, the elevation rising from the river.
Sydney International Regatta Centre
The Sydney International Regatta Centre, located in Penrith, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is a rowing and canoe sprint venue built for the 2000 Summer Olympics. It is now a popular sporting venue, with the Head of the River Regatta held annually here. Defqon.1 Festival is also held here; as a newly established and reasonably popular hard dance music event Defqon.1 Festival requires a large venue which is somewhat removed from residences, making the Regatta Centre an ideal location.
Yellomundee Regional Park
Yellomundee Regional Park is situated on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains, part of the Great Escarpment formed by the orogeny that created the Great Dividing Range, north-west of Penrith. It stretches 8.6 kilometres in a north-south direction from Yarramundi to Mount Riverview and Emu Heights. It contains a mountain bike and hiking track, and several lookouts. It is west of the Nepean River, overlooking and for a good length touching it.
Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School
Nepean High School, now named Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School, is a comprehensive public high school in Emu Plains, New South Wales, Australia, named after Sir Evan Nepean of Saltash, England. As of 2010 student enrolment was 550 in years 7 through 12. The school's motto is "Aspire the Heights", and the school aims to grow even more, now specalising in the performing and creative arts.
Castlereagh Aerodrome
Castlereagh Aerodrome was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) emergency landing ground and dispersal ground during World War II at Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia. The runway was 5,000 ft long x 150 ft wide . The airfield was to become home to No. 94 Squadron's Mosquito aircraft and had been upgraded by No. 9 Airfield Construction Squadron, however the aircraft did not arrive before No. 94 Squadron was relocated to RAAF Base Richmond and disbanded.
Castlereagh International Dragway
Castlereagh International Dragway was a drag racing venue in the outer suburbs of Sydney, Australia used between 1947 and 1984. Originally an airstrip far away from residential development, as the urban sprawl came closer the land became more valuable as housing. Drag racers in Sydney then moved their activities to the 1000 foot strip at Oran Park Raceway.