Coonabarabran Visitor Information Centre

Newell Highway
Coonabarabran NSW 2357

Friendly and helpful advice from locals in the know!

Freecall: 1800 242 881
Phone: (02) 6849 2144
Fax: (02) 6842 2766
Email: click here to email us

             

OPEN 7 days, 9am - 5pm

Comprehensive brochue range * Maps * Clean Public Toilets * Easy Parking * Caravan Parking * Free BBQ facilities * Souvenirs * Gifts

Postal: PO Box 191
Coonabarabran
NSW 2357

           





Have you met a giant Diprotodon lately?

Drop into our visitors centre and meet our giant Diprotodon. He was found near Tambar Springs in 1979 and is thought to be over 33 000 years old!
The exhibition is free and is open to the public 7 days from 9am—5pm.

There is interpretive information in the exhibition and guided tours are available for groups with advance notice.

Call 1800 242 881 to book.

 
 

Astronomy in Gamilaraay

Discover the Aboriginal Dreaming Story of “The Morning Star and his Sons”, “Yowie, the Spirit of Death, and the Southern Cross” and “The Seven Emu Sisters” in the exhibition area of the Coonabarabran Visitor Information Centre.

The stories recount the creation of three constellations: The Morning Star, Orion and the Southern Cross.
 
Before you begin reading the stories, try pronouncing some Gamilaraay words linked with astronomy to get you started…
 

Mirii                   star
Mirii yanan        shooting star
Warrambul        Milky Way
Gilay                 Moon  
Gunagala          sky
Dhawun            Earth
Bulunbunun       two stars (near the southern cross)
Miyaymiyaay     seven sisters (stars)