Parkes activities
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Parkes Craft Corner
No longer on the corner, but now situated in the heart of the shopping centre, Craft Corner offers a delightful range of local goods ranging from local produce, artworks and sculptures, hand-made household items, clothing and accessories - …
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Avis Parkes Car and Truck Rental
Avis is a leading car rental company in Australia, servicing both leisure and business travellers. Avis has been providing its customers with the famous 'We Try Harder' service for over 55 years and continually strives to improve the custom…
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Henry Parkes Centre
The impressive Henry Parkes Centre, a tourism complex located on the northern side of town, incorporates two lots of museums. The first, The King's Castle Elvis Exhibit and the Parkes Motor Museum as one museum, located within the Parkes Vi…
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NSW Modern Mining Trail
The Modern Mining Trail is a self drive tourism experience that takes visitors on a journey to see the world class gold and copper mines, where advanced technology and a pursuit of excellence has enabled NSW to be on the world map in mining…
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CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope Visitor Centre
Located 20 kilometres north of Parkes off the Newell Highway the CSIRO's Parkes observatory is home to the world famous 'Dish'. At 64 metres in diameter, it was the first fully steerable large antenna in the Southern Hemisphere. This impre…
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Parkes Aviation Museum
The Parkes Aviation Museum is located at the end of Muzycuk Drive at Parkes Airport. It is currently housed in a former RAAF hangar from the airport’s time as a World War Two air force base. Exhibits on display include a Bell AH-1 Huey Cob…
