Gunnedah Airport in NSW is a small regional airport that services the town of Gunnedah.
Gunnedah is a middle-sized New South Wales country town which lies on a ridge above the Namoi and Mooki Rivers. It is an important service centre in an agriculturally rich area known for its: beef cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, wheat, lucerne, barley, cotton, canola, sunflowers, oats, corn and sorghum. Also, the associated industry includes the second-largest beef-cattle sales yards in the state.
The town also has:
Visit the Gunnedah Tourist Centre to learn more about the town and it’s early inhabitants.
The district is also recognised as home to the largest koala colony in inland New South Wales. The town’s most famous resident was the poet Dorothea MacKellar (1885-1968). The famous poet lived on a local property from 1905 until the late 1930s. Her poem ‘My Country’, now an iconic expression of love of Australia, is thought to have been inspired by the local countryside.
Special Procedures and Comments: CTAF 126.7 Caution: Bird hazard exists. Military CT4B OP Mon – Fri. Monitor BN Centre on 127.1 |