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Dorrigo - NSW

Dorrigo Street Scene

Dorrigo street scene

Steam Engines at the still unopened rail museum

The Waterfall Way runs through Dorrigo on its way from Urunga to Armidale.

Town

Position

DEG: -30.340114 152.711778

DMS: 30º 20' 24.41" S 152º 42' 42.4" E

UTM: 56 J 6643491mN 472297mE

Altitude: 735.3m

Place Type

Population - Town

Location

319.54kms South of Brisbane - Driving 453 km (5 hours 5 mins)
415.51kms North of Sydney - Driving 548 km (6 hours 5 mins)

Address & Contact

Dorrigo NSW 2453

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Information

Dorrigo is located at the top of the range on the Waterfall Way between Uranga and Armidale. It is the commercial centre for the surrounding rural industries that include dairying and potato production. It was the terminus for a railway service and now boasts the largest collection of decaying railway rolling stock in Australia, if not the world.

It has a range of accommodation, pubs, motels, B&Bs, fuel and a range of shops and rural service businesses.

PlaceID	17697

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Dorrigo at 01/09:00am EST

Distance from Dorrigo 0.8km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
11.9°C	9.4°C	77%	8.0°C	hPa	2.0mm	SSE	11km/hr 6knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Dorrigo (Old Coramba Rd)

Distance from Dorrigo 0.8km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	24.0	23.7	22.3	19.7	16.9	14.8	14.3	16.0	19.3	20.9	21.8	23.6
Mean Min. °C	14.9	15.0	13.3	10.6	7.2	5.2	4.4	4.7	7.6	9.7	12.1	13.8
Mean Rain mm	309.0	288.7	327.6	140.9	87.9	135.4	63.3	102.6	87.4	117.5	201.5	168.3