Bylong, New South Wales

Bylong
Bylong; New South Wales
	Bylong village
	Bylong
Coordinates	32°25′0″S 150°07′0″E / 32.41667°S 150.11667°ECoordinates: 32°25′0″S 150°07′0″E / 32.41667°S 150.11667°E
Population	23 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	2849
LGA(s)	Mid-Western Regional Council
State electorate(s)	Upper Hunter
Federal Division(s)	Hunter, Parkes

Bylong is a village in New South Wales, Australia, in the Mid-Western Regional Council. It is located on the Bylong Valley Way.

The area is home to numerous horse studs. The champion racehorse horse and sire Heroic was born in the area.

Bylong hosts an annual Mouse racing event.

Access

From the Hunter Region travel west along the Golden Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way 1 km before Sandy Hollow.
From Ilford travel 2 km north along the Castlereagh Highway and turn onto the Bylong Valley Way.

Bylong has a railway crossing loop on the Sandy Hollow- Gulgong railway line. The railway passes through a long tunnel nearby.

Preceding station		NSW Branch lines		Following station
Akuna towards Gulgong		Sandy Hollow – Gulgong Line		Kerrabee towards Sandy Hollow

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bylong (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 October 2018. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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