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The Clay Pan Gallery is a coffee shop in a wonderfully relaxing setting. You can eat indoors next to the gallery featuring local artwork, or outdoors in the country garden.
A good selection of cakes, including gluten free.
21 Depot Road, off Victoria Street, West Dubbo. Phone: 02 6882 5828
Open 9.30am to 4pm Wednesday - Monday
Shoyoen Sister City Garden was a gift from Dubbo’s Sister City Minokamoin Japan.
The Western Plains Cultural Centre has recently opened in Dubbo. The new complex contains the Dubbo Regional Gallery, the Dubbo Regional Museum and the Dubbo Community Arts Centre, as well as a small coffee shop. A good place to find out a bit about Dubbo’s history via pictures and historic artifacts.
It at 76 Wingewarra Street and is Wednesday to Monday (Closed Tuesdays)
from 10.00am-4.00pm. Phone 02 6801 4444
Come on down to the local Farmer’s Markets and you’ll meet all kinds of locals out for a browse. The markets are on the first and third Saturdays of the month in Dubbo, usually in the park alongside the Tourist Information Centre at the North end of Macquarie Street, but in rainy whether they often move into the RSL undercover carpark.
You’ll find all sorts of Fresh Produce including fruit and vegetables, organic produce, poultry, saltbush lamb, olive oil, wine, sourdough bread, as well as fresh coffee and food. There are also usually plant stalls - including native plants, flowers and vegetable seedlings. On special occasions you may be lucky enough to see a cooking demonstration from a local cheff or some live jazz music.
Click here to see some of the regular local stalls
If you want to set up a stall, you need to contact Macquarie Valley Food and Wine, their contact phone is 6885 4300 or you can try mvfoodwine@yahoo.com.au.
Entry is free. A fantastic hands-on Kids playground - lots of fun equipment.
Learn how to throw a boomerang or play a didgeridoo. Ring before you go to make sure someone is around, they are more oriented to manufacturing than tourism, but worth a visit.
(02) 6882 3110
http://www.jeddaboomerangs.com.au/
Their website is down at the moment, it is being re-developed.
4.3km on the Minore Road, (Minore Road is a right turn off the highway to Parkes, just before the golf course.)
