Wyaldra Creek

Wyaldra Creek is a creek in the

Gulgong Gulgong is a 19th-century gold rush town in the Central Tablelands and the wider Central West regions of the Australian state of New South Wales. The town is situated within the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area. It is locate ...

district of

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, Australia. Wyaldra Creek is about 20 km long. It rises in the hills near Tallawang, about 15 kilometres north of

. It flows south and then west and joins the

Cudgegong River Cudgegong River, a perennial stream that is part of the Macquarie catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the central western and Orana districts of New South Wales, Australia. The river rises of the western slopes of the ...

, about 8 kilometres west of Gulgong. The Wyaldra creek drainage basin is generally the most north-easterly component of the Cudgegong river watershed. Tributaries of the creek extend from the Great Dividing Range drainage basin divide around Ulan, although the drainage divide is topographically almost insignificant in this area. The

Castlereagh Highway Castlereagh Highway is a state highway located in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. The highway's northern terminus is at a junction with Carnarvon Highway, south of , Queensland. Its southern terminus is at a junction with Great West ...

crosses Wyaldra Creek about 5 kilometres north-west of Gulgong. There is also a historic timber bridge at the hamlet of Beryl another 4 kilometres further west. Most of the former

Wyaldra Shire Wyaldra Shire was a former local government area in New South Wales, Australia. It consisted of the area surrounding the town of Gulgong, with the shire offices located in Gulgong township. It was established under the ''Local Government (Shires ...

was located in the area of Wyaldra Creek, due to local government amalgamations it is now part of the

Mid-Western Regional Council The Mid-Western Regional Council is a local government area in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to the Castlereagh Highway that passes through the middle of the area in an approximate southeast� ...

based at

Mudgee Mudgee is a town in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is in the broad fertile Cudgegong River valley north-west of Sydney and is the largest town in the Mid-Western Regional Council local government area as well as being th ...

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