Dubbo

Dubbo is the largest population centre (population 38,000 as of 2004) and a Local Government Area in the central-west of New South Wales, Australia. It is located at the intersection of the Mitchell Highway, the Newell Highway and the Golden Highway. Dubbo is 416 kilometres northwest of the state capital Sydney and is a major road and rail freight hub to other parts of New South Wales. Dubbo is considered the cross-roads of New South Wales. From there you can drive north to Brisbane, South to Melbourne, east to Sydney and Newcastle, and west to Broken Hill and Adelaide. It has one major newspaper, the Daily Liberal. Dubbo has two major FM radio stations, Zoo FM broadcasting on 92.7 MHz, Star FM broadcasting on 93.5,and Rhema FM 94.3 (Local Christian radio) as well as an AM station, 2DU, 1251 kHz. Located at 32.25° S 148.61° E, approximately 300 metres above sea level.