Orange really has nothing for the tourist. It's a nice town, but you've seen it all in a day or so. It's a bit of a drab place. We ate at local returned servicemens club which was excellent Parking is a pain; it's reverse angle.

The choice of cafes and restaurants was very good. The Parkview Hotel had good food at a reasonable price. The service was also good. We walked from De Russie Hotel - about 3 blocks just near the park.

There are many places to eat on the main strip in Orange. The best place we found was the Village Bakery. It has lovely pies, sandwiches and pastries highly recommend a visit for breakfast. Also visit the Parrot distillery for a taste of the locally brewed gin. We traveled from cobar to orange in the peak of summer. Just a heads up on this route in summer early Jan one passes many towns where there is hardly anything open due to the summer heat. Recommend you carry lots of water, plenty of snacks and a Jerry can of fuel in case you run out. Also please be mindful of stray goats on this route. Not many emue or kangaroo on this part of our journey. We traveled in the daylight hours so not sure of night.

Orange has a very interesting history and it is well worth a visit to the Regional Museum and a bus tour of Orange is highly recommended. The Cook Park is a beautiful heritage park also called Orange Botanic Gardens established 150 years ago with trees testament to their age The view from Mt Canobolas is worth a trip and it's so easy to get around Orange even by foot taking in some beautiful houses and bigger estates. There is also an Art Gallery and a Music Conservatorium in Orange. We had 2 fabulous meals at Birdie Noshery and at Union Bank but there are many cafes to choose from for casual dining. If wineries are of interest Orange boasts several well established and award winning wineries in the region which are mostly open for tastings. There is a monthly growers Market in Orange. Orange is surrounded by some historical and pretty villages relatively close by such as Molong Millthorpe Canowandra and others.

Surprisingly lots to do in Orange. A stretch of street of shops - country shops 2 shopping centres - Orange central & another one Live jazz at Royal hotel on Sunday afternoon 2-5pm, Ex-servicemen club, Morning walk at Orange Botanic gardens, cafe opens at 8am for breakfast, and really good playground Wineries, Lake with kayaks, cafe open at 8am

Very nice old style town with a great variety or architecture, shops and restaurants. We went to the lake, and to an unusual and very entertaining Chinese restaurant. Weather was fantastic in late September it was spring blossoms with cool evening’s beautiful sunny days.