What to know about Orange
- Orange City Council owns, operates and maintains Orange Regional Airport, which is located 15 kilometres south east of Orange.Source: Orange City Council
- The council says Orange Regional Airport services a large regional area with 25 return flights to Sydney each week.Source: Orange City Council
- Orange City Council lists Orange Train Station at 150 Peisley Street.Source: Orange City Council
- The NSW Government says advance booking is required on all of the state's regional train and coach services, including those that connect Orange with Bathurst Intercity services.Source: NSW Government
- In July 2020 Transport for NSW added 33 weekly services to the Orange town bus timetable, whose loop routes from the city centre include one to Orange Hospital.Source: Transport for NSW
- To host an event on land Orange City Council owns or manages, organisers book through the council's booking portal and send supporting documents at least 4 weeks before the event.Source: Orange City Council
- The Clover Hill Function Centre in the Orange Botanic Gardens is a council venue for both corporate and social events, with off-street parking.Source: Orange City Council
- Orange had 41,920 people in its Significant Urban Area at the 2021 Census.Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Orange Regional Airport transfers
Orange City Council owns, operates and maintains Orange Regional Airport, 15 kilometres south east of town, and counts 25 return flights to Sydney each week. That distance is an easy drive for one car but a fiddly one for a wedding party or a cellar door group with bags, so a single vehicle timed to the flight keeps everyone together.
Trains, town buses and a charter
The council lists Orange Train Station at 150 Peisley Street, and the NSW Government notes that advance booking is required on all of the state's regional train and coach services, including those that connect with Bathurst Intercity services. In town, Transport for NSW added 33 weekly services to the Orange bus timetable in July 2020, with loop routes from the city centre to places such as Orange Hospital and Charles Sturt University. A charter can meet your group off the train at Peisley Street and go where the loops do not.
Events at Orange venues
Planning a function in the Orange Botanic Gardens? The Clover Hill Function Centre there takes corporate and social events and has off-street parking. For any event on council land, Orange City Council asks organisers to book through its booking portal and send supporting documents at least 4 weeks ahead, with a site plan showing temporary structures such as marquees and food trucks. If guests arrive by coach, mark the set-down point on that plan.
The Orange Significant Urban Area takes in Bloomfield, Glenroi, East Orange, North Orange, Warrendine, Bel-Air, Calare and Clifton Grove, with 41,920 people at the 2021 Census (Australian Bureau of Statistics). Requests from any of them start with the form: choose NSW and send a request.
Orange charter hire: questions
How far is Orange Regional Airport from town?
The council puts it 15 kilometres south east of Orange. Share the flight time and the number of passengers and bags so the operator can suggest a vehicle.
Can a bus bring wedding guests to the Botanic Gardens?
Ask for it. The Clover Hill Function Centre in the Orange Botanic Gardens has off-street parking, so say whether the bus should wait or come back at a set time.