The Fossickers Way Visitor Guide Volume 1 | Page 13

Bingara
Did
you

know?
School children in Bingara
are known as the ‘Orange Police’,
as they maintain and harvest
the orange trees that line
Finch Street. The town
also hosts an Orange
Festival

B

ingara is a pretty place
with a friendly and
healthy environment
that oozes peace and
tranquility, but a sleepy
town it is certainly not.
Like the river upon whose
banks it is built, there
is an undercurrent that
reverberates through Bingara,
creating a vibrant, energetic
and productive community.
Things get done in Bingara;
ideas and dreams come to
fruition. Take, for example,
the many stunning art deco

fast

facts
• What You Might Find: Gold,
crystals, garnets, rhodonite,
petrified wood, serpentine and
diamonds
• Equipment Needed: Gold pans,
fine sieves for the garnets, pick
and hammer, shovel

buildings on the town’s main
street. The most significant
of these is the Roxy Theatre
Complex, a striking feat
of deco architecture that
was faithfully restored to
its former splendour and
reopened in 2004 as a cinema,
performing arts venue and
function centre.
Meander down the main
street of Bingara and you’ll
be dazzled by the countless
examples of art deco shop
fronts with charming, ornate
pressed tin awnings and

THREE CREEKS
GOLD MINE
Three Creeks Gold Mine is a small,
working commercial mine that opens its
gate to tourists looking to experience
gold panning for themselves.
Run by the warm, friendly Joy and
Paul Myer, guests are welcome to find a
place to camp in the natural bush
setting, and are offered lessons in
panning for gold and digging for
crystals. Equipment is available to rent
or buy, and there are several stations
set up for cleaning and sorting.
The drive in via Upper Bingara is
very scenic on an unsealed road that
weaves through forests of statuesque,
thousand-year-old grass trees and
passes historic schoolhouses and
homesteads.

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