Venue
Participants are responsible for making their own accommodation and travel bookings.
Deadline for accommodation bookings at Turners Vineyard: Friday 27 August.
The meeting will be held at the Turner's Vineyard in Orange. We recommend that all conference attendees also stay at the motel. The address of the hotel is:
Turner's Vineyard
4929 Mitchell Highway
Orange 2800
Phone: 02-6369-1045
Website: http://www.turnersmotel.com.au/
Rooms
A block of 12 rooms of various sizes has been set aside by Turners for conference participants with a special room (B&B) rate depending on the number of adults/room:
| Room | Cost |
|---|---|
| Single | $130/night, including full breakfast |
| Double/Twin | $150/night, including full breakfast |
| Triple | $170/night, including full breakfast |
| Quad | $190/night, including full breakfast |
Mention that the booking is for Pulsar meeting/conference to get the rooms set aside.
Note: Turners have free internet connections (Wi-Fi) in the conference and accommodation rooms.
Location & How to get there
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Note, the address shown in the map is not the correct address for Turners Vineyard, but the location shown by the arrow is just north of the turn-off into their driveway.
- Car
- Train
- Plane
Turners Vineyard is about 5 minutes drive from Orange's CBD.
Travelling along the Mitchell Highway, towards Bathurst from the Post Office, Turners is just on the outskirts of Orange.
If you stay on the Mitchell Highway (Sydney Road), the accommodation is located approx 2.5km from Lucknow (a small town outside of Orange). Turn left into the property from Sydney side or right into the property from Dubbo / Orange side.
Countrylink also operates trains to Orange from Sydney. The trip takes about 5 hours and may require changing trains in Lithgow.
The fare is $53 (economy) or $75 (first class) each way for tickets booked more than 7 days in advance.
Track work takes place on some weekends and a coach will be used instead of the train. This can be checked at the CountryLink service status page.
Rex Regional Express has flights to Orange.