Narromine to Dubbo drive: Distance, time & attractions

The Narromine to Dubbo drive covers a distance of 40km, with a driving time of around 30 minutes. The best road trip attraction along the way is the Royal Flying Doctor Visitor Experience at Dubbo Airport.

The drive from Narromine to Dubbo in New South Wales is just a short hop along the Mitchell Highway. Visitors are most likely to encounter it as part of a longer journey from Broken Hill to Dubbo or Broken Hill to Sydney.

Narromine is home to the Narromine Aviation Museum.

Dubbo offers ghost tours, an observatory and a safari-style zoo. To find good quality Dubbo accommodation that suits your tastes, explore the options here.

Narromine to Dubbo distance and driving time

By car, the distance from Narromine to Dubbo is 40km. That makes for a driving time of approximately 30 minutes.

Obviously, there is no pressing need to stop anywhere along this route.

Narromine to Dubbo drive attractions

Leaving Narromine along the Mitchell Highway, the Narromine to Dubbo driving route largely follows the Macquarie River. It goes past the Narromine Camping and Stock Reserve and near the Rawsonville Bridge.

There are, however, a couple of Dubbo attractions worth considering on the way into the city.

The first is at the Dubbo City Regional Airport, where you can go to the Royal Flying Doctor Visitor Experience. This explains the extraordinary work of the Flying Doctors, who provide healthcare and emergency medicine across vast outback areas.

After crossing the Macquarie River, you’ll also encounter the Old Dubbo Gaol. Tours here take you through tales of prison life and the rogues gallery of prisoners once incarcerated there.

Other things to do in Dubbo include viewing exotic wildlife at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo and learning about the cosmos on a stargazing session at Dubbo Observatory.

Dubbo accommodation picks

Australia specialist booking site Wotif offers Dubbo accommodation for from $80 a night. To search through the options, visit the top deals page.

However, the following well-reviewed Dubbo accommodation options are particularly worth considering.

For families: Discovery Parks Dubbo holiday park.
For business travellers and anyone who wants a bit more space: The Quest apartments.
For good value in a central location: Surestay Hotel.
For a high quality motel with indoor AND outdoor pools: Cattlemans Country Motor Inn.