Car Hire Parkes - Mini guide to Parkes

Parkes:

Parkes is a town in Australia that was settled in the 1850s as a gold mining town. Today it is an inner suburb of Australia Capital Territory that is located south of Canberra CBD. It is interesting to learn that Parkes had a population of 24 people on census night, 2001.

Parkes has many attractions for tourists like the car museum, the giant CSIRO radio dish, national parks and a wide range of accommodation like caravan parks, bed and breakfasts, hotels and motels and self maintained units. While the city is named after Sir Henry Parkes a Federalist and legislator, the streets of Parkes are named after monarchs and constitutional references.

The rich fertile land of Parkes has made the city an important agricultural center today while copper and gold mining still occupies an important part in the North Parkes mine. There are many places worth visiting in Parkes, where it is better for you to take a car hire to these destinations. There are many car hire companies in Parkes that will provide you with the required car for your traveling needs.

Take your car hire to the nearby Peak Hill which has examples of both new and gold mining operations, the National Trust listed Hospital and a Carnal Park. The famous Australia Telescope that was featured in the hit Australian film the Dish is located in Parkes.

You have to take your car hire to breeze down and see the Australia Telescope that consists of 7 dishes having diameters of twenty-two meters and a single 64 meter diameter radio telescope. Though this telescope is situated about 20km north of Parkes and in a shallow valley, its sheer size ensures that the telescope is visible miles away. Of the seven 22m diameter telescopes, one is located to the north at Coonabaraban while the remaining 6 are further north at Narrabri.

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