Forbes: Parafield Airport -> 135 deg

The Lachlan River defines the setting of Forbes — its waterside flats and long bends give this central-western New South Wales town a distinctly inland rhythm. Forbes stands on Wiradjuri Country, where river country remains central to the area’s identity. Gold was discovered here in 1861, triggering a rush that rapidly turned the settlement into one of the colony’s important goldfields. That era remains visible in the town centre, where nineteenth-century civic and commercial buildings line broad streets. Forbes is also associated with bushranger Ben Hall, whose grave is in the local cemetery. Browse other webcams throughout New South Wales to set Forbes within the wider geography of the state.

New South Wales is widely known within Australia for Sydney Harbour, home to the Sydney Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The state extends from the Pacific coastline across the Great Dividing Range to wide inland plains within the Murray–Darling Basin. Sydney is Australia’s largest city and a major centre for finance, arts and international travel, while inland districts are strongly associated with farming and long distances between towns. The Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, form part of a UNESCO World Heritage area of eucalyptus forests, sandstone escarpments and deep valleys. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how New South Wales relates to its coast, ranges and inland country.

Australia’s terrain extends from tropical rainforests in the northeast to arid plains in the interior, producing dramatic climatic contrasts. The Great Dividing Range follows much of the eastern coast, while the Great Barrier Reef lies off Queensland in the Coral Sea and Uluru rises from the central desert. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples maintain living cultures whose connections to Country long predate European settlement. In Sydney, the sail-like Opera House, completed in 1973, stands beside one of the world’s best-known harbours. Discover further points of interest through webcams located across Australia.