Cobb & Co Coach - Self Drive Historical Tour
Bathurst Visitor Information Centre
One of only three original Australian restored Cobb & Co coaches sits proudly in the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre. The distinctive red and gold paint-work or livery indicates that this was a New South Wales coach.
Bathurst Visitor Information Centre
1 Kendall Avenue, Bathurst NSW 2795
Phone: 02 6332 1444
OR 1800 681 000
OR 1800 681 000Email: visitors@bathurst.nsw.gov.au
Bathurst became the site Cobb & Co's headquarters in 1862, under the management of a local boy, James Rutherford. The first coach arrived at Bathurst, from Victoria, with Rutherford at the reins. The company's principal coach construction factory operated behind Bathurst's Black Bull Inn until 1881
(now part of the Bathurst Shopping Centre, at the corner of Bentinck and Howick Sts.)
The historical trail takes in the Black Bull Inn (as above), the original passenger pick-up site, the original booking office site, the Anglican Cathedral, which has a memorial to Rutherford, his first home, the mansion he later built and the cemetery where he lies
Take the self drive historical tour celebrating 150 years of Cobb & Co passenger service in Australia.
Taking approximately 2 hours, you will see many sites connected to the Cobb & Co Coaching company and its manager, James Rutherford.
You start your tour at the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre (see above)
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