Canowindra, New South Wales is an historic township located near Cowra in the central west of the State. The curving main street, Gaskill Street, is partly an urban conservation area. The Royal Hotel is on the site of an inn owned by Robinson. There is a plaque on the wall indicating that this was the inn where Ben Hall's gang had a three day spree in October, 1863. Other notable buildings include the nursing home, the Junction Hotel, Finn's Building, the Victoria Hotel, the former Bank of NSW and the former CBC Bank. Tourist information is avaialable at the Blue Jacket Motel and some local history material can be purchased from the newsagent in Gaskill Street. A post office opened at Canowindra in 1847 with mail coming from Carcoar, but the village was handicapped as part of a main route to the lower Lachlan, first by the lack of a bridge and later by the construction of the railway to Orange. Today the main street has an old-world air, with its kerbisde verandah posts lining the dog-leg course of what was once a bullock team track. Opposite Ryall Street is a lane leads down to the suspension bridge across the Belubula River
