Trundle, New South Wales

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Trundle
state = nsw

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caption = Trundle main street, with a view of the Trundle Hotel, as seen from the Post Office.
lga = Parkes Shire Council
postcode = 2875
est =
pop = 379
pop_footnotes =
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maxtemp =
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stategov = Dubbo
fedgov = Calare
dist1 = 421
dir1 = W
location1= Sydney
dist2 = 180
dir2 = SW
location2= Dubbo
dist3 = 61
dir3 = NW
location3= Parkes
dist4 = 68
dir4 = NE
location4= Condobolin
dist5 = 37
dir5 = SSE
location5= Tullamore

Trundle is a small town in Parkes Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It had a population of 379 in 2006, including 23 indigenous people (4.5%) and 23 foreign-born people (5%).Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL175600|name=Trundle (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=2007-10-29|quick=on]

It lies in wheat-growing country and is on the Bogan Gate to Tottenham railway line, completed to Trundle in 1907.

The town is noted for its unusually wide main street. At 60 metres, it is one of the widest main streets in the country. It needed to be as wide as this to accommodate turning bullock-trains. The Trundle Hotel also claims the second longest hotel balcony in NSW at 94 yards (86 metres) [cite book | author= Watts J.P. Wright C.F. | year =1987 | title = The Story of Trundle - A Country Town and its People| publisher = I. Berry & J. Curr | id = ISBN 0731609611] (the longest belonging to Cobar).

Trundle is home to a pre-school, a Catholic primary school (St. Patricks) and a K-12 public school.

Health services are provided through the Trundle multi-purpose health centre (formerly the Trundle hospital).

The town also boasts a golf course with sand-oil greens, a 25 metre swimming pool, tennis courts, horse-racing facilities and a sporting oval named Berryman Park.

Since 2006, the town has hosted a B&S Ball annually.Fact|date=March 2008

In September, an annual festival called "Bush Tucker Day" occurs. The town's small population is usually increased 2 to 3 fold. The main event is a bush tucker cook off, where contestants strive to make the best tasting bush food. A panel of judges decides the winner. Other competitions during the day include damper throwing, billy boiling and there are also great bush stalls to browse through. Bush music is a major part of the day.Fact|date=March 2008

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