Trundle, New South Wales

Trundle is a small town in Parkes Shire in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It and the surrounding area had a population of 666 in the, including 48 indigenous people .It lies in wheat-growing country and is on the Bogan Gate to Tottenham railway line, completed to Trundle in 1907.HistoryTrundle Lagoon Post Office opened on 1 May 1889 and was renamed Trundle in 1892.The (NSW) Geographical Names Board's only record of the origin of the name is a State Rail Authority's archives document on station names which indicates that the name probably originated from Trundle (hill-fort), about 24 km north-east of Portsmouth, England. The archives document also said that it was the name of William Cumming's leased runs in 1859, which he called Trundle Lagoon; that the 1866 Gazetteer recorded that Trundle Lagoon was occupied by George and John Palmer; and that the school opened as Trundle Lagoon in 1883, then Trundle in 1885. Traditionally Trundle has been home of the mighty 'Boomers' Rugby League club, but hard times in the town has forced the boys to hang up the boots.TodayThe 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 86m. (The longest hotel balcony in NSW is in Cobar).Trundle is home to a pre-school, a Catholic primary school (St. Patricks) and a K-12 public school.