Kandos

Kandos is a rural town located within the Mid-Western Region in New South Wales, Australia. The area is the traditional home of the Dabee tribe of the Wiradjuri people. Kandos sits beneath a mountain range including Cumber Melon Mountain. Kandos shares its locality, employment and infrastructure with its neighbouring town Rylstone, 6 kilometres away; the two towns have a shared community which is connected through farming, the arts and Aboriginal culture. Kandos is within an hours drive of Mudgee, and within two of Lithgow and Bathurst. In the 2021 census, Kandos had a population of 1263. Kandos is a three hour drive from Sydney ; and Newcastle.