Putty Valley enjoys a unique location surrounded by Wollemi and Yengo National Parks, the largest wilderness area in New South Wales, and is only two and a half hours drive from Sydney’s CBD. It is situated 81 kilometres from Singleton and 91 kilometres from Windsor on the Putty Road which is part of State Route 69.
The Putty Hall is located four kilometres from the Putty Road. Since 1918 this has been the focal point for a community without shops or services. The area around the hall was once a small village of timber workers but none of the original houses remain. Dairy and beef cattle farms, the early industry of the valley, have been subdivided into small land holdings.
Drive Carefully
Roads in the area are narrow with lots of bends. Kangaroos feed on the sides of the roads, especially before sunrise and sunset. Wombats come out of their burrows in the evening to feed.
Community
Today’s community includes people with a diverse range of interests, skills and businesses.
Community Facebook page, Putty Valley Chronicles.
This is a not for profit community website, designed to meet the needs of residents, visitors, and all local community groups.
Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Darkiñjung people, the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.
For thousands of years the Darkinjung people met up with three other clans, Wonnarua to the north, Wiradjuri to the west and Boorooberongal to the south. They exchanged goods and performed ceremonies at sites along a well-known Aboriginal trade route or songline. The Putty Road was built roughly along the same route.