In 1844, the surveyor Davidson was sent to check on encroachments onto the land reserved for a village, and to advise on the location for a township. Due west are Parkes (100 km or 62 mi) and Forbes (125 km or 78 mi), which is midway along the Newell Highway, running from Brisbane, Queensland to Melbourne, Victoria. The climate perhaps plays the biggest part in giving Orange some distinct natural advantages – the cool temperatures during most of the growing season coupled with dry autumn conditions are ideal for grape growing. Cadia is the second largest open cut mine in Australia after the Super Pit at Kalgoorlie. At nearby Ophir, a significant gold find in Australia was made in 1851, resulting in a sporadic population movement which is known as the Australian gold rush. The hardware is in place, operating rules have been developed and environmental factors and impacts on downstream users have been considered. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) also broadcasts from four radio stations in Orange including ABC Local Radio (2CR) on 549AM and three national networks – ABC Classic FM on 102.7 FM, ABC Radio National on 104.3 FM, and Triple J on 101.9 FM. Due to its windward position that straddles the Great Dividing Range, Orange experiences wetter winters than the cities in the east such as Lithgow and Bathurst. Clifton Grove: containing farmland and large residential blocks, some parts of the estate are down stream from the Suma Park Reservoir and the area also contains the Kinross State Forest. B. Richards worked on a survey of the Macquarie River below Bathurst and also of the road to Wellington. Orange is the birthplace of poets Banjo Paterson and Kenneth Slessor, although Paterson lived in Orange for only a short time as an infant. The other elements of the scheme include a weir on Blackmans Swamp Creek, which creates a 3 megalitre pool and the site for the first pump station, a 200 megalitre dam and two 17 megalitre batching ponds. Bloomfield: containing farmland, Bloomfield Golf Course, Riverside Mental Institution and, Borenore: a locality, 15 km (9 mi) west of Orange, comprising primarily farmland. Warrendine: a mostly residential area and contains, Southern Cross Nine airs a regional New South Wales edition of. Orange had an estimated urban population of 40,493 as of June 2018 making the city a significant regional centre. In 2007 a bypass road, known as the northern distributor road, was opened for use after decades of planning. Blackman's Swamp was chosen, and it was proclaimed a village and named Orange by Major Thomas Mitchell in 1846 in honour of Prince William of Orange.