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“Magnificent trees droop like willows to the waters edge with evening’s mildest radiance in their foliage, throwing a soft haze over the distance…” Charles Sturt 1844.

Located on the western banks of the Darling River, the very welcoming town of Tilpa is a must for a stopover, whether you have a few hours or a few days for camping and/or fishing on the Darling River.

“A place that loved a drink, a party and a punt”. So wrote Henry Lawson. Louth is a small service town (Pub, fuel and general store) on the Darling River about 100km downstream from Bourke and 100km upstream from Tilpa....

“There was Harrison, who made his pile when Pardon won the cup….” so penned Banjo Paterson in the immortal poem ‘The Man from Snowy River’. The ‘Cup’ actually refers to the Presidents Cup at Menindee and not the Melbourne Cup...

Waking up to a complete oasis in the Outback of NSW at the Goodooga Great Artesian Bore Baths Complex. A brand new, purpose built, fully wheelchair accessible pool fed by water from the Great Artesian Basin.

“If you know Bourke, you know Australia” so wrote the famous Australian poet Henry Lawson in 1882. The township of Bourke, iconic in the National psyche as ‘The Back of Bourke’, rests nestled on a bend of the Darling River,...

Originally gazetted as Pooncaira in 1863, the area was first ‘established’ by Europeans in the 1840’s as settlers took up illegal livestock runs on crown land.

If there is one great, and largely undisturbed, port on the mighty Darling River it is Wilcannia. You will be amazed at the richness of the architecture in this town.

Brewarrina may only be small in size, but its culture, aboriginal dreamtime stories, rich history and its connection to the river makes it a destination with so much soul it would be the envy of larger cities.