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Outback NSW: The Outback
The spirit of the last frontier endures in the Outback New South Wales. Nowadays very few places on earth are able to offer such an easy going and unrestrained sense of adventure.
You will experience rugged beauty, vivid red earth, bright blue skies, endless horizons and amazing birdlife.
Of equal interest is the lively history and unspoilt character of local towns like Broken Hill, Silverton, White Cliffs, Milparinka and Tibooburra.
You have the choice of travelling by plane, train or driving your car to Outback New South Wales.
Driving
This fascinating drive takes you right across New South Wales’ changing landscapes from the sandstone cliffs ofthe Blue Mountains, to the rich farming plains before reaching Outback New South Wales. Broken Hill is a 16 hour drive from Sydney. Break your journey and overnight in Dubbo. Dubbo is a 5½ hour drive from Sydney.
Flying
Rex operates return flights from Sydney to Broken Hill everyday of the week except Saturday.
Rail
The famous Indian Pacific is an adventure that delivers to travellers one of the greatest rail journeys on earth. There is no better way to see and feel the magic of Australia, from the lush green beauty of the Blue Mountains to the vastness of the desert landscape.The Indian Pacific offers two classes of travel, Gold Kangaroo and Red Kangaroo.
Your Gold Kangaroo Service twin cabin is an intimate lounge by day and a twin-bedded room at night with its own bathroom facilities.
Red Kangaroo service offers the choice of a twin sleeper or a daynighter seat. Ask your travel agent for details on discounted fares available including pensioner and seniors fares.
Mildura
Truly a perennial Murray River resort, Mildura has built its reputation on food wine and music, as well as playing host to a strong ecotourism experience.
Standing out from the hot, dry landscape one will relish the secluded
natural
bushland along the course of the Murray River, making this a true oasis.
To the southwest is an almost entirely empty area, evocatively named Sunset Country, with nothing but gnarled mallee scrub, red sand and pink salt lakes with palms, giving a balmy impression even in the mild winter sunshine. It makes a good winter getaway, but summer can be stiflingly hot.
Broken Hill
Broken Hill with it’s approximate population of 21 500 is situated 508km North-East of Adelaide, 50 kilometres across the New South Wales / South Australian border into the semi-arid Desert of Far Western New South Wales.
Founded in 1883 by a Boundary Rider named Charles Rasp who discovered the first deposit of Silver which at that stage he believed to be Tin, is now one of the biggest deposits of Silver in the world today.
Broken Hill is known for it’s large population of artists with galleries totalling more than 30. Broken Hill plays host to the famous St Patrick’s Race Day Meeting, which attracts visitors from far and wide.
Motels, Hotels, Guest Houses, Cottages, Units, Caravan Parks, and Backpackers are all available here with prices to suit all travellers.
There are numerous companies which conduct fully guided coach and four wheel drive tours in and around the Broken Hill area.
Attractions: Museums; Mine Tours; Royal Flying Doctor Service; School of the Air; The Sculpture Symposium; Nature Walks; Heritage Drives; 4 National Parks; Station Stays; Art Galleries and much more.
Outlying Towns: White Cliffs (Opal Mining Town), Menindee (Lakes System on Darling River), Silverton (Hollywood of the Outback), Tibooburra (Once a thriving Gold Mining Town).
Bourke
The Back O’Bourke is more than a Geographical location; it’s part of the Australian language, part of our folklore.
Bourke has a population of 3,000 people who thoroughly enjoy the “back country”, because of its mateship, history and wealth. Yes - Cotton, Citrus, Grapes, Jojoba and other crops grow out here with the help of the mighty Darling River.
Fishing, Camping, Bird watching (over 160 different identified species), Bush walking at our National Parks (Mt Gundabooka), Mt Oxley (the Uluru of the Outback) Paddleboats and wonderful Mateship Country Tours that leaves from the well equipped Tourist Office in the Old Railway building. The tourist office provides information for the outback region and also has some great souvenirs and books to enjoy.
Bourke’s tourist industry is well and truly on the move with a Back O’ Bourke Exhibition Centre soon to be completed. An interactive visual centre that will take your breath away – a must for all visitors to Bourke.
We have two excellent caravan parks, 4 modern motels, 5 hotels (1 with accommodation), a number of B & Bs and Outback Station Stays. The 2 Clubs, provide the traveller with good restaurant meals and fine wine.
Silverton
Silverton is an old silver mining town which is characterised by lovingly preserved buildings dotted amongst a seemingly Martian landscape.
Today, Silverton is enjoying a new lease on life as home to a thriving arts settlement. Silverton, benefiting from its proximity to Broken Hill, has become an attractive day trip destination, with its quality art galleries and excellent colonial architecture proving popular with visitors.
Silverton features an old pub, a museum, two churches and, like any ghost town worth its salt, a gaol and courthouse.
Also of interest in Silverton is its close relationship with the silver screen. Mad Max II, A Town Like Alice and, more recently, The Red Planet and Dirty Deeds have all capitalised on the town's filmset-like qualities, and its easily accessible desert setting.
No trip to Silverton is complete without a visit to the local pub, whose walls display pictures of famous actors and actresses who have 'blown the froth off a couple' in the legendary watering hole.
Probably one of the most photographed outback pubs in Australia, the Silverton Hotel invites all visitors to participate in The Test, a mysterious feat that raises money for the local Royal Flying Doctor Service.
The scenic lookout on the edge of the Mundi Mundi Plains is well worth the 8 kilometres detour from Silverton. Visiting at dusk and watching the sun dip behind the alluvial fans on the edge of the vast plains is an unforgettable experience.
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