DOCSLIB.ORG

Back O' Bourke

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Back O' Bourke © Lonely Planet Publications 257 Back o’ Bourke Vast sunburnt plains, crimson sunsets and empty horizons – far west NSW is every bit as spacious as you could imagine, rough and rugged, and oh so dry. Yet this dry country is one of the most interesting areas in the state, and much more diverse than it first appears. It produces much of New South Wales’ wealth, particularly from the mines of Broken Hill, and it is home to some of the state’s most interesting national parks; a wondrous combination of stunning natural environments and vastly significant Aboriginal heritage. A startlingly empty land, the outback is sparsely populated both with plants and animals and with people. You need to be rather special to live out here. So the people you meet are special – larger than life, yet calm and caring. You won’t hear a car horn in these towns. From November to February the heat is intense – by 10am the Celsius landmark of 40°C is passed. That leaves another 10 hours of daylight for the current record, 51.7°C, to be broken. There’s plenty to see and do, and you can get into the towns and most national parks in BACK O’ BOURKE a 2WD. But seek local advice if you want to venture onto unsealed roads, even in a 4WD. They’re corrugated dust, some with a high central hump, and a few drops of rain polishes them slick to swish you out of control. Although the country is flat to the horizon with small clumps of saltbush all over, there are plenty of birds, mobs of emus, cattle, feral goats and kangaroos along the roadside to watch – and to watch out for! HIGHLIGHTS Feel deeply moved as the sun sets on the Broken Hill Bourke Sculpture Symposium ( p269 ) White Cliffs Squeeze down a mine shaft, digging your feet nerv- ously into the rough-hewn steps, at Daydream Mine Nyngan ( p268 ) at Broken Hill Silverton Broken Hill Slip softly through the water of the Menindee Lakes Menindee ( p272 ) looking for a good fishing spot Lakes Mungo Get up and out there on a camel trek at historic National Silverton ( p271 ) Park Wake to see birds of every colour bathing in the Bogan River at Nyngan ( p262 ) Sleep underground, with your purchase of opals under your pillow, at White Cliffs ( p265 ) Photograph baby pelicans from an 1895-replica paddle-wheeler on the magnificent Darling River at Bourke ( p259 ) See for yourself the extraordinary plains, dunes and archaeological records at Mungo National Park ( p273 ) 258 BACK O’ BOURKE •• Bourke lonelyplanet.com 0 100 km BACK O'BOURKE 0 60 miles To Eulo To Innamincka To Cunnamulla Q U E E N S L A N D (94km) (88km) (210km) Hungerford Comeroo Barringun Warri Warri Gate Cameron Came Station Goodooga Corner Sturt Enngonia National Yantabulla Culgoa River Park Tibooburra ὈὈ Collerina To Wanaaring Depot Glen Walgett Fords (74km) Milparinka Urisino Bridge Brewarrina Station W Bourke Barwon River a River r r e Mt Oxley g o Mitchell(309m) Gongolgon Macquarie Paroo River Marshes Trilby Station Louth Bogan ὅὅ Packsaddle Nature Roadhouse ὈGundabooka Byrock Reserve National Park Hwy White Kidman Way River ὅὅ Cliffs Byngnano DarlingTilpa River Coolabah Ranges Mt 71 Hwy ὅὅ Mutawintji Grenfell National City Park Cobar Hermidale Nyngan Barrier Hwy Silver Silver 32 Wilcannia Emmdale Roadhouse ὈLittle Topar Cobb To Dubbo Roadhouse Hwy (125km) Silverton Wakibag Rd Barrier Roads on this map can be dangerous, Yelta particularly in wet weather. Before Station S O U T H A R L I Copi Hollow heading off make inquiries with local Nymagee Caravan Broken Hwy authorities as to road conditions and Hill Park carry extra fuel if necessary and plenty of water. This map is designed Tottenham Menindee as a guide only. Take a more detailed To Peterborough Menindee 79 Lakes map and be aware that there are many (200km); more tracks than shown on this map. Adelaide Kinchega (444km) Silver City Hwy National Mt Hope Ὀ Ivanhoe Park Condobolin 75 Euabalong Mossgiel Willandra Lake Cargelligo Pooncarie Cobb HwyNational Park Hillston BACK O’ BOURKE BACK O’ BOURKE Mungo River National River Park Merriwagga 39 Visitors Centre Booligal Kidman Way 24 Darling Ὀ& Mungo ὈὈHwy West Woolshed Wyalong Murray Wentworth Lachlan Western River Buronga Griffith Renmark Mallee Cliffs Mid Hwy Gol Gol National bidgee Berri 20 Park Hay Murrum Sturt Hwy Mildura Sturt Hwy Leeton VICTORIA River To Ouyen (53km); 20 To Deniliquin Newell Melbourne (500km) ὈBalranald (83km) Narrandera BOURKE stone traps on the Darling River – including %02 / pop 3924 Bourke and Louth. Immortalised for Australians in the expres- The first Europeans to see this area were sion ‘back of Bourke’, that is anything remote, in Charles Sturt’s party of 1828. Sturt was this easy-going town on the Darling River unenthusiastic about the country but by 1860 sits right on the edge of the outback. Beyond there were enough grazier settlers for a pad- Bourke, green pastoral lands stop abruptly, dle-wheeler to risk the difficult journey up to settlements are few and the country is flat, Bourke. By the 1880s, many of the Darling brown and alluring. Bourke itself is gorgeous, River’s 200 paddle-steamers were calling at historic and quaint, sprawled along its beauti- Bourke; it was possible for wool leaving here ful river with its river gums and water birds. to be in London in just six weeks. Besides, the space is exhilarating, and the very Bourke is still a major wool-producing area, remoteness attractive. but droughts and low prices have forced farm- ers to look to products such as cotton and rock History melons. There’s even a vineyard. The Ngemba people lived in a large area cen- Bourke has hosted Australian legends. Poet tred on the Brewarrina Fisheries – a series of and writer Henry Lawson lived at the Carriers .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • New South Wales Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicle Operator’S Guide
    New South Wales Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicle Operator’s Guide Important: This Operator’s Guide is for three Notices separated by Part A, Part B and Part C. Please read sections carefully as separate conditions may apply. For enquiries about roads and restrictions listed in this document please contact Transport for NSW Road Access unit: [email protected] 27 October 2020 New South Wales Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicle Operator’s Guide Contents Purpose ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Definitions ............................................................................................................................................................... 4 NSW Travel Zones .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Part A – NSW Class 1 Load Carrying Vehicles Notice ................................................................................................ 9 About the Notice ..................................................................................................................................................... 9 1: Travel Conditions ................................................................................................................................................. 9 1.1 Pilot and Escort Requirements ..........................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • NSW Light Vehicles Agricultural and Load Exemption Order 2019
    NSW Light Vehicle Agricultural and Load Exemption Order 2019 Notice of suitable routes and areas Travel Times, Zones and Travel Conditions – Load Carrying vehicles In accordance with the Order, this notice identifies routes and zones that Roads and Maritime Services has identified as suitable for use at the times and in the manner specified for each route or zone. Part 1 – NSW Urban Zone For the purposes of this Part the NSW Urban Zone is defined as the area bounded by and including: • the Pacific Ocean and the North Channel of the Hunter River, then • north from Stockton bridge along Nelson Bay Road (MR108) to Williamtown, then • west along Cabbage Tree Road (MR302) to Masonite Road near Tomago, then • along Masonite Road to the Pacific Highway (HW10) at Heatherbrae, then • south along the Pacific Highway (HW10) to Hexham, then • west along the New England Highway (HW9) to Weakleys Drive Thornton, then • south along Weakleys Drive to the F3 Sydney Newcastle Freeway at Beresfield, then • along the F3 Sydney Newcastle Freeway to the Hawkesbury River bridge, then • along the Hawkesbury River and the Nepean River to Cobbity, then • a line drawn south from Cobbitty to Picton, then • via Picton Road and Mount Ousley Road (MR95) to the start of the F6 Southern Freeway at Mount Ousley, then • via the F6 Southern Freeway to the Princes Highway at West Wollongong, then • the Princes Highway and Illawarra Highway to Albion Park with a branch west on West Dapto Road to Tubemakers, then • Tongarra Road to the Princes Highway, then • Princes Highway south to the intersection of South Kiama Drive at Kiama Heights, then • a straight line east to the Pacific Ocean.
    [Show full text]
  • Lachlan Alluvium Groundwater Resource Description GW10 Water Resource Plan Area
    THE BASIN PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Lachlan Alluvium Groundwater Resource Description GW10 Water Resource Plan Area NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment | dpie.nsw.gov.au Published by NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment dpie.nsw.gov.au Title: Lachlan Alluvium Groundwater Resource Description Subtitle: GW10 Water Resource Plan area First published: August 2019 Department reference number: INT17/225627 More information Kenneth Kolstad, NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, Wagga Wagga © State of New South Wales through Department of Planning, Industry and Environment 2019. You may copy, distribute, display, download and otherwise freely deal with this publication for any purpose, provided that you attribute the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment as the owner. However, you must obtain permission if you wish to charge others for access to the publication (other than at cost); include the publication in advertising or a product for sale; modify the publication; or republish the publication on a website. You may freely link to the publication on a departmental website. Disclaimer: The information contained in this publication is based on knowledge and understanding at the time of writing (August 2019) and may not be accurate, current or complete. The State of New South Wales (including the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment), the author and the publisher take no responsibility, and will accept no liability, for the accuracy, currency, reliability or correctness of any information included in the document (including material provided by third parties). Readers should make their own inquiries and rely on their own advice when making decisions related to material contained in this publication.
    [Show full text]
  • Cobar Shire Council
    All communicotions to be addressed Cobor Shire Council Offices: to the General Manager 36 Linsley Street P.O. Box 223 Cobar NSW 2835 Cobor NSW 2835 ABN 71 579 717 155 Telephone: (02) 6836 5888 Shsr~ Facsimile: (02) 6836 5889 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cobar.nsw.gov.au EMP Inquiry In your reply please quote: Submission No. 15 Reference: E5-1/13946 “Regional Centre in Western NSW” KER:NFH th Tuesday 29 July 2003 The Secretary Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations House ofRepresentatives Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Sir/Madam Subject: SUBMISSION — INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN PAID EMPLOYMENT Please find attached Council’s submission in relation to the House ofRepresentatives enquiryinto increasing participation in paid employment. Yours faithfully K.E. Roberts HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER Attach.... HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS lAUG 2003 RECEIVED Cohar - On the crossroads of the Kidman Way and the Barrier Highway COBAR SHIRE COUNCIL SUBMISSION — INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN PAID EMPLOYMENT Cobar Shire Council is a rural, local government authority located in far west NSW, approximately 295 kilometres west ofDubbo and 711 kilometres west ofSydney. The Council serves an area of some 44,065 square kilometres with a population of approximately 7,500. Cobar Shire Council believes that ‘measures’ can be implemented to increase the level of participation in paid employment, in the form of labour market flexibility, employer and employee assistance/incentives. As a local government authority, and one of four major employers in the shire, Cobar Shire Council has always found it increasingly difficult to attract and retain qualified staff due to the following: 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Brewarrina Shire
    Brewarrina Shire DRAFT LOCAL STRATEGIC PLANNING STATEMENT 17 February 2020 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY The Brewarrina Shire Council acknowledges and pays its respect to the Traditional Owners and their Nations of the Brewarrina Local Government Area including the Ngemba, Morawari, Barkinji, Kamilaroi, Koamu, Valari, Baranbinja, Wairadjuri, Yualwarri People. The contributions of earlier generations, including the Elders, who have fought for their rights in managing the land, is valued and respected. Brewarrina Shire Council acknowledges that the Traditional Owners and their Nations of the Brewarrina Shire have a deep cultural, social, environmental, spiritual and economic connection to their land. Brewarrina Shire Council understands the need for recognition of Traditional Owner knowledge and cultural values in the development of the Brewarrina Local Strategic Planning Statement and supports the belief that by working together we can provide beneficial outcomes for Traditional Owners and all people of the Brewarrina Shire. 1 FOREWARD A vision for our Shire in the future is reflecting a clear set of aspirations formed through the community feedback. WHAT DOES THIS STRATEGY DO? This Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) sets the framework for the economic, social and environmental land use needs over the next 20 years. The LSPS has also taken account of land use planning in adjacent Councils. It also works with Council’s Community Strategic Plan (CSP) and Local Environmental Plan (LEP). The LSPS gives effect to the Far West Regional Plan, implementing the directions and actions at a local level. The LSPS planning priorities, directions and actions provide the rationale for decisions about how we will use our land to achieve the community’s broader goals.
    [Show full text]
  • Outback and Rivers
    Outback and Rivers CULGOA FLOODPLAIN LEGEND Q U E E N S L A N D NATIONAL PARK STURT To Thargomindah Hungerford River Hebel NATIONAL PARK Dowling Barringun The Jump-Ups To Charleville CULGOA Major sealed road o Track o NATIONAL 25 r Goodooga a PARK P Angledool Major unsealed road 102 Weilmoringle 50 Mt Wood Yantabulla Enngonia Secondary sealed road TIBOOBURRA LEDKNAPPER To Lightning Culgoa Secondary unsealed road Cameronʼs Corner 215 NATURE RESERVE Ridge Depot Glen 235 Wanaaring Minor sealed road Fords Grawin Milparinka Collerina 158 Bridge 97 193 NARRAN Road distance in kilometres LAKE Cumborah 112 NOCOLECHE NATURE NATURE RESERVE RESERVE Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone 98 KAMILAROI To Walgett Visitor Information Centre: 168 BREWARRINA BOURKE HWY accredited 29 Barwon 121 River TOORALE Mt Oxley Bogan NATIONAL Visitor Information Centre: Y PARK A 100 Gongolgon non-accredited 48 135 RUN MIT WAY HIGHW RIVER 78 CHELL Carinda Rest area PAROO- 96 LOUTH GUNDABOOKA Packsaddle DARLING NATIONAL 132 NATIONAL PARK Fuel (remote areas only) PARK Mulgowan River Byrock Peery ARLING Art Site 34 D ARLING MACQUARIE Food Lake D 130 91 87 71 MARSHES (7 days; remote areas only) CITY White Clis NATURE MUTAWINTJI TILPA 93 NATURE 160 82 RESERVE RANGE RESERVE National Park 176 Opal MUTAWINTJI 92 Quambone BARRIER NATIONAL PARK 128 Coolabah Macquarie Miners Rivers VER 94 HWY Mutawintji SIL Historic Site 101 Points of interest Way Mt Grenfell Girilambone Historic Site Canonbar 147 PAROO-DARLING KIDMAN National Park accommodation Wilcannia NATIONAL PARK 42 HIGHWAY Cobar BARRIER
    [Show full text]
  • THE LONG PADDOCK Distribution for Not
    Distribution For Not - Publishing Echo THE LONG PADDOCK Distribution For Not - Publishing Echo 2 THE LONG PADDOCK ANDREW CHAPMAN AND TIM LEE The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd 1 Centre Road, Scoresby Contents Victoria 3179 Australia www.fivemile.com.au Introduction Part of the Bonnier Publishing Group 7 www.bonnierpublishing.com Part 1 ON THE HOOF Copyright © Andrew Chapman and Tim Lee, 2014 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or be FROM WILCANNIA TO BOOLIGAL transmitted by any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or Distribution 13 otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Part 2 HAY, HELL & BOOLIGAL First published 2014 For FROM BOOLIGAL TO HAY Printed in China Not 73 Cover and internal design by Philip Campbell Design - Part 3 THE OLD MAN PLAIN National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry FROM HAY TO DENILIQUIN Chapman, Andrew, photographer. 117 The long paddock : a photographic journey along Australia's longest stock route / Andrew Chapman, Tim Lee. Part 4 TO THE BORDER ISBN: 9781743467268 (hardback) FROM DENILIQUIN TO MOAMA/ECHUCA Stock routes--New South Wales--Pictorial works. Publishing 137 Droving--New South Wales--Pictorial works. Country life--New South Wales--Pictorial works. Part 5 AN EPIC TREK Lee, Tim, author. Echo BRINKWORTH’S GREAT CATTLE DRIVE 779.96362 165 Front cover Just past dawn at Mungindi, drover Bill Little cracks his stockwhip to get his cattle moving for the day Previous pages: Brinkworth cattle move out near Hillston Opposite: The shimmering promise of dry times mixed with a faint hope for rain, across the Long Paddock near One Tree 4 5 MAP of the long paddock INTRODUCTION Bourke e r i v Louth Across the Australian continent runs a vast network Australia ran from Wilcannia on the Darling River pioneers in an adventurous outdoor life pitted against R g n of corridors largely unseen and unrecognized by most in northwestern New South Wales to the Victorian the elements.
    [Show full text]
  • Griffith Pedestrian Bicycle and Pedestrian Strategy Priority Table
    Griffith Pedestrian & Bicycle Strategy GRIFFITH PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE STRATEGY MARCH 2021 This report is copyright: (C) Griffith City Council 2021 (C) Copyright Griffith City Council ABN: 81 274 100 792 © Griffith City Council [2021] This document is and shall remain the property of Griffith City Council. The document may only be used for the purposes for which it was commissioned and in accordance with the Terms of Engagement for the commission. Unauthorised use of this document in any form whatsoever is prohibited. Author: James Tomarchio Signed: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... Reviewer: Joe Rizzo Signed: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... Date: 22 March 2021 Distribution: Griffith City Council 2 GRIFFITH PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE STRATEGY MARCH 2021 Griffith Pedestrian & Bicycle Strategy Griffith City Council March 2021 To be adopted at Council Meeting 11 May 2021 3 GRIFFITH PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE STRATEGY MARCH 2021 Executive Summary Walking and cycling are important modes of travel, for both solely pedestrian journeys and also as a part of trips where the major method of transport is bus, train or car. Increasing the proportion of pedestrian and bicycle journeys can make a significant contribution to achieving
    [Show full text]
  • Government Gazette of 28 September 2012
    4043 Government Gazette OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES Number 100 Friday, 28 September 2012 Published under authority by the Department of Premier and Cabinet LEGISLATION Online notification of the making of statutory instruments Week beginning 17 September 2012 THE following instruments were officially notified on the NSW legislation website (www.legislation.nsw.gov.au) on the dates indicated: Regulations and other statutory instruments Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Contribution Plans) Regulation 2012 (2012-471) — published LW 21 September 2012 Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Prescribed Audits) Regulation 2012 (2012-472) — published LW 21 September 2012 Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Amendment (Removal of Unattended Vehicles) Regulation 2012 (2012-469) — published LW 21 September 2012 Environmental Planning Instruments Hawkesbury Local Environmental Plan 2012 (2012-470) — published LW 21 September 2012 State Environmental Planning Policy Amendment (Miscellaneous) 2012 (2012-473) — published LW 21 September 2012 4044 OFFICIAL NOTICES 28 September 2012 Assents to Acts ACTS OF PARLIAMENT ASSENTED TO Legislative Assembly Office, Sydney, 24 September 2012 IT is hereby notified, for general information, that Her Excellency the Governor has, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, this day assented to the undermentioned Acts passed by the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, viz.: Act No. 65 2012 – An Act to amend the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995 to provide for the enforcement of an R 18+ classification category for computer games; and for related purpose. [Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Amendment (R18+ Computer Games) Bill] Act No.
    [Show full text]
  • Mitchell Cluster
    THE CENTRE Australia’sOF NSW Wool & Cotton Capital A History of Bourke...................................................................................3 A History of Brewarrina...........................................................................5 A History of Cobar .....................................................................................6 A History of Narromine ............................................................................7 A History of Nyngan..................................................................................9 A History of Tottenham .........................................................................10 A History of Trangie................................................................................11 A History of Tullamore...........................................................................12 A History of Wanaaring..........................................................................13 A History of Warren.................................................................................14 Things you need to know ......................................................................15 Things you need to know ......................................................................15 All that The Centre of NSW has to Offer ..........................................18 Cultural Services..........................................................................................18 Communications..........................................................................................20
    [Show full text]
  • App G Traffic
    Appendix G Traffic Impact Assessment (RoadNet, 2015) RoadNet Traffic Assessment Impacts of Proposed Poultry Development At Sturt Highway, Euroley for SLR Consulting 22 April 2015 Proposed Poultry Development Traffic Impact Assessment Sturt Highway, Euroley for SLR Consulting ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Document Control Sheet Document Status FINAL Version 4 Date 22 April 2015 Issued to Nicole Armit, SLR Consulting Prepared By Brian Kerwick Reviewed By Steve Manton Prepared by: RoadNet Pty Ltd Suite 1 Oxley House 133 – 137 Gordon Street PORT MACQUARIE NSW 2444 Tel: 02 6584 4855 Fax: 02 6584 4866 E-mail: [email protected] 15006P: FINAL REPORT Page 2 of 32 pages Date 22/04/2015 Proposed Poultry Development Traffic Impact Assessment Sturt Highway, Euroley for SLR Consulting ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 4 2. EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ..................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 The Site ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 Existing Road Network ................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Minutes of the Tourist Attraction Signposting Assessment Committee
    TASAC Minutes 20 January 2016 Minutes of the Tourist Attraction Signposting Assessment Committee Wednesday 20 January 2016 at the RMS Parramatta office Level 5, 27-31 Argyle Street Parramatta Members David Douglas Regional Coordinator TASAC and Drive, Destination NSW Phil Oliver Guidance and Delineation Manager, Roads & Maritime Services (RMS) Maria Zannetides TASAC Secretariat Also Present Cameron McIntyre TEO, RMS Sydney Region John Rozos RMS Sydney Region (part meeting) AGENDA ITEMS 1. DELEGATIONS / PRESENTATIONS & REGIONAL SIGNPOSTING ISSUES N / A 2. NEW TOURIST SIGNPOSTING APPLICATIONS 2.1 Paroo Darling National Park, near Wilcannia An application has been lodged to review the eligibility of Paroo Darling National Park for tourist signposting (TASAC found the park to be eligible for signposting in 2008) and allow some of the park’s signage to be updated and also to secure signposting for a new precinct known as Peery Lake Picnic Area within the Paroo Darling Overflow Section of the park. The park is in the north west corner of the State, north east of the Cobb Highway and north of the Barrier Highway. The nearest towns are Wilcannia and White Cliffs, both to the west of the park. The park conserves extensive semi-permanent freshwater wetlands associated with both the Paroo and Darling Rivers. The area is internationally significant for bird migration and recognised under the Ramsar Treaty for conserving wetlands of international importance. Additionally, Peery Lake is the only lake bed in the Southern Hemisphere where mound springs (natural outlets for artesian water) are located. Various Aboriginal artefacts and sites exist in the area and the lake has been recorded as a tourist attraction since the 1910s.
    [Show full text]