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The Long Paddock Touring Route Cobb Highway NSW Encompassing The Murray, Deniliquin, Conargo, Hay and Central Darling Regions 2nd Edition TheLongPaddock Cobb Highway Touring Route www.thelongpaddock.com.au 70977 The Long Paddock-Bk.indd 1 24/7/12 12:08:46 PM Welcome DARWIN Welcome to The Long Paddock - Cobb Highway Touring Route which follows The Cobb Highway (named Tilpa for the famous coach company) Wilcannia To Bourke from Echuca Moama on the Iva nhoe Victorian border, through to Wilcannia, leading to the iconic To White BRISBANE outback towns of Bourke, Cliffs Darling WILCANNIA Broken Hill and White Cliffs. River PERTH ADELAIDE SYDNEY This visitors’ guide contains AY CANBERRA MOAMA information on each of the major Wilcannia MELBOURNE To Cobar towns and villages through which BARRIER HIGHW the touring route passes. It is HOBART Booligal To Broken Hill Darling divided into colour coded sections River so you can easily find each region COBB HIGHW on the route, historical information Menindee on the towns and villages, accommodation options, attractions Ivanhoe and places to eat and drink. As you travel along the touring route New Mossgiel look for The Long Paddock Visitors A Hay Y Site road signs - these indicate the South N Hillston location of the 47 Long Paddock information panels located along the Lachlan route and within the towns. They tell Wales Booligal River AY To Dubbo the history of the region in words and images and are a great way to One Tree get to know the area. They also Oxley MID-WESTERN HIGHW indicate the location of our eleven Booroorban Murrumbidgee River amazing sculptures - take a moment Maude To Sydney STURT HIGHWAY to stop and grab a photo with these Hay stunning artworks. To Mildura Each region is home to one of the five major rivers in central NSW - Booroorban Billabong Creek Black Swamp Conargo The Darling, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Wanganella Mayrung Edward and Murray. The rivers Pretty Pine Blighty provide a great place to stop and Wanganella Deniliquin rest and throw a line in or for the Murray River Edward River Bunnaloo more adventurous, have a water ski Mathoura or canoe trip. Womboota Murray River Moama If you really want to get a feel for the Echuca area pick up The Long Paddock audio tour CD (available for purchase at the Mathoura, Deniliquin and Hay Victoria Visitor Information Centres). The Deniliquin tour will guide you across the route To Melbourne at your own pace and let you in on some local knowledge and a few tall tales. M a t h o u ra We hope you enjoy your stay while you drive the drovers dream! Echuca / Moama Echuca / Moama Mathoura Deniliquin Pretty Pine Wanganella 39km 34km 18km 27km 36km 70977 The Long Paddock-Bk.indd 2 24/7/12 12:08:58 PM Welcome Photography credits: Don Fuchs, Mike Newling, Tourism NSW, Margie McClellend, Sandra Ireson, DARWIN Welcome to The Long Paddock - Leanne Whitely, Rhonda Nevinson and Cobb Highway Touring Route which Alex Leitao follows The Cobb Highway (named Tilpa for the famous coach company) To Bourke from Echuca Moama on the Victorian border, through to Wilcannia, leading to the iconic To White BRISBANE outback towns of Bourke, Cliffs Darling WILCANNIA Broken Hill and White Cliffs. River PERTH ADELAIDE SYDNEY This visitors’ guide contains AY CANBERRA MOAMA information on each of the major Wilcannia MELBOURNE To Cobar towns and villages through which BARRIER HIGHW the touring route passes. It is HOBART To Broken Hill Darling divided into colour coded sections River so you can easily find each region COBB HIGHW on the route, historical information Menindee on the towns and villages, accommodation options, attractions Ivanhoe and places to eat and drink. As you travel along the touring route New Mossgiel look for The Long Paddock Visitors Contents A Y Site road signs - these indicate the N Hillston location of the 47 Long Paddock South .................................................................................... information panels located along the History 4 Lachlan route and within the towns. They tell Wales Booligal River AY To Dubbo the history of the region in words Sculptures ................................................................................ 5 and images and are a great way to get to know the area. They also One Tree Itineraries ................................................................................ 6 Oxley MID-WESTERN HIGHW indicate the location of our eleven Murrumbidgee River amazing sculptures - take a moment (Echuca-Moama, Mathoura, Bunnaloo, Maude To Sydney Murray Region ................... 8 STURT HIGHWAY to stop and grab a photo with these Womboota & Caldwell) Hay stunning artworks. To Mildura Each region is home to one of the Deniliquin Region .................................................................. 16 five major rivers in central NSW - Booroorban Billabong Creek (Pretty Pine, Wanganella, Booroorban, Black Swamp Conargo The Darling, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Conargo Region ................ 22 Conargo, Blighty & Mayrung) Wanganella Mayrung Edward and Murray. The rivers Pretty Pine Blighty provide a great place to stop and Hay Region (Hay, One Tree, Booligal, Maude & Oxley) ..................... 26 Murray River Deniliquin rest and throw a line in or for the Edward River more adventurous, have a water ski Bunnaloo (Ivanhoe, Wilcannia, Menindee, Mathoura or canoe trip. Central Darling Region .............. 34 Womboota Murray River White Cliffs, Mossgiel and Tilpa) Moama If you really want to get a feel for the Echuca area pick up The Long Paddock audio Distance Grid ......................................................................... 39 tour CD (available for purchase at the Mathoura, Deniliquin and Hay Victoria Visitor Information Centres). The The Long Paddock would like to acknowledge all of the traditional land owners, tour will guide you across the route some of whom played an important role in the development of the stock route. To Melbourne at your own pace and let you in on some local knowledge and a few tall tales. Thanks for visiting! When you visit The Long Paddock We hope you enjoy your stay while you help to keep our towns and villages thriving. you drive the drovers dream! Booroorban Hay Booligal Ivanhoe Wilcannia 36km 49km 72km 131km 182km 70977 The Long Paddock-Bk.indd 3 24/7/12 12:09:09 PM The Long Paddock Sculptures of The Long Paddock The modern Cobb Highway follows part of the great network The Long Paddock boasts eleven major public artworks that tell our story. Over 600km - the sculptures make the largest art of stock routes that became known as “The Long Paddock” - a gallery in the world! historic web of tracks and trails linking stock-breeding areas of inland NSW and Queensland with emerging markets in Victoria. It also provided an escape route from drought when the seasons failed. The Long Paddock is still a working stock route which provides us with a link to times and landscapes that are long since altered. The History of The Pioneers – Wayne Strickland The Long Paddock Main Street, Ivanhoe As their flocks increased in numbers the early NSW graziers caught their eye. By 1840 most of the eastern Riverina was began looking for markets other than Sydney. In 1824 settled, squatters taking up vast runs which they stocked Hume and Hovell blazed a trail south to the eventual site of with sheep and cattle. The first station established on what Melbourne which, by 1836 was growing rapidly. Adelaide is now the Cobb Highway was Moira, between Moama and was founded at about the same time and both settlements Mathoura, taken up by Henry Sayer Lewes, in August 1842. needed food while their agricultural industries were In 1851 gold was discovered in Victoria. Men (and a handful establishing. of women) flocked to the diggings from all over the world. The rivers were vital to the early overlanders. Travelling Very few were vegetarians and the demand for fresh meat stock cannot go more than two days without water so the (there was no refrigeration then) sent stock prices soaring. early stock routes followed the streams which were the only Men like James Maiden, who had an inn and punt at what is reliable water source. Those bound for Adelaide had several now Moama, bought whole herds of stock and drove them choices. The Darling rises in Queensland, joining the Murray to the goldfields. near Mildura. The Lachlan, rising near Crookwell NSW, flows Deniliquin, originally a station owned by Benjamin Boyd’s into the Murrumbidgee which could be followed from the Royal Bank, became a natural congregating point for south- Monaro region, beyond Canberra. In fact, most of the settled bound stock. From 1847 it had a punt - vital for crossing areas west of the Great Divide could easily access these sheep over the Edward River. It was not long before western-flowing rivers. Deniliquin became an important livestock selling centre, The overlanders were looking for more than markets. eclipsing Moama. Mobs from as far away as northern NSW Crossing the continent, they examined the potential of the and even Queensland began streaming through the town, vast areas of unsettled land through which they travelled. often changing hands for their final journey south. The Many either relocated or expanded to places which had legend of The Long Paddock had begun. The Long Paddock Information Panels The information panels are located at significant sites along the Cobb Highway. They are a wonderful mixture of truths, tales and images! To really experience the drovers’ dream stop at each panel and become part of The Long Paddock. Watch for The Long Paddock Visitor Site signs telling you when the next sign is coming up. Information panels Become part of the Long Paddock 4 TheLongPaddock - Cobb Highway Touring Route 70977 The Long Paddock-Bk.indd 4 24/7/12 12:09:26 PM The Long Paddock Sculptures of The Long Paddock The Long Paddock boasts eleven major public artworks that tell our story. Over 600km - the sculptures make the largest art gallery in the world! Wilcannia The History of Ivanhoe Langs Crossing – John Wooller The Pioneers – Wayne Strickland Wilcannia Bushy Bend, Hay The Long Paddock Main Street, Ivanhoe Mossgiel Murrumbidgee caught their eye.