Back o' Bourke: is an expression allegedly minted by poet Henry Lawson, and refers to Bourke's place at the edge of civilisation. Bourke is at the western edge of the agricultural regions of New South Wales and is a gateway to the vast and arid Australian outback.
Located in the far NW of N.S.W. at the intersection of Kidman Way and the Barrier Highway, Cobar's main activity is mining. One of the oldest, Peak Gold Mine was opened in 1896, and the CSA Mine is one of Australia's highest grade copper mines.
Located in the far NW of N.S.W. at the intersection of Kidman Way and the Barrier Highway, Cobar's main activity is mining. One of the oldest, Peak Gold Mine was opened in 1896, and the CSA Mine is one of Australia's highest grade copper mines.
Walgett is an Aboriginal word meaning "meeting of two waters", in this case the Namoi and Barwon Rivers. The area is an agricultural powerhouse, producing everything from Murray Cod (fish) to mutton and wool, beef, chick peas, barley, lucerne, cotton and wheat.
The water management scheme at Menindee Lakes was started in 1949 and acts as a storage area for tje outflow of nine major river systems. Lake Tandou, at the south west end, is protected from flooding, used to grow a variety of crops and has it's own airport.
Get a taste of outback aviating by performing touch'n'goes at these remote airstrips. Most of these service the cattle stations which typically run to thousands of acres on the parched red earth found through most of the Australian outback.
Wilcannia is located in remote far NW N.S.W., about 425 nm from Sydney as the crow flies. It was a busy inland port in the country during the river boat era of the mid-19th century.
Fly to Cameron corner where where New South Wales, Queensland & South Australia meet. Try flying at higher altitudes such as 5,000 feet to truly appreciate the artistic patterns created here by the interaction of desert and water.
Brewarrina is an aboriginal term for the native gooseberry. In the 1860s Brewarrina was a busy port for shipping wool to Adelaide (captial of South Australia). It's quite the feat of imagination these days to picture river boats making the long journey along the meandering path of the Darling River!
Brewarrina is an aboriginal term for the native gooseberry. In the 1860s Brewarrina was a busy port for shipping wool to Adelaide (captial of South Australia). It's quite the feat of imagination these days to picture river boats making the long journey along the meandering path of the Darling River!
"Find the fabled Lady of the Lake, but which lake? Ivanhoe was named after Sir Walter Raleigh's eponymous work in the 1870's. Why it was founded at that exact spot is a mystery as the nearest potable water was some 25 km away at Kilfera Lake.
The literature-loving founder of Ivanhoe George Williamson passed on to Camelot in 1907."
The Snapper and Ginkgo mines extract Rutile (Titanium Dioxide TiO2), Zircon (Zirconium Silicate ZrSiO4) and Ilmenite (Titanium Iron Oxide FeTiO3), which is a key component of products ranging from paints and inks to fabrics, plastics, paper and cosmetics.
Francis Peter MacCabe (1817-1897) surveyed three of the main rivers in New South Wales: the Murrumbidgee, Darling and Murray. MacCabe Corner is at the junction of South Australia, Victoria and NSW on the Murray River.
Until 65 million years ago Australia was 1/4 covered by a vast inland sea. At Louth we get our first sightings of the rolling and worn mountain ranges which permeate the largely flat former seabed.
Until 65 million years ago Australia was 1/4 covered by a vast inland sea. At Louth we get our first sightings of the rolling and worn mountain ranges which permeate the largely flat former seabed.
Fly past the two longest rivers on the mighty Australian continent. The Murray defines most of the border between NSW and Victoria and runs to 1,558 miles with the Murrumbidgee coming in a close second at 923 miles. OK, not that close perhaps, but definetely getting a silver in the river Olympics!
Located in the far NW of N.S.W. at the intersection of Kidman Way and the Barrier Highway, Cobar's main activity is mining. One of the oldest, Peak Gold Mine was opened in 1896, and the CSA Mine is one of Australia's highest grade copper mines.
Explore the vast irrigation bores, reservoirs and ditches around Collarenebri, and fly over Moomin Gin. In 1962 a small group of pioneering cotton growers formed a cooperative at Wee Waa and processed 98 bales of cotton in the first year. Today Namoi Cotton processes up to 84,000 bales per week at it's 11 facilities. In 1794 the first cotton gin patent was granted in the USA to Eli Whitney. Today at Moomin Cotton Gin the process of separating cotton lint from it's seeds with the descendants of Whitney's invention.