N.S.W. | Far West Region

  • Bourke YBKE

  • 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.
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  • Australia  Australia
  • location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
  • flight_takeoffYBKE Bourke
  • 2023  
  • Cobar YCBA

  • 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.
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  • Australia  Australia
  • location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
  • flight_takeoffYCBA Cobar
  • tagOpen-Cut MineDesert
  • 2023  
  • Meeting of Two Waters

  • 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.
  • airline_seat_recline_extraAustralia 3
  • Australia  Australia
  • location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
  • flight_takeoffYWLG Walgett
  • tagIrrigation
  • 2023  
  • Tri-State Border

  • 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.
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  • Australia  Australia
  • location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
  • flight_takeoffYTIB Tibooburra
  • tagDesert
  • 2023  
  • Brewarrina YBRW

  • 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!
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  • Australia  Australia
  • location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
  • flight_takeoffYBRW Brewarrina
  • 2023  
  • Lady of the Lake

  • "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."
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  • Australia  Australia
  • location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
  • flight_takeoffYIVO Ivanhoe
  • tagDesertWater
  • Inland Sea

  • 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.
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  • Australia  Australia
  • location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
  • flight_takeoffYLOH Louth
  • tagDesert
  • Mighty Murray & Murrumbidgee

  • 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!
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  • Australia  Australia
  • location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
  • flight_takeoffYBRN Balranald
  • tagIrrigation
  • 407 over Collarenebri, Australia

  • 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.
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  • Australia  Australia
  • location_cityN.S.W. | Far West
  • local_airportBell 407
  • precision_manufacturingAsobo | Microsoft
  • tagGallery
  • 2023  edited: 15-11-2023
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