Plan Book Travel Australia

Broken Hill

• Known as the Silver City, Broken Hill was built on the world’s largest silver, lead and zinc mine run by Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP), now Australia's largest mining company.

Kinchega National Park

• Kinchega National Park extends south from the town of Menindee in the Western New South Wales. Kinchega was recognised for its unique and special qualities in 1967 when it was dedicated as a national park- the first in Western NSW.

Lightning Ridge

• Lightning Ridge, located in outback NSW on the world’s richest deposit of black opal, is a place that abounds with colourful characters, barrels of dreams, opportunity and experiences.

Menindee Lakes

• The Menindee Lakes System begins on the Darling River about 200 kilometres upstream from the junction of the Darling and Murray rivers at Wentworth.

Mungo National Park

• Mungo National Park is a part of the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area, a chain of dried-out lakes that were once strung between Willandra Creek and the main channel of the Lachlan River in Outback NSW.

Silverton

• Located 25 km north-west of Broken Hill, Silverton has a variety of 19th-century buildings, some restored as museums and art galleries.

Sturt National Park

• This spectacularly diverse park is one of the largest in NSW. Established in 1972, it lies in the north-western most corner of the state near the town of Tibooburra.

White Cliffs Opal Mines

• Ninety-eight km from Wilcannia is the bizarre moonscape-like landscape, comprised of thousands of hillocks of earth dug and discarded in the quest for opals.