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REGION: The Living Outback

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Outback NSW provides a unique Australian experience that brings the visitor in contact with the ancient and spectacular landscape of the Outback. Discover a network of rivers and lakes, astonishing wildlife and meet the Aussie characters who are the spirit of this red land.

Here you'll find rugged beauty, vivid red earth, bright blue skies, endless horizons and prolific native wildlife. Of equal interest are the mining towns of Broken Hill, Cobar, Silverton and White Cliffs.

The desert habitat favours many animal and plant species: a mob of big red kangaroos moving across the setting sun at Sturt National Park, a flock of ibis rising from the Menindee Lakes and emus racing across the Mundi Mundi Plains. It's little wonder that art galleries and bush artists abound out here.

Follow the Darling River for a touring adventure from Brewarrina or Bourke to Wentworth where the Darling meets the Murray.

To experience 'the real Australia' try a spot of Outback camping. Sleeping under a blanket of stars is a magical experience. Or experience the underground life at White Cliffs.

Mungo National Park is famous for its Walls of China dunescape, while Mutawintji Historical Site contains one of the best collections of Aboriginal art in New South Wales. Kinchega National Park is an area of glittering lakes and historical interests.

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National Park Information

  • National Parks and Wildlife Information Centre
    102 George St,
    The Rocks, Sydney, NSW 2000
  • www.npws.nsw.gov.au
  • Ph: 1300 361 967 or (02) 9585 6444
 

Parks/Reserves

  • Mungo NP
  • Sturt NP
  • Kinchega NP

latest stories

A Place Less Ordinary, Lightning Ridge

blackqueen | 2009-04-19 | There seems to be a buzz in the air at Lightning Ridge, an indiscernible quality that infiltrates your being and, somehow, makes you feel the way you did when you were younger and less jaded. In someway you can feel it as you draw closer to “the Ridge”, as the locals call it. | read more

Black Queen Review

blackqueen | 2008-09-29 | "Outback theatre with a twist," says the flyer for Black Queen, with a picture of an oil lamp and a woman with a mysterious look. I didn’t really anticipate that this mining town would exactly have a bustling theatre community, but there it is. And being an actor/singer/dancer, of course my interests are piqued. | read more

Lightning Ridge NSW

Black Queen blackqueen | 2008-09-29 | 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! A visit to this thriving outback community and the opal fields surrounding it will not disappoint. Lightning Ridge has something to inspire, attract and lure everyone! | read more

 

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Main Attractions

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.

editors picks

A Place Less Ordinary, Lightning Ridge

blackqueen | 2009-04-19 | There seems to be a buzz in the air at Lightning Ridge, an indiscernible quality that infiltrates your being and, somehow, makes you feel the way you did when you were younger and less jaded. In someway you can feel it as you draw closer to “the Ridge”, as the locals call it. | read more

Lightning Ridge NSW

Black Queen blackqueen | 2008-09-29 | 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! A visit to this thriving outback community and the opal fields surrounding it will not disappoint. Lightning Ridge has something to inspire, attract and lure everyone! | read more

Black Queen Review

blackqueen | 2008-09-29 | "Outback theatre with a twist," says the flyer for Black Queen, with a picture of an oil lamp and a woman with a mysterious look. I didn’t really anticipate that this mining town would exactly have a bustling theatre community, but there it is. And being an actor/singer/dancer, of course my interests are piqued. | read more

 

 
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