This area is a nature lover’s paradise with floodplains, swamps and wetlands playing host to fish and wildlife.
The small towns of Menindee, Pooncarie, Wentworth and Euston are included in the area.
Attractions
Cruise the Menindee Lakes that provide waterbird habitat with more than 30 species of waterbirds, including threatened species such as freckled duck and migratory waders.
The Menindee Lakes were a series of shallow natural ephemeral lakes along the Darling River which have been developed into a water storage.
When full they hold three and half times as much water as Sydney Harbour.
See the tree where ill-fated explorers Burke and Wills carved their names at the Menindee Lake foreshore. Visit the historic Kinchega Woolshed.
Stay
The Bourke and Wills Menindee Motel and the Albermarle Hotel offer accommodation.
Pitch a tent or caravan at the Copi Hollow Caravan Park and there are several camping grounds in the Kinchega National Park.
The Kinchega Shearers Quarters is comfortable, and you gain an insight into Australian pastoral history. Explore the nearby homestead ruins.
Dine
Enjoy a beer and a meal at the Maidens Hotel, the second oldest hotel in NSW and the Albermarle Hotel.
Picks up supplies at the local shops or head back to Broken Hill for the night.
