Barwon River near Bourke, NSW
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Camping on a property called Beemery between Bourke and Berwarrina on the Kamilaroi Hghway, New South Wales and on the banks of the Barwon River, a source river that is part of the Murray Darling basin and starts in the north west slopes of the great dividing range.
Bourke is considered to represent the edge of the settled agricultural districts and the gateway to the Outback which lies north and west of Bourke. This is reflected in a traditional expression "back o' Bourke", referring to the Outback.The location of the current township of Bourke on a bend in the Darling River is the traditional country of the Ngemba people.
Brewarrina was the location of inter tribal meetings for Indigenous Australians who speak Darling and live in the river basin. Ancient fish traps in the river are heritage listed rock formations that have been estimated at more than 40,000 years old making them the oldest man made structure on the planet.
Glamping
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Yabbie Entree
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Camp Oven Goodness
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Dirty Carp
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Carp where it belongs
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Bogan River, near Bourke NSW
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Bird Life
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The Darling River is the third longest river in Australia. Officially the Darling begins between Brewarrina and Bourke, NSW at the confluence of the Culgoa and Barwon rivers that source in the ranges of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales . The Darling runs from just North West of Bourke for approximately 1,500 kilometres to the Murray River at the Victorian border at Wentworth. Early pastoralists used it to send their wool by shallow draft paddle steamer from the river ports of Bourke and Wilcannia to the South Australian railheads at Morgan and Murray Bridge.
The confluence of the Culgoa and Barwon Rivers
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The very start of the Darling River
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Camp Visitor
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Little Bogan River near Bourke, NSW
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One of the many dry gullies that drain off the black soil plains country into the rivers.
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Hi Wayne,
ReplyDeleteNice pictures. I am originally from Wentworth and now living abroad in Norway. Have spent plenty of time fishing and hunting the length of the Darling over the years but have never been to the confluence of Barwon/Culgoa. Is Beemery the property that spans the confluence?
Anthony