Wilcannia Travel Guide

 balhannah Says:  When arriving in Wilcannia, we passed over the Darling River on a new river bridge.Located beside it, is the old steel one, which later I walked across to get a view of the River.The Bridge, built in 1896, is known as a centre lift bridge and is classified by the National... 

 balhannah Says:  St James Church of England built in 1883, is another beautiful sandstone building. It is located at the corner of Myers St and Woore St.Further along Woore St is the Roman Catholic Convent (1894), now a private residence that looked like restoration may have been taking... 

 balhannah Says:  Wilcannia has a visitors centre, and its from here where a town heritage trail walking brochure can be obtained. Altogether, there are 18 sites with informative signposts that connect to the historic buildings being viewed. My 1st building, was the Post office and attached... 

 balhannah Says:  These historic sandstone Warehouses are now closed and not used.Built beside the River, they were kept full of stock as Paddlesteamers arrived daily with food supplies and general goods. For the Steamers return trip, they were usually loaded with wool brought in by bullock... 

 wise23girl Says:  Outback NSW...on your way to Broken Hill.In fairness to this little town which has quite a rich history do read the story for your self. Start with my travel page and follow the links. A.. VT member quite a while back told me her grandfather had been a policeman here and she... 

 M0B1US Says:  It is possible to be frightened into passing right through town and completely miss its fine collection of interesting and historical buildings, often built of locally-quarried sandstone. The visitors' centre can provide you with a pamphlet which will lead you around the... 

 M0B1US Says:  It is hard to imagine standing on the banks of the Darling River during the present day that Wilcannia was once the third largest inland port in all of Australia, earning her the name of 'Queen City of the West' , when all that can be found of the port are a sad jumble of... 

 M0B1US Says:  The Mighty Darling River...So bad are the current droughts in NSW that the Australia's longest river has dried up on at least one occasion south of Wilcannia!Everyone knows of the Darling River in Australia - Songs have been sungabout it, ballads have been written on its... 

 M0B1US Says:  Completed in 1896, this was the first bridge crossing of the Darling between Wentworth and Bourke - practically the entire navigable length of the river. Before this important milestone, all stock and traffic had to cross by punt, occasionally large herds of cattle were swum... 

 balhannah Says:  On the Barrier Highway from Cobar heading to Wilcannia, is a blue road sign warning "you" to eat what ever fruit you have with you within the next 450kms, or else you will have to dispose of it later in the bin at a Fruit Fly point.If you don't do this, and do get caught,... 

 M0B1US Says:  Judging by the vast amount of roadkill on the sides of australia's roads, it seems that the local wildlife has acquired the lemming like tendency of throwing itself en masse in front of fast moving vehicles!Basically you do not drive from dusk till dawn if you want to avoid...