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Welcome to the Darling River Run website, an initiative of Outback Regional Tourism to provide all the information needed to learn about one of Australia’s great driving adventures and to discover how best to experience this very special part of Western NSW.
The ‘Run’ starts at Walgett and follows the course of the Darling River through Brewarrina, Bourke, Louth, Tilpa, Wilcannia, Menindee, Pooncarie and to the confluence with the Mighty Murray River. The Darling River Run is not simply point A to point B but the river forms the spine of the journey as there are a vast amount of options for the traveller in the surrounding area. Unique towns (Lightning Ridge and White Cliffs), wonderful National Parks (Gundabooka, Mutawintji, Kinchega, and Mungo), and not forgetting the jewel of Western NSW, Broken Hill.
We will provide resources to learn about this wonderful region of NSW and how best to explore it.
*This site is currently under construction so feel free to look around … we appreciate your patience while this project comes to fruition. |
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The Darling River meanders through NSW from its origins in Queensland’s Darling Downs – via the Warrego and Culgoa Rivers - and from the Northern Rivers of NSW of Barwon, Gwydir, Namoi, Castlereagh and Bogan rivers.
Part of the Murray Darling Basin, which covers 1,061,469 Square kilometres (14% of the total area of Australia), the Darling River is Australia’s longest river flowing 2,739 km and was discovered by explorer Charles Sturt in 1829 who named it in honour of Sir Ralph Darling – the then Governor of New South Wales
It flows South West though outback NSW through the Menindee Lakes on towards the confluence with the Mighty Murray River at Wentworth on the NSW/Victoria border.
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