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Love always: The Mary Matthews monument in Louth.

Bourke's Mary Matthew monument: Stranger than fiction

They travelled to the back of Bourke to research a book, only to discover that fact is indeed stranger than fiction.

  • by Jane Richards
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To Bourke and back

Guy Wilkinson discovers the true-blue outback is closer than you think on a 4WD adventure from Sydney to Gundabooka National Park.

Beyond 'the great grey plain'

Bruce Elder surveys the rich heritage of Bourke in its state-of-the-art museum.

Bourke's best ... there are five new timber cabins at Kidman's Camp.

Kidman's Camp, Bourke review: Camp by the Darling

In the company of backpackers and grey nomads, Bruce Elder finds outback hospitality and a bushman's cabin.

Beyond the black stump

Graham Simmons goes bush to see stories of the untamed outback come to life.

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Back of Bourke ... the Cobb & Co office; and the state's longest straight road.

Lawson's long walk

Bruce Elder follows Henry Lawson into a 'the great grey plain' of outback NSW.

Waterworld ... a ghostly tree on the shore of Menindee Lake.

A drive around the bend

In the state's outback, Briar Jensen explores Australia's longest river - by road.

The North Bourke bridge

Bourke

Substantial township on the Darling River in far western New South Wales.