Menindee - Fast Facts

Menindee (including Kinchega National Park and Sunset Strip)
Historic town on the edge of the desert
Menindee is located 1106 km north-west of Sydney via the Great Western, Mitchell and Barrier Highways and 70 m above sea-level. If you are approaching from Broken Hill it is 111 km south-east along a sealed road and, if your departure point is Wilcannia, it is 143 km south-west on a mostly unsealed road.

Menindee is a tiny settlement of 980 people. The countryside is flat and arid and barely supports grazing, although Menindee itself is surrounded by citrus orchards and vegetable cultivation. If desert and fruit-growing sound incompatible, then one has to remember that Menindee is also surrounded by some 20 lakes fed by the Darling River. It is a weird experience to drive through land which is so marginal that you wonder whether it ever rains and to suddenly come across vast freshwater lakes full of dead trees and surrounded by sand, saltbush and inhospitable red soils.

Tourist Information

Menindee Tourist Information Centre
Yartla St
Menindee NSW 2879
Telephone: (08) 8091 4274