Corner Country

Tibooburra NSW 2880 (Pop 150)
Picture: True Outback

Tibooburra is located in Corner Country 1 504 km n-w of Sydney. It is famous as being the hottest and most isolated NSW Outback town. Original inhabitants were the Wongkumara, Wadigali and Malyangapa Aborigines and Tibooburra is said to mean ‘heaps of rocks’ referring no doubt to the granite outcrops nearby. Early pastoral holdings and gold discoveries (1881) accounted for European settlement here. Today the town functions as a service centre with some accommodation, stores and a National Parks office for the Sturt NP. Timooburra Festival (July), Gymkhana & Rodeo (Oct).

Tourist Attractions & Info: 
Family Hotel, Briscoe St (1883) has its walls covered in paintings done, amongst others, by Russell Drysdale, Clifton Pugh and Rick Amor. Courthouse Museum, Briscoe St (1887) fascinating history of the area. Tibooburra Keeping Place, Briscoe St includes fauna, Aboriginal wooden & stone artifacts and photographic displays. Open (9am-4pm)weekdays. Tibooburra Pioneer Park, (1999) features a 27 ft whaleboat replica of early explorer, Charles Sturt's seach for an ‘inland sea’. Tibooburra Outback School of the Air, Briscoe St state’s most remote school servicing students in this outback region.

Nearby:
Sturt NP (330 km north) along the Silver City Hwy comprises 344 000 fascinating ha of red sand dunes, wetlands and stone-covered plains rich in fauna (kangaroos, emus, reptiles) and prolific birdlife. The flora is mainly mulga bushland and arid scrubland and after heavy rains, beautiful wildflowers. There are also Aboriginal relics (middens). At the western end stands Explorers Tree where Sturt once buried food. Drives, walks and camping are all popular but summer temperatures can reach 50 deg C so always take plenty of water. Best visiting times are Apr-Sept. Self-Guided Drives include Gorge Loop (100 km) and Jump-Up Loop Rd (110 km) both interesting and scenic. Cameron Corner (140 km n-w) where NSW, SA and Qld all meet. The Great Dingo Fence runs through here and spans 5 614 km from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Indian Ocean.  Originally constructed to overcome the rabbit invasion from the south and today maintained to keep wild dogs from sheep grazing areas. Milparinka (40 km south) former gold mining town and today virtually a ghost town.  Once a Jolly Swagman Festival (Easter).

Accommodation:
Tibooburra has a motel, 2 hotels and a camping/caravan park. Visitor Information Centre: National Parks & Wildlife Service, Briscoe St. Tel (08) 8091 3308.

Airport:

Tibooburra Aerodrome (TYB) Wanaaring-Tibooburra Rd (5 km east).

Hospital:

Tibooburra Health Service, Sturt St. Tel (08) 8091 3302.

Corner Country 
A remote and semi arid outback region in far NW NSW where Cameron Corner meets three states – NSW, SA and Qld.  Tibooburra and Milparinka are the two settlements close to the enormous Sturt NP made up of red sand dunes, woodlands and even wetlands. Also home to kangaroos, many reptiles and several bird species.