Station stays

G'day Mark,

At the risk of offending IT Beyond, have a look at the Members Trip Reports on the campertrailer.org site. We wrote a report on the Darling River Run and referred to Idalia Station, Trilby Station, and Kallara Station - all are between Tilpa and Louth. We stayed at Idalia and it was great; we had a look at Trilby and it also looks good and I think it permits camping along the river away from the main camping area. Don't know anything about Kallara. Some of the photos in the trip report are taken at or near Idalia Station.

www.idaliariverstay.com.au
www.trilbystation.com.au
www.kallarastation.com.au

There is also another station between Menindee and Pooncarrie, not far south of Menindee, but I don't have my Hema outback NSW map to hand at the moment - it is marked on that.

Cheers
John & Vicki

Try this site: www.outbackbeds.com.au useful - it has a large number of station stays in NSW & SW Qld

Mac

Hi Mark.
I am heading out to the corner country from tweed heads on 1st July
I have done a little research on camp sites. If you have time try Currawinya National Park(217ne of Bourke).
There is also camping at Camerons Corner Wanaaring & Theldarpa farmstay(50km west of Milparinka)
Try outback nsw web site.
Vince.

We have just come back from a trip up the Darling River Run. Sadly in most of the places the Darling is really just a trench.

We did two Station stays “Bindarra on the Darling” (just south of Menindee on the west side of the river) and “Trilby” (just south of Louth), both members of the Outbackbeds group.

At Bindarra there was a little more water in the river and the areas surrounding the homestead had grass which was a surprise. Trilby, although there was some grass around the bunkhouse, is clearly suffering more from the drought at this point in time. The riverside camping areas at Trilby are in need of a little clean up at present however it is worth the stop over just to follow their mud map around the property to see the variation in the countryside just on that property.

Ironically we got rained in at Trilby with the roads being closed for a couple of days.

Both places were $20 per night, Trilby had 240v at the campsites near the bunkhouse and we would stop at both again.

If going up along the Darling a must stopover is the NP Campground at Wilga, about 40-50km up river from Wilcannia. Magic spot that would only be better if there was more water in the river.

Ron Dickson
www.ronshirl.net

The once dry Darling river is now flowing again at Trilby Station. We stayed there last weekend ( in one of the cottages, very nicely set out with fabulous meals) and were fortunate enough to see the water coming down. What a sight. There is a beautiful body of water flowing past now and the fish are biting too which is an added bonus.

Thanks to all in the replies ,the links and suggestions have been great - makes me want to pack and go now - but sadly it will have to wait.

In terms of a decision re timing - we are considering sept/oct or perhap waiting until april 08 as this will mean the night time temps are OK.

Or for those who have ventured out in july perhap you could give me view on the comfort levels - at night as we will be in tents ?

thanks Mark