Address & Contact Edit
Lake Cawndilla
New South Wales
Phone: 08 8084 2880
Email: npws.westdarling@environment.nsw.gov.au
Web: https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/kinchega-national-park
No visit to
Kinchega National Park is complete without exploring the beautiful, old buildings of
Kinchega Station. Built in 1875 of corrugated iron and river red gum, the historic
Kinchega Woolshed is a vast and very
well preserved classic piece of Australian pastoral
heritage.
Inside
the woolshed, you’ll see wool presses and tables, a machinery room and an original steam engine as
well as sweating pens and the board where the sheep were held for shearing. In 97 years of operation, six million sheep were sheared here, an amazing thing to imagine as you wander through this quietly majestic building.
An area of glittering lakes in a dry landscape, with waterbirds living among its backwaters and drowned forests. Massive river red gums gather at the banks of the
Darling River, which forms the eastern boundary of the park.
Explore the Aboriginal sites and European structures, such as the
Kinchega Woolshed. Take a self-guided tour in the
visitor centre in the old shearers' quarters.
Car-based and caravan camping are available at the
Cawndilla Campground, Emu
Lake Campground near the old
homestead site or along the
Darling River Run at
Darling River Campground. You can also stay in the old shearers' quarters (bookings required).
Access is 111 km south-east of
Broken Hill along the road to
Menindee. Unsealed roads, closed when wet. Vehicle entry fee applies.