Menindee is a minor town (population 537 in 2021) in the Far West region of New South Wales.
Menindee is in the Central Darling Shire Local Government Area, whose main centre is Wilcannia.
Understand
editVisitor information centre
edit- 1 Menindee Visitors Information Centre, 27 Yartla Street, ☏ +61 8 8091 4274. If the phone is not answered, call the Menindee Transaction Centre on +61 8 8091 4392
Get in
editBy car
editMenindee is around 1.25 hrs away from Broken Hill via Menindee Road. Note that Broken Hill observes ACST and ACDT while Menindee like the rest of New South Wales follows AEST and AEDT. You may have an extra half an hour to spare or you might lose half an hour, depending on which direction you're going.
By train
edit1 Menindee Train Station. is served by the Western NSW 446 Central train service from Broken Hill and takes about 1 hour and 9 minutes. It is also served by the Western NSW 445 Broken Hill train service from Central and takes about 12 hours and 4 minutes.
Get around
editBy car
editCar is a quick way to go around the town but the time spent isn't worth the time to turn on, and turn off the car quickly. You'd be better off walking unless you are going out of town.
By walking
editWalking is also a great option and the quickest point from end to end is 3 km long. If you choose to walk in the summer months, it can get up to 60˚C. Drink sufficient water and always carry water with you.
See
edit- 1 Barka Ngnugu, 38 Darling St.
- 2 Kinchega National Park. A national park home to several old historic farming stations along with some lakes – quite an unusual sight for much of the Outback. The end up flowing a 200 kilometres or so along the Darling River.
Do
editBuy
edit- 1 Darling River Supermarket, 47 Yartla St, ☏ +61 8 8091 4288.
Eat
edit- 1 Redsands Takeaway, 32 Menindee St, ☏ +61 8 8091 4444.
Drink
edit- 1 Albermarle Hotel, 42 Menindee St, ☏ +61 8 8091 4212.
- 2 Maidens Hotel, 2879/59 Yartla St, ☏ +61 8 8091 4208.
Sleep
edit- 1 Burke & Wills Menindee Motel, 54 Yartla St, ☏ +61 8 8091 4313.
- 2 Menindee Bridge Caravan Park, Menindee St, ☏ +61 8 8091 4282.
- 3 Menindee Lakes Caravan Park, Menindee Rd, ☏ +61 8 8091 4315.
Connect
editTelstra fully covers the area with either 3G or 4G. Other providers don't provide coverage in Menindee. Note that this area uses the 08 phone numbering code and not the 02 used in the eastern parts of the state.
Go next
edit- In the north, go and explore Broken Hill
- In the east, go and explore Dubbo, Australia's wildlife capital
- In the west, go and explore Adelaide
- In the south, go and explore Mildura and the nearby Mungo National Park. Pooncarie is along the way.