Top Things to do in Bourke
Top Restaurants in Bourke
What to do and see in Bourke, New South Wales: The Best Things to do
Discover the best top things to do in Bourke, Australia including Louth Races, Mulgowan (Yapa) Aboriginal Rock Art Site, Back O'Bourke Visitor Information & Exhibition Centre, Bourke Historic Cemetery, Gundabooka National Park, Paddle Vessel Jandra, Poetry on a Plate, Toorale National Park, Bourke Historic Wharf, Mount Oxley.
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1. Louth Races
2. Mulgowan (Yapa) Aboriginal Rock Art Site
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 19 reviews
The ancient petroglyph rock art is located within Gundabooka National Park 20 kms off Kidman Way on sandy dirty track that is marked by National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) signs to the Mulgowan carpark & picnic site. From here a marked NPWS path leads up & into the dry Mulareenya creek where the Yapa rock art can be found under the ledge. The NPWS have constructed walking ledges & have caged off the actual petroglyphs.
Reviewed By Ibudewi - Turramurra, Australia
We drove in from Kidman Way and was an easy drive on the red dirt road in our Ford Escape. We saw kangaroos, lizards and feral goats on the drive in. The walk itself is quite easy and well signposted. Beautiful/other worldly scenery and the art work was well maintained and interesting. Some more explanatory signage would have been awesome particularly of this one work that we were quite intrigued by (see first picture). We visited Mt Grenfell historic site and recommend both (art more accessible at Mt Grenfell but walk more interesting at Mulgowan).
3. Back O'Bourke Visitor Information & Exhibition Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 265 reviews
Did you know that the Back O Bourke Visitor Information & Exhibition Centre is the place of Outback Legends! Barefoot Harry, Captain Starlight, the Camel traders, WWI Prisoners of War, Charles Bean the man behind the Australian War Memorial make up part of the colourful collection of people and their stories. Your 2-day pass will take you on an intriguing journey and don’t forget the words of a once famous resident of Bourke, Henry Lawson, and 'If you know Bourke, you know Australia'. Enjoy the Exhibition Centre along with the Back O' Bourke Outback Show, featuring Paul Clarkson. It is a cracker of a show - All Australian horsemanship at its best in the Stockman’s Arena. Daily at 11 am during Visitor Season. A must do experience.
Reviewed By 446yvonnea - Brisbane, Australia
Before you do anything else visit here. The exhibit is well worth the time to go through. We spent a good 2 hours in there. The girl on reception of the information centre is very helpful and informative. The new centre is still being developed and will be completed soon. There will be a cafe on site too.
4. Bourke Historic Cemetery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 81 reviews
Reviewed By A8090VKchristiang - Wollongong, Australia
This is a must visit in Bourke for anyone who likes visiting cemeteries or history in general. Before you visit make sure you go to the visitor information centre and get a map for the cemetery. This will help explain what you are looking at and make it a bit more interesting. The cemetery has Bushrangers, Drovers, Cameleers, local heros and also the final resting place for Fred Hollows. There is at least 15 graves highlighted on the map with a 2 lined sentenced explanation for most of the 15 graves. And there are indication markers to find the graves. Try and visit early during the day, as in the afternoon the sun shines in your eyes and photos are harder to take. The cemetery is pretty dry with most of the cemetery dirt and there are no toilets available. You could probably spend around an hour looking around the cemetery.
5. Gundabooka National Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By Be-Centred - Byron Bay, Australia
Went on a self guided tour and blown away by the rugged and beautiful land scape and enjoyed the shade of the resting place.
6. Paddle Vessel Jandra
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 65 reviews
Experience the beautiful Darling River aboard the majestic Jandra Paddle Vessel. Enjoy one of the relaxing daily cruises, or book a private charter for your special event. Once on board, the Captain will inform and entertain you with a delightful commentary on river life, flora, fauna and the history of the riverboat era. The original Jandra was a steam paddle boat, built in Mannum, South Australia in 1894 for Arthur Senior of Bourke. Our modern paddle vessel was built by Russell Mansell and his family and commissioned in 2000; the first paddle boat to operate on the Darling River in over 60 years.
7. Poetry on a Plate
8. Toorale National Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By 956sallyf - Coonabarabran, Australia
Drive from North Bourke clearly signposted, managed dirt road driving slowly. Turn off to Darling River campground closed, so proceeded straight to homestead precinct. Picnic area & modern flush toilets available. Sat under a tree for a picnic looking toward the heritage homestead then explored the information signs around the fence. Other station buildings included a forge & bellows in the blacksmith shed, old stables with glimpses of the Warrego River. Further along there were good views of a bend in the Warrego next to NPWS facilities. Very peaceful aspect. We then drove across the Warrego floodplain to the Mount Talowla lookout viewing a few emu groups along the way, including a male with up to 7 striped chicks. The country looks so good after the rain this year.
9. Bourke Historic Wharf
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 104 reviews
Reviewed By platinumm2017
We really enjoyed our stay in Bourke, the river front area is well presented, there is a large timber deck overlooking the river and the old historic diesel engine is next door
10. Mount Oxley
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By Be-Centred - Byron Bay, Australia
Had a beautiful outing exploring more of great Australian the outback while on placement with Southern across University outback placement in Brewarriana.
