Broken Hill / Menindee lakes in November

Hi Rob. There is so much to see and do out that way so I hope you have plenty of time. It will be getting hot too so you will need shaded areas to camp. I would go out to Silverton, about 20k from Broken Hill and use it as a base. Stay at Penrose Park. Make sure you go to the Mundi Mundi plains lookout at sunset. For Menindee there are plenty of free camp spots on the road out to the main dam or for a bit of luxury, stay at Copi Hollow. You will need at least a week out there to fit it all in as well. We will get back there one day and have a longer look. Cheers,Bob.Broken Hill

Hi Rob

We stopped off at Menindee during our trip to Cameron Corner in April.

We had our 3 kids and we free camped right on the edge of the lake. And I mean 1 meter off the edge! Kids lived it. Spent the whole of one day just in the water.

Loads of free camping and shady spots. Head for Lake Pamamaroo and towards the Burke and wills campsite. Their are toilets There We camped off the road on about a kilometre from that campsite as it was full of a 4WD club but the spot we found was much nicer and on grass. Copi Hollow is nice too, but so much free camping in the area we couldn't justify paying.

Great pub in town, massive steaks! Great little info office too. Kinchega NP on the other side of town has the Old Wool shed and they have hot showers for a small donation.

If you like rising then you will be in heaven here. Only problem with camping on the waters edge was the fish jumping ans splashing all night!!

I will post a pic when I get to a computer.

Enjoy

Graeme

Graeme

hi when you get into menindee follow the railway line through town past the railway station and you will come to a dead end and a bridge get out and walk around you will see the bridge actually is lifting sort of bridge

it does not work any more but it is part of the towns history and going back to a time of the paddle steamers

burke and willls camp site at the lakes is worth a picture or two

my first trip there was when the mail lake was dry as a bone my wife grew up here in Broken hill and often went camping and rabbiting out menindee she was shock to see a dry lake but now it is back to normal

just have to take care we have a huge population of emus out here and they have no road sense but the trip is well worth it

let me know if you need any other help being a local i can get other information if you need