where to stay in Bourke NSW ........

gday mate

when we stayed out there we were warned not to go into town but to stay on the outskirts of town @ a caravan park next to the river.
not sure what that park was called but i remember that it was next to a hotel.i can also remember we drove across a bridge to get there,cheers.

Dajo

We stay in Bourke on a regular basis when en route to the coast.

We stay over at Bourke Riverside Motel. Although I have heard bad reports about Bourke I haven't seen any activities that would alarm me and have walked around the streets at night. The motel does lock its gates after dark though...lol

There is always a good feed at the local RSL across the road from the motel


Cheers

Hi dado trad

have not stayed in town but am encouraged by willem's comments - have however stayed at the park by the river - called Kidmans camp on outskirts

Interesting place much more maligned than it deserves - badly needs cashed up visitors to contribute to the local economy though - perhaps you can help

Thought the lock and weir on the outskirts of tow, inland marine court house and the victorian bridge (near kidman's camp and the stockade (perhaps not original) of particular interest

Hope this helps

We heard the same reports a few years ago. We had no problems at the North Bourke Kidman's Park. Excellent facilities and a resident bush poet when we stayed for one night. The North Bourke hotel was very crowded in the front bar. All part of bush travelling. The council has a historic diesel generating plant that they run up on occasions. I believe it was once used in the old Sydney Powerhouse. Quite a performance goes on to get the thing to fire up!

Kingo

Hi dajo,

We stayed in a Motel right next to a Bridge over the Darling River on the way out of Town in walking distance from the Motel there was a Pub and a small Store Takeaway come Service Station.

We have stayed there twice it was great spot had no probs.

Cheers Scoof . :-)

My one and only overnighter in Burke was one to remember.

Jan 2004. Driving West along the highway into Burke @ 6pm. 45 degrees....and we thought we could see a storm approaching. Yippee we thought, looking forward to the rain. Then the dust storm hit us! bugger.

Anyway, made it to Burke and being just a tad too hot to pitch the camper trailer we opted for an airconditioned unit at a Caravan Park just on the right as we hit town.

It was 10pm before the building had cooled down enough for us to even walk inside it. I recon the clapped out aircon cooled it from @ 60- 70 degrees inside to a very lovely 40!!!! I recon it was still 30 when we left in the morning. It wasn't a good night.

On top of that, we had some very shonky looking people getting around the park admiring my fishing gear and other bits on the roof so I decided it best to take everything off the roof rack and store in the unit, so I at least had a reasonable chance of it being there in the morning! The 20 minutes unpack and re-pack in the morning gave me some piece of mind.

Anyway, we didn't actually have any trouble at all so guess that's a good thing.

Good luck.
P.S next time, I'd even drive through the night not to stay there and if it was Wilcannia...well, arm yourself!

Regularly stay at the Major Mitchell Motel with no dramas.
Also stayed at Kidman Camp a couple of times.

Anyone going to Bourke this week and visiting Fred Hollows grave site do me a favour and slip over a few rows left and give my wifes GGGranmother gravestone a wipe over for me its in the Presbyterian section under Jean Taylor 18th December 1885 and Im not going to make it and you never know when old GGGrandmother in laws will come and haunt you.
Ian

Hey thanks to you all for your info - feel all is not as people have told me so we will stay the night and have a look around - thanks again

There is a bloke who does a tour of the area he craps on a bit but it still a good tour I think it is $25 a head goes for about 3 hours

We stayed at Kidmans about 9 months ago it is a very comfortable park. Talking to a few people around, we were advised the trouble makers around Bourke had been given the flick. So much so the local council were on a mission to have the shops remove the steel shutters etc.

You will find Bourke relatively safe.