# Lunettes, Silver City and red plains – by camper through the outback of far western New South Wales

> A good 1,200 km from Mildura via Wentworth, the lunettes of Mungo and the Darling at Menindee to Broken Hill, Silverton and on to the rocky gorges of…

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**At a glance:** 8-day road trip of about 916 km (569 mi) with 11 stops, from Mildura to White Cliffs. About 9 h 59 min of driving in total. Best time to go: April–May and September–November. A good 1,200 km from Mildura via Wentworth, the lunettes of Mungo and the Darling at Menindee to Broken Hill, Silverton and on to the rocky gorges of Mutawintji and the opal dugouts of White Cliffs – with dirt roads that close after rain, and a clock that runs on South Australian time in Broken Hill.

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|---|---|
| Distance | approx. 916 km (569 mi) |
| Driving | 9 h 59 min |
| Suggested days | 8 |
| Stops | 11 |
| Route | Mildura → White Cliffs |
| States | Victoria, New South Wales |
| Best time to go | April–May and September–November |
| Updated | October 1, 2026 |

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Practical guides for this route: [Driving the Outback safely: distances, water, road trains and emergency communication](https://camping-spirit.com/magazine/oc-outback-driving-safety/), [Hiring a campervan or motorhome in Australia: what to check](https://camping-spirit.com/magazine/oc-campervan-hire-australia/)

*A good 1,200 km from Mildura via Wentworth, the lunettes of Mungo and the Darling at Menindee to Broken Hill, Silverton and on to the rocky gorges of Mutawintji and the opal dugouts of White Cliffs – with dirt roads that close after rain, and a clock that runs on South Australian time in Broken Hill.*

## The spirit of the route

Beyond the Murray, the green stops. At first there are still red gums along the banks of the Darling, then the land turns flat, red and wide, dotted with saltbush, bluebush and the odd mulga tree. You drive for an hour without meeting a car and watch the air shimmer on the horizon. In the evening the camper stands by a dry lake bed, sliding door open, and it gets so quiet that you can hear the emus running through the grass. At Mungo the sand tells of people who lived here by the water more than 40,000 years ago. Broken Hill is a mining town built on an ore body, with a mullock heap right in the centre, painters, pubs and the base of the flying doctors. Beyond it, Silverton and the Mundi Mundi Plains drift in the haze, where the horizon curves. If you drive this route, you plan water, diesel and weather as you go – and in return you get starry skies you will never forget.

## Stage-by-stage plan

### Stage 1: Mildura (VIC) to Wentworth (NSW) (approx. 40 km)

- **The drive:** Mildura in Victoria is just the starting point: this is where you can pick up a vehicle, do a big shop and fill up. Cross the bridge to Buronga in New South Wales and take the Silver City Highway west to Wentworth, a good half hour on a flat sealed road, plus the detour to the Perry Sandhills a few kilometres west of town. The river towns between Echuca and Mildura are covered in the CampingSpirit travel guide to the Murray River from Wodonga to the Riverland – this route, by contrast, turns north into the outback.
- **Highlights & must-sees:**
  - Confluence of the Murray and Darling – in the Barkindji language the Darling is called Baaka, and it is the lifeline of the entire route as far as Menindee; at the lock and weir of Lock 10 you can see how heavily the river is regulated.
  - Perry Sandhills: red shifting dunes rising out of the plain in the middle of farmland. Walk the crests barefoot in the late afternoon, when the sand is no longer scorching – a first foretaste of the lunettes of Mungo.
  - Wentworth riverfront with views of the old paddle steamer wharves: in the 19th century Wentworth was one of the busiest inland ports in the colony, because wool from the Darling Basin was transferred to the Murray steamers here.
- **Official campsite or RV park:** Willow Bend Caravan Park in Wentworth near the confluence, with power, amenities and a dump point; more caravan parks in town and in Buronga. A quiet first evening to set up the camper and plan water and fuel supplies for the dirt roads of the next few days.
- **Free camping or nature tip (where legal):** There is no general right to free camping in New South Wales. Riverbank land along the Murray and Darling mostly belongs to Crown Land or the council; Wentworth Shire decides where overnight stays are permitted or tolerated. Check the current situation with the visitor centre or on WikiCamps, and observe signs on site.
- **Insider tip for campers:** Your fridge can stay full here: fruit checks only come if you continue towards South Australia – this route stays in New South Wales. For Mungo, read the NPWS notices (Local Alerts) now: if the Arumpo Road is closed after rain, it is better to stay an extra day in Wentworth than to ignore a closure.

### Stage 2: Wentworth to Mungo National Park (approx. 150 km)

- **The drive:** Back to Buronga and north-east on the Arumpo Road through mallee scrub and saltbush plains. After the first sealed kilometres comes a long dirt road with corrugations, dust plumes and sandy stretches – manageable for ordinary vehicles when dry, impassable and officially closed after rain. Around 2.5 hours; adjust tyre pressure and speed to the road, no faster than 80 km/h.
- **Highlights & must-sees:**
  - Willandra Lakes Region: Mungo is part of a chain of dried-up lakes that has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981. The visitor centre explains how lake shores, climate change and more than 40,000 years of human history come together here.
  - Walls of China: the lunette on the eastern shore of Lake Mungo glows white, ochre and pink when the sun is low. Reachable from the viewing boardwalk; into the lunette itself only on a guided tour with the Aboriginal Discovery Rangers from the traditional groups Paakantyi, Mutthi Mutthi and Ngiyampaa.
  - Mungo Track: the roughly 70 km one-way loop across the lunette, past Red Top Lookout, Vigars Well and through mallee woodland – half a day in its own right, only in dry weather and not with long vehicles.
- **Official campsite or RV park:** Main Campground a few minutes from the visitor centre (pit toilets, fireplaces, no drinking water, no power; showers at the visitor centre) or the remote Belah Campground on the Mungo Track (no water, fires prohibited, only in dry conditions, no long vehicles). Check bookings and status with NSW National Parks; the daily vehicle fee is paid by self-registration at the visitor centre.
- **Free camping or nature tip (where legal):** In the national park, camping is only permitted at the designated campgrounds. All around are leasehold land and pastoral stations – do not stay overnight off the road without the leaseholder’s permission.
- **Insider tip for campers:** Mungo is an ancestral place: this is where Mungo Lady and Mungo Man were found, and the remains have since been returned to the traditional owners. Do not touch, photograph or geotag on social media any bones, shell remains, stone tools or hearths exposed by the wind; do not leave the paths. The full Mungo stage from Mildura is also in the CampingSpirit travel guide to the Murray River – what matters most here is that you have enough water and fuel on board for two days on dirt roads.

### Stage 3: Mungo National Park to Kinchega National Park (via Pooncarie and Menindee) (approx. 225 km)

- **The drive:** From the visitor centre head west on the Top Hut Road towards Pooncarie – around 90 km, most of it dirt road with dust, corrugations and cattle grids at station boundaries, the last 20 km or so on the sealed road from Wentworth; about an hour and a half in total. From Pooncarie on the Darling, the road to Menindee has been sealed all the way since 2024 (previously around 87 km of dirt road); it follows the river through black box flats and lines of red gums. Shortly before Menindee, turn into Kinchega National Park. Around 4 hours in total.
- **Highlights & must-sees:**
  - Pooncarie: a village with a pub, a church and an old wharf from the days when paddle steamers carried wool down the Darling – today one of the quietest places on the river.
  - Driving along the Baaka: again and again short side tracks lead to the bank, where pelicans, cormorants and galahs sit in the red gums.
  - First view of the Menindee Lakes: depending on water levels, dead red gums stand in the water or on cracked, dry lake bed.
- **Official campsite or RV park:** In Kinchega National Park: Emu Lake Campground, suitable for caravans according to NSW National Parks, or one of the sites of the Darling River Campground, spread individually along the River Drive on the bank. Bring your own drinking water; for car-and-caravan combinations and larger motorhomes, check each site’s suitability in the NPWS description. The park charges a daily vehicle fee using an envelope system (Pay and Display) – have the right coins ready.
- **Free camping or nature tip (where legal):** Outside the campgrounds, overnight stays are not permitted in the national park. Between Pooncarie and Menindee lie grazing land and leasehold land; roadside rest areas are intended for breaks, not as overnight stops, unless expressly signposted.
- **Insider tip for campers:** There is no fuel in or around Mungo National Park; the village shop in Pooncarie sells fuel, but only during its opening hours – Menindee is the safer fuel stop. The dirt road from Mungo is closed by the council after rain: check closure status with Wentworth Shire or via the councils’ road closure pages and on Live Traffic NSW. Driving on closed dirt roads is fined and destroys the road surface.

### Stage 4: Kinchega National Park to Broken Hill (via Menindee) (approx. 160 km)

- **The drive:** In the morning take the River Drive along the Darling, then on to the woolshed and the homestead ruins, through Menindee and past Lakes Pamamaroo and Copi Hollow. After that the sealed road runs around 110 km west across an almost treeless plain to Broken Hill. Pure driving time about 2.5 hours, plus time for walks.
- **Highlights & must-sees:**
  - Kinchega Woolshed: the huge shearing shed of a sheep station, where millions of sheep were shorn over the decades. The stands, wool presses and the shearers’ carved names can still be seen.
  - River Drive: a dirt road under red gums right beside the Darling, with riverside campsites, pelicans and reflections in the early morning; only drive it in dry weather.
  - Menindee and Burke & Wills: in 1860 the expedition of Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills made camp here before setting off north. A memorial at Pamamaroo Creek commemorates it; the historic Maiden’s Hotel stands in town.
- **Official campsite or RV park:** Broken Hill Tourist Park (Rakow Street, near the centre) or Broken Hill Outback View Holiday Park (Mann Street, formerly Lake View Caravan Park), both with powered sites and amenities. If you drive a large vehicle, you will find simple powered and unpowered sites at the Broken Hill Racecourse on the grounds of the Regional Events Centre.
- **Free camping or nature tip (where legal):** There is no designated free overnight stop in Broken Hill; the city refers you to its caravan parks and simple camps such as Starview and Racecourse. In Menindee the council designates individual sites by the lakes – observe the rules on site.
- **Insider tip for campers:** From Broken Hill, Central Standard Time applies as in South Australia, half an hour behind Sydney and Menindee – convert check-in times and tour bookings accordingly. In Menindee, do not go into the water if water quality warnings are posted: in hot weather and at low levels, the Darling has repeatedly seen fish kills and blue-green algae.

### Stage 5: Broken Hill to Broken Hill (town and Living Desert) (approx. 40 km)

- **The drive:** A day in the Silver City: short drives between the centre, the airport and the Living Desert Reserve around 12 km north of town. The streets are wide, named after minerals (Argent, Chloride, Bromide, Blende) and laid out on a grid; parking is usually easy.
- **Highlights & must-sees:**
  - Line of Lode Miners Memorial: the memorial on the mullock heap above the centre commemorates the many hundreds of miners who died in the mines; next to it, the view over the town and the ore body.
  - Pro Hart Gallery: the house of painter Kevin “Pro” Hart, who started out as a miner and became known for pictures of everyday outback life – plus small galleries all over town.
  - Royal Flying Doctor Service at the airport: a visitor centre with a view into the hangar and an insight into how medical care works in an area where the nearest clinic is hundreds of kilometres away. At sunset, head up to the Living Desert Sculptures – sandstone sculptures on a hill above the plain.
- **Official campsite or RV park:** Starview Primitive Campsite on Nine Mile Road within the Living Desert Reserve: simple unpowered sites for caravans and tents with toilets and showers. Book through Broken Hill City Council; check the maximum stay and the rules on fires and pets when booking; there is an additional entry fee for the sculpture hill.
- **Free camping or nature tip (where legal):** In the Living Desert Reserve, overnight stays are only permitted at the Starview site; the gate to the sculpture hill is closed after sunset – note the times at the entrance.
- **Insider tip for campers:** Public dump point at Kintore Reserve opposite the Visitor Information Centre (corner of Bromide and Blende Streets); the visitor centre has drinking water, showers for a fee and a vehicle wash bay. Broken Hill is the last major supply town on the route: swap your gas bottle, have your tyres checked, check the spare wheel.

### Stage 6: Broken Hill to Silverton and Mundi Mundi Lookout (approx. 35 km)

- **The drive:** Around 25 km on a sealed road north-west across hilly, stony plains to Silverton, then a few kilometres further to the Mundi Mundi Lookout. Half an hour’s driving; goats, donkeys and sheep roam freely, even in the middle of town.
- **Highlights & must-sees:**
  - Silverton: an almost deserted mining town with stone ruins, a gaol museum, galleries and the Silverton Hotel, which has served as a backdrop in many films and commercials.
  - Mad Max 2 Museum: a fan museum with vehicles, props and photos from the filming, which took place in the surrounding area.
  - Mundi Mundi Lookout: from the small rise, the view stretches across a seemingly endless plain to a horizon that visibly curves – at sunset the quietest place on the whole route.
- **Official campsite or RV park:** Penrose Park in Silverton, a club-run site in the shade of old trees, with powered and unpowered sites, showers, toilets, barbecues, fireplaces and simple cabins; book online through the park. Pets allowed.
- **Free camping or nature tip (where legal):** The plain around Silverton and the lookout is leasehold land or part of stations. Overnight stays are not designated at the Mundi Mundi Lookout; Penrose Park is the simple and legal place for the night.
- **Insider tip for campers:** Silverton and Broken Hill are already on Central Time. On the road to the lookout there are cattle grids and crests with livestock possibly standing behind them – drive slowly. If you get up early, you will often see kangaroos and emus in the first light over the Mundi Mundi Plains.

### Stage 7: Silverton to Mutawintji National Park (via Broken Hill) (approx. 155 km)

- **The drive:** Back to Broken Hill, then around 55 km north on the sealed Silver City Highway towards Tibooburra and east on an unsealed road into Mutawintji National Park, around 130 km in total from Broken Hill. According to NSW National Parks, the road, with sand, dips and corrugations, is passable for ordinary vehicles (2WD) when dry – only in dry weather, not for long car-and-caravan combinations and only if your rental agreement allows unsealed roads. A good 2.5 hours. Before setting off, check the NPWS notices: the park may be closed completely in rain and at high fire danger.
- **Highlights & must-sees:**
  - Mutawintji Gorge and Homestead Gorge: red sandstone gorges of the Bynguano Range with rock pools, river red gums and cliffs that are home to yellow-footed rock-wallabies; marked walking tracks from the campground.
  - Mutawintji Historic Site: rock engravings, stencil art and traces of settlement of the Aboriginal groups of this region. The site is only accessible on a booked guided tour; do not enter it outside the tour.
  - Joint management: in 1998 Mutawintji was the first national park in NSW to be returned to its Aboriginal owners; they lease it to NPWS and manage it jointly through a Board of Management with a majority of traditional owners.
- **Official campsite or RV park:** Homestead Creek Campground in the park: unpowered sites for tents, caravans, camper trailers and motorhomes, flush toilets, hot showers, gas or electric barbecues and fireplaces. There is no drinking water or firewood, and no bins either – bring everything in and take everything out again. Generators and pets are prohibited. Book in advance online through NSW National Parks.
- **Free camping or nature tip (where legal):** In the national park, stay overnight only at Homestead Creek Campground. The access road crosses leasehold land – do not drive on side tracks and do not camp by the roadside.
- **Insider tip for campers:** Mutawintji is the most remote part of the route: no fuel, only very limited mobile coverage – download the Emergency Plus app beforehand. The park lies outside the Central Time area around Broken Hill; for tour and meeting times, ask which time is meant. Tell someone in Broken Hill your route and return time, and take at least 20 litres of water per person and a full tank. If the park is closed or the road is wet, drop this stage and stay an extra day in Broken Hill instead.

### Stage 8: Mutawintji National Park to White Cliffs (via Broken Hill and Wilcannia) (approx. 420 km)

- **The drive:** Detour and finale: take the dirt road back to Broken Hill, then the Barrier Highway (A32) around 195 km east to Wilcannia on the Darling – a straight highway with road trains and hardly any services – and from there around 90 km north on the sealed Opal Miners Way to White Cliffs. Too long for one day: add a night in Broken Hill or Wilcannia. Shorter, but with more dirt: from the park, a dry-weather dirt road runs east via Waterbag Station to the Barrier Highway (junction around 86 km west of Wilcannia, near Little Topar). By Wilcannia at the latest, east coast time applies again.
- **Highlights & must-sees:**
  - Wilcannia: a town on the Darling with sandstone buildings from the steamer era – post office, courthouse, police station – from the years when one of Australia’s most important inland ports was here.
  - White Cliffs opal fields: Australia’s first commercially worked opal field, with thousands of shafts and spoil heaps in a bare lunar landscape; at designated spots you can fossick for opal chips.
  - Dugouts: in White Cliffs many people live underground to escape the summer heat; some accommodation, galleries and opal shops are in such dugouts and can be visited.
- **Official campsite or RV park:** In White Cliffs, the basic White Cliffs Opal Pioneer Reserve Caravan Park (Johnson Street) with showers, laundry, camp kitchen and cassette toilet emptying; for the intermediate night in Wilcannia, Warrawong on the Darling, around 2.5 km out of town on the Barrier Highway. Phone ahead to check opening – in the summer heat, services are limited.
- **Free camping or nature tip (where legal):** The opal fields are a mining area with claims; do not stay overnight on claims or between shafts. Along the Barrier Highway there are rest areas where in NSW short breaks are allowed, but not overnight stays everywhere – observe the signs.
- **Insider tip for campers:** On the opal fields, never reverse or walk off the paths: the shafts are partly open, unmarked and many metres deep. The way back is either the same road via Wilcannia or further east on the Barrier Highway towards Cobar. Wilcannia has fuel around the clock (card payment only); ask in advance whether and when you can fill up in White Cliffs – fill up wherever you can.

## Camping practice & local rules

### Wild camping & overnight parking

- New South Wales has no general right to free camping. On council land, the councils (Wentworth, Central Darling, Broken Hill) regulate overnight stays themselves; they are only permitted on designated areas, often with a maximum stay.
- National parks (Mungo, Kinchega, Mutawintji) are managed by NSW National Parks: camping only at designated campgrounds, booking online, plus a daily vehicle fee in many parks, sometimes by self-registration or an envelope with cash. Parks are closed at short notice in rain and at high fire danger – read the Local Alerts before every trip.
- The land between the towns is almost everywhere leasehold land (Western Lands Leases) or station country. Without the leaseholder’s permission, do not leave the road, do not open and close gates as if it were your own land – and leave gates as you found them.
- Rest areas on highways in NSW are intended for driving breaks; overnight stays only where signposted. Keep truck parking bays free for road trains.
- Aboriginal sites at Mungo and Mutawintji: stay on the paths, do not touch finds, do not touch rock art, no drones without a permit. The Historic Site at Mutawintji only on a guided tour.
- Apps: WikiCamps and CamperMate show campgrounds, dump points and user comments on road conditions and closures. Official closures are listed on Live Traffic NSW, on the councils’ road closure pages and with NSW National Parks.

### Waste disposal & supplies

- Dump points: at all caravan parks in Mildura, Wentworth and Broken Hill, and a public one at Kintore Reserve in Broken Hill opposite the Visitor Information Centre. No disposal in the national parks – empty your cassette before setting off.
- Drinking water: none available at Mungo, Kinchega or Mutawintji. Allow at least 20 litres per person per day as a reserve, more in summer. In Broken Hill there is drinking water at the Visitor Information Centre. River water from the Darling only after treatment and not during a blue-green algae warning.
- Gas: Australian bottles today mostly have the LCC27 valve, older ones POL. Swap at petrol stations and hardware stores in Mildura and Broken Hill; European bottles and adapters will not help.
- Fuel distances: Mildura/Buronga – Mungo – Pooncarie without a petrol station (over 200 km, plus the Mungo Track); in Pooncarie only during shop opening hours, safer in Menindee and Broken Hill. In Wilcannia a 24-hour card pump. Broken Hill – Mutawintji and back around 260 km without a petrol station. Broken Hill – Wilcannia around 195 km with at best unreliable supplies in between. Plan a reserve of at least a quarter of a tank; a diesel jerrycan makes sense for the Mungo Track.
- Food: Mildura and Broken Hill have supermarkets; Menindee, Wilcannia and White Cliffs only small shops with limited opening hours.

### Vehicle size & traffic rules

- Driving on the left: roundabouts are driven clockwise, and traffic from the right in the roundabout has right of way. After breaks and when turning on empty highways, pay particular attention to keeping to the left lane.
- Speed limits in NSW: 50 km/h in built-up areas, 100 km/h outside them, 110 km/h only on signposted sections. On dirt roads, realistically 60–80 km/h. Slow down to 40 km/h when passing stationary emergency and breakdown vehicles with flashing lights.
- Tolls: there are no toll roads on the route. If you are coming from Sydney, you will use tolled urban motorways; pay toll notices in NSW within 72 hours.
- Time zone: Broken Hill and Silverton use Central Standard Time like South Australia, half an hour behind Mildura, Wentworth, Menindee, Wilcannia and White Cliffs. Daylight saving applies in both zones.
- Animals: kangaroos and emus mainly at dusk and at night, feral goats in herds, sheep and cattle on unfenced sections and at cattle grids. Avoid driving at night; do not swerve, brake in a controlled way; watch out for birds of prey at roadside carcasses.
- Unsealed roads: after rain, dirt roads are closed by the councils and NPWS; if you drive anyway, you risk fines and recovery costs. Many campervan rental agreements exclude unsealed roads and damage from animal collisions – read yours beforehand and, if necessary, choose a vehicle approved for them. Only overtake road trains on the Barrier Highway with a clear view; drivers can often be reached on UHF channel 40.
- Heat: from November to March, over 40 °C is normal. Travel season April to October; in summer drive early, seek shade at midday, and never leave the vehicle to fetch help on foot after a breakdown. 0.05 blood alcohol limit, phone hands-free only. Foreign driving licence: a translation or international driving permit is only needed if it is not in English.

## CampingSpirit packing & preparation checklist

- Water containers holding at least 40 litres extra in total: Mungo, Kinchega and Mutawintji have no drinking water, and a road closure after rain can mean an extra day.
- Tyre pressure gauge and 12-volt compressor: lower the pressure on corrugations and sand, raise it again on sealed roads – this spares tyres and vehicle on the Arumpo Road and the Mutawintji road.
- Satellite emergency beacon (PLB) or satellite messenger: there is hardly any mobile coverage between Mungo and Pooncarie or around Mutawintji.
- Head fly net and mosquito nets for windows and door: outback bush flies are persistent during the day, and on the Darling the mosquitoes join them in the evening.
- Sturdy shoes and a head torch: for walks in the gorges of Mutawintji and for the opal fields of White Cliffs, where open shafts are hard to see in the dark.
- Shade sail and reflective windscreen covers: on the treeless plain there is hardly any shade at midday, and the vehicle interior heats up quickly.

_As of 2026-10. Closures, fees and booking rules change: check official sources before you go._

## Sources

- [Transport for NSW – Historic sealing projects deliver safety gains, improved reliability for Outback motorists (Pooncarie Road)](https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/news-and-events/media-releases/historic-sealing-projects-deliver-safety-gains-improved-reliability)
- [Wentworth Shire Council – Pooncarie Road project update](https://www.wentworth.nsw.gov.au/pooncarie-road-project-update/)
- [NSW National Parks – Mungo National Park, visitor info](https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/mungo-national-park/visitor-info)
- [NSW National Parks – Kinchega National Park](https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/visit-a-park/parks/kinchega-national-park)
- [NSW National Parks – Homestead Creek Campground (Mutawintji), visitor info](https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/camping-and-accommodation/campgrounds/homestead-creek-campground/visitor-info)
- [NSW National Parks – Outback drives (Broschüre)](https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/-/media/visitor/files/pdf/brochures/outback-drives-pdf.pdf)
- [Central Darling Shire Council – White Cliffs Road sealing works update](https://centraldarling.nsw.gov.au/files/assets/public/v/1/latest-news/june-2023/october-2023/media-release-white-cliffs-road-sealing-works-update.pdf)
- [Broken Hill City Council – Caravan and camping (PDF)](https://www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/news-images/sculptures-gallery/caravan-and-camping-19.12.22xxxx.pdf)
- [Australian Traveller – Broken Hill caravan parks](https://www.australiantraveller.com/nsw/outback-nsw/broken-hill/broken-hill-caravan-parks/)
- [Caravan World – Gems of Far North NSW (White Cliffs, Wilcannia, Mutawintji)](https://caravanworld.com.au/blogs/nsw-caravan-and-touring-locations/gems-of-far-north-nsw-exploring-iconic-outback-destinations)
- [Cultural Survival – Mutawintji handback 1998](https://www.culturalsurvival.org/node/3383)

## Which stops are on the route from Mildura to White Cliffs?

1. **Mildura** (Victoria)
2. **Wentworth** (New South Wales)
3. **Mungo National Park** (New South Wales)
4. **Pooncarie** (New South Wales)
5. **Kinchega National Park** (New South Wales)
6. **Menindee** (New South Wales)
7. **Broken Hill** (New South Wales)
8. **Silverton** (New South Wales)
9. **Mutawintji National Park** (New South Wales)
10. **Wilcannia** (New South Wales)
11. **White Cliffs** (New South Wales)

## When is the best time for the route from Mildura to White Cliffs?

The most pleasant months are usually April–May and September–November. Still fine, with some compromises, in February–March and June–August. Hot in January–February. July and August are the busiest months: book campsites early. (Estimate from long-term temperature averages, terrain and pass seasons)

## FAQs

**How long is Lunettes, Silver City and red plains – by camper through the outback of far western New South Wales?**
8-day road trip of about 916 km (569 mi) with 11 stops, from Mildura to White Cliffs. About 9 h 59 min of driving in total.

**How many days do you need for Lunettes, Silver City and red plains – by camper through the outback of far western New South Wales?**
We suggest 8 days: about 9 h 59 min of driving, which leaves time for the stops.

**Where does Lunettes, Silver City and red plains – by camper through the outback of far western New South Wales start and end?**
It starts in Mildura and ends in White Cliffs.

**Which states does Lunettes, Silver City and red plains – by camper through the outback of far western New South Wales pass through?**
Victoria and New South Wales.