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Sturt National Park
The Sturt National Park takes up 344,000 hectares of the north-west corner of New South Wales. You can get there from Port Augusta via Strzelecki-Track and Cameron Corner or from Broken Hill via Silver City Highway and Tibooburra, where the Headquarters is located.
The park is named after Captain Charles Sturt, who came to this area in 1844 on his way to explore Central Australia and to find the 'legendary' inland sea. Depot Glen, where his party was stranded in 1845 is located south of Sturt National Park near Milparinka.
The landscape within the National Park ranges from stony gibber plains in the east to sand dunes in the west near Cameron Corner. A lot of wildlife can be seen in the park, including the big red kangaroo. Eagles and emus are also common here.
There's a lot to see in the park. Starting in Tibooburra, you can drive the 'Jump up Loop' and the Gorge Loop Road. The latter takes you to Mt. Wood homestead, which is now a museum (57 km east of Tibooburra). The road to Cameron Corner takes you along the famous 'Dingo Fence'.
There are several camping areas within the park. 'Dead Horse Gully' is located only 1 km north of Tibooburra. Other camping areas are at Mt. Wood, Olive Downs and Fort Grey. There's another camping area at Cameron Corner, just behind the Corner Store.
 Gorge Loop Road |
 Emus in Sturt Nat. Park |
© Jörg-Jost Michaelis 22.07.2001