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Access
Brewarrina Shire is traversed by the Kamilaroi Highway, which is a fully sealed State Highway connecting the New England Highway at Willow Tree in the east to Bourke in the west.
The Kamilaroi intersects with the Newell Highway at Narrabri, the Castlereagh Highway at Walgett and the Mitchell Highway and Kidman Way at Bourke. The Kamilaroi Highway,
Castlereagh Highway (Great Inland Way) and Kidman Way are promoted as touring routes. The Kamilaroi is the main link between Walgett and Bourke, bringing travellers through
Brewarrina.
Within the Outback Region, Brewarrina marks the eastern end of the Darling River Run which follows the Barwon-Darling River from Brewarrina through to the confluence with the
Murray River at Wentworth. The Darling River Run also generates visitors for the Shire.
North-south access through the Shire is provided by several regional roads. Arthur Hall VC Way links the Mitchell Highway at Coolabah, north to Brewarrina, with this route being
fully sealed. The Goodooga Road is the main route north, linking Brewarrina with Hebel in Queensland via Goodooga, and forming part of the access road to Weilmoringle.
Goodooga Road is sealed from Brewarrina to Jobs Gate Road (50km), with the section from Jobs Gate Road to Hebel (about 120km) being unsealed and not ideal for 2WD vehicles
nor caravans. The section from Goodooga to Hebel (approximately 40km) will be sealed within the next 12 months, with the section south of Goodooga progressively sealed over
the next 5 years (funding dependent). Bangate Road provides sealed access from Goodooga east to the Castlereagh Highway, with Lightning Ridge being 72 km from Goodooga.
The sealing of the road between Goodooga and Hebel will provide the opportunity to promote a triangular touring route from Lightning Ridge to Hebel via Goodooga. The
completion of the seal from Hebel through to Brewarrina will significantly reduce travel times and provide a much shorter (saves more than 100km) route than the Castlereagh –
Kamilaroi Highway route that travellers are currently taking rather than travelling the Goodooga Road. This will change travel dynamics in the northern part of the Shire and
provide a fully sealed north-south route linking Coolabah on the Mitchell Highway through to Hebel on the Castlereagh Highway.
Weilmoringle has sealed access from Brewarrina via Goodooga Road – Jobs Gate
Road. Jobs Gate Road continues onto Queensland with the section north of
Weilmoringle being unsealed. Goodooga and Weilmoringle are gateways to the
Culgoa (NSW) and Culgoa Floodplains (Queensland) National Park with the Park
access roads being unsealed. There are also un-sealed local roads linking
Brewarrina with Enngonia to the north west and to the Narran Lakes area and to
Cumborah and the Grawin opals fields to the north east. The unsealed roads are
generally closed following rain.
NSW Train Link provides a coach service, 4 times per week, between Dubbo and
Brewarrina, via Nyngan. There is no east-west coach link between Bourke,
Brewarrina and Walgett.
Brewarrina and Goodooga airports are licensed for general aviation, with each
having a sealed runway and pilot activated lights, but no fuel. The airports are
suitable for smaller charter flights and recreational flying including aero-club fly-
ins. The nearest airport to the Shire with commercial RPT services is Dubbo.
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