Brewarrina

Brewarrina is a small town with a population 1,651 in 2016 in Northwestern New South Wales. It is known for possibly having the oldest human construction anywhere in the world, with the fish traps being ten times older than Stonehenge, and suits travellers interested in a quieter, lesser known destination, rich in the 65,000 years of Aboriginal history of a sunburnt country.

See: 4
Do: 2
Eat: 3
Drink: 2
Buy: 2

13 places

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Brewarrina Aboriginal Culture Museum

A museum that tells the story of the ancient and recent culture, which includes the telling of local artefacts, language, and fossils from the oldest continuous culture anywhere in the world. The place is quite underrated, but mainly due to its distance from major cities, unlike Stonehenge, where this is 10 times older than Stonehenge, but it's close to Southampton. While some might think you can catch dinner here, unfortunately due to the extensive effects of climate change on the Barwon, Darling and Murrumbidgee rivers in NSW, the fish here aren't safe to eat, and some are endangered due to the effects of climate change.

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Brewarrina Aboriginal Fish Traps

Baiame's Ngunnhu

The age of these heritage-registered Aboriginal fish traps is unknown. It has been suggested that they are 40,000 years old, which would make them the oldest human construction existing today.

Four Mile Camping Reserve

While it may be a camping site, it's more popular for swimming and fishing. Many tracks will take you on to the beautiful reserves, where you can allow yourself to connect with the Barwon River. To get there, you need to go for a few kilometers by SUV on an unpaved road.

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Gift Shop@Brewarrina Aboriginal Culture Museum

Sells authentic boomerangs, emu callers and much more authentic Aboriginal items.

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Ochre Beds

A sacred indigenous meeting site, just a little bit west of the fish traps.

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The Historic Barwon Bridge

One of only two remaining lift span bridges in NSW that allowed traffic to cross over the Barwon River. When built in 1889, it was deemed very sophisticated, and it required two people to wind a pulley mechanism to lift the spans, but was later modified in 1913 so it only became a one person job. This bridge is one of the most important bridges in Outback NSW, as this led to the commercial development of the Outback NSW in North West New South Wales and opened up the so called "backcountry" in the 1800s. If you're camping by the river, sunset and photography of the milky way can really be nice out here. All you need is a camera.

Open now · open 24 hours

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Thulii Negmba Café

The cafe's slogan, "Food with a native twist" has a good reason. The cafe was started by an Indigenous Australian, and is one of the few eateries in Australia with some form of pre-European food sold.

Mon-Fri 7AM-2PM, Sat-Sun 9AM-noon

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Aboriginal Cultural Tour

Most say that a trip to Brewarrina is not complete without this tour, and there's great reason why. Firstly, unlike most Australian Aboriginal Tours, this one hour tour provides a tour right on the spot on where the Aboriginals historically met up. Instead of the usual history taught about WWI, and WWII, learn the real, true history of Australia without foreign influence from an Aboriginal elder at this tour.

$20 for 18 and over. $10 for 15-17. $5 for 6-14. Children 5 and under: Free

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Brewarrina RSL

25 Bourke St

noon-2PM, 5-8PM (closed Mondays)

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Brewarrina Visitor Information and Exhibition Centre

Has some souvenirs, Brewarrina themed.

Mon-Fri 9AM-4PM

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