• NSW Outback

Bourke's Mary Matthew monument: Stranger than fiction

They travelled to the back of Bourke to research a book, only to discover that fact is indeed stranger than fiction.

• Jane Richards

• Inspiration

To Bourke and back

Guy Wilkinson discovers the true-blue outback is closer than you think on a 4WD adventure from Sydney to Gundabooka National Park.

• Inspiration

Beyond 'the great grey plain'

Bruce Elder surveys the rich heritage of Bourke in its state-of-the-art museum.

• Hotel reviews

Kidman's Camp, Bourke review: Camp by the Darling

In the company of backpackers and grey nomads, Bruce Elder finds outback hospitality and a bushman's cabin.

• Inspiration

Beyond the black stump

Graham Simmons goes bush to see stories of the untamed outback come to life.

• Inspiration

Lawson's long walk

Bruce Elder follows Henry Lawson into a 'the great grey plain' of outback NSW.

• New England

A drive around the bend

In the state's outback, Briar Jensen explores Australia's longest river - by road.

• Inspiration

Bourke

Substantial township on the Darling River in far western New South Wales.