PHOTO: Trees growing along inland waterway, Thurloo Downs, NSW. Image credit: Alex Pike/NSWDPE
Not that long ago five massive properties spanning hundreds of thousands of hectares of bush and grazing country were a home to emus, Aboriginal artefacts, endless skies, smashing sunsets and the relatively rare dunnart mammal. After years of negotiation those properties have been sold and turned into one very big national park.
It is the biggest ever parcel of private land purchased in NSW for a national park estate means the Central West will now have its biggest ever national park.
A 437,394 hectare site between Tibooburra and Bourke will become the third largest national park in NSW and a major new tourism drawcard for the region…