PHOTO: Tilpa residents will have to wait a bit longer for a sealed road.
Recent plans by the Cobar Shire Council to seal the 52 Mile Road to Tilpa were met with excitement by residents of the small town, but unfortunately things are not going to progress as planned.
Those living in tiny Tilpa are no strangers to being cut off from civilisation due to the vagaries of the Darling River and the conditions of the only road in from Cobar. In fact the town’s claim to fame is being cut off by flood waters for a record five months, back in 1956.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s wet or dry, the roads are always an issue,” a spokesperson from the Tilpa Hotel said. “If it’s wet its boggy, if it’s dry its bulldust and potholes. Both situations are as bad as the other…