Walgett Shire Council

As a major highway junction for different touring routes, Walgett Shire plays host to a number of unique experiences.

Heading north from Walgett on the Great Inland Way Touring Route (Gwydir Highway), take the 75-kilometre detour to Lightning Ridge, home of the famous black opal. Whilst there delve into the rich red dirt and fossick for an opal in the many fossicking pits around the town. Or drive one of many adventurous and informative car door tours. The Darling River run begins where the Barwon and the Namoi rivers converge, here you are sure to find some of the most relaxing and fruitful fishing spots west of the Great Dividing Range. Why not include a cod or yellow-belly on the menu.