Bourke offers a broad variety of attractions to see. A good place to start exploring the area is the Bourke Tourist Information Centre.
Mateship
Country Tours offers Minibus Tours in and around Bourke.
Visit the Tourist Centre to step into.
Visit the Back O'Bourke Exhibitions Center and learn about histrory and culture of the area. A Billabong 500 years long.
A few kilometers away you will find amazing landscape at Mount Gundabooka National Park. The park is situated on spiritual aboriginal land and contains rock art. It has also camping and picnic areas.
The paddlesteamer
Jandra offers cruises on the mighty Darling river.
Relive maritime history in air-conditioned comfort.
Bourke's cemetery is always worth a visit. It contains a little Mosque and several afghan graves from the 1920's camel traders. 1991's Australian of the year, the eye surgeon Fred Hollows was buried here, as well as the local Poet F.H.Brown.
Mt. Oxley, rising high above the flat land has the best view of the surrounding. Beautiful sunsets and the local wildlife including kangaroos, emus, wallabies and eagles are to be seen.
The Lednapper is best to be seen after a spring rainfall. See the most beautiful native wildflowers all around you and take a walk through one Garden of Eden.
Also read this Sydney Morning Herald article about Bourke's backyard and find out more about land and people.
