When you’re at Cameron Corner, it’s natural to take a photo at the survey marker, dating back to 1880; and stop into Cameron Corner store, but you can also see The Big Bilby. And did you know that the Greater Bilby is actually a type of bandicoot?
We love BIG things at Camps Australia Wide and there’s three to spot when you are camping in the Corner Country of far north west New South Wales:
The Big Bilby
The Big Bilby – NSW, SA and Queensland border at the Cameron Corner gate (see actual bilbies at Charleville, QLD)
The Big Quoll
The Big Quoll – Fort Grey Campground
The Big Bandicoot
The Big Bandicoot (5m long and 3m high!) – Wild Deserts Visitor Area, The Dunes Scenic Drive. Image Rodney Cook – I Love Camping Australia Wide Facebook Group.
Gold Coast artist Ivan Lovatt Sculpture created the bilby and quoll and the bandicoot was by Coonamble artist Brian Campbell Art.
CAMPS traveller, Heather Stevenson shared her photos and noted, “Cameron’s corner pub named after the NSW state government surveyor .. correct to within a foot and a few inches. Our first sandstorm after very high temperatures 40 plus . Only a few drops of rain at night fortunately. Another pub meal as it was too windy to cook outside!”
The art trail follows in the footsteps of explorer Charles Sturt and is part of the Sturt’s Steps Touring Route – or you can continue to Innamincka, SA.
When Sturt travelled through western New South Wales, he noted several small native mammals that later vanished from the area after feral animals became established in the decades that followed.
Today, Wild Deserts, working alongside the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, is restoring the landscape and bringing back extinct local species, including bilbies, bandicoots and quolls.
Where to Camp?
The Cameron Corner Store has powered sites if you need some air conditioning, or unpowered and is pet friendly. Fort Grey Campground is in Sturt National Park, so there are no pets here and it is budget priced. You can book it on the Camps App. You’ll find both sites in the CAMPS and CAMPSPendium guides.
Tip:
It’s remote out here. Make sure you’re well set up and you have everything that you need, including water and petrol, and bring a fly net. This is from visitcornercountry.com.au:
Travel Safely in the Outback
● Let people know where you’re going
● Remember there’s no or little mobile phone reception especially on dirt roads
● Some GPS software doesn’t work
● Carry water
● Never drive through floodwater, plan your journey
● Check the local weather
● Check live roads
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