What is Sturt National Park?
Q: What is Sturt National Park?
A: Sturt National Park is a national park in north west New South Wales, Australia. It was created in the 1970's from six large sheep and cattle stations (farms). The park covers more than 340,000 ha (840,158 acres) of arid area.
Q: Who named the park?
A: The park was named after explorer Charles Sturt who travelled through the area in 1845.
Q: What features can be found within the park?
A: The east of the Sturt National Park has flood plains, some trees and small rocky gorges and creek beds. Lake Pinnaroo near Fort Grey is a Ramsar listed wetland. The central area of the park has "jump-ups", flat topped mesas rising up to 150 metres (492 ft) above the plains. In the far west of the National Park are red sand dunes of the Strezlecki Desert.
Q: How big was Mount Wood Station?
A: Mount Wood Station used to cover 500,000 acres (202,343 ha) and had 86,000 sheep. It employed 100 people.
Q: What kind of accommodation can be found at Mount Wood Station?
A: The historic homestead built in 1884 has been turned into a place for up to 15 tourists to stay and there is also an old shearer's house which can hold 38 people. There are camping areas at Dead Horse Gully at Tibooburra, Olive Downs, Fort Grey and Mount Wood as well as an outdoor farm museum that has been started at Mount Wood Station.
Q: Where is Cameron's Corner located?
A: Cameron's Corner is a very remote but popular place for tourists to visit located where the borders of New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland meet.
