Tilpa

TILPA Sign your name on the bar wall at Tilpa's famous Royal Hotel, a real bush pub on the banks if the Darling River. A hundred years old and made of corrugated iron and timber, it's full of outback character - and characters, too. Tilpa itself was a busy river port in the era when bales of wool were transported by paddle-steamer, not road train. There is good fishing - plenty of Murray cod - and boating on the Darling near Tilpa. The region has prolific birdlife and abundant wildlife, making it a fine destiantion for camping, bird-watching and bush-walking. The town is surrounded by a huge sheep station and is close to several National Parks, Nearby Kallara station hosts visitors for an outback and river holiday.