Derriwong
As you drive west along the Henry Parkes Highway from its namesake town of Parkes, you’ll share the journey with the Sydney to Broken Hill railway line – with many small towns dotted along the way.
Approximately 20km shy of Condobolin, one such town is Derriwong – with one translation of its name being “place of the grey magpie”. And you’ll certainly swoop right through this tiny rural settlement today – existing purely for its agricultural surrounds and relying on Condo for services. Sitting in the floodplain of the Lachlan and adjacent Goobang Creek, its low-rise skyline is broken only by its towering railside grain silo – an easy reminder of the history of this land.
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