It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been able to enjoy a Christmas party free from restrictions, but this year is different so if you’ve not yet organised your end-of-year bash, we’ve got you covered. Whether you’re with a company, sports club, social group or an extended family, Out of the Ordinary Outback has special Christmas function packages for groups of 10 to 300 people at Broken Hill Outback Resort and the recently reopened Copper City Hotel in Cobar.
Perfect for a fun, unique and festive event in the NSW outback, Broken Hill Outback Resort and Copper City Hotel offer stylish indoor and outdoor spaces ideal for small or large Christmas gatherings. The resort is centred around the Mt Gipps Hotel, a historic, restored desert pub 13km from Broken Hill, and also offers space on its sprawling lawns for alfresco events and live music under the sun or stars.
Yuletide groups can enjoy mouth-watering pizzas from $20 per person, gourmet grazing platters from $34 per person and indulgent three-course meals from just $59 per person.
Discounted group accommodation for partygoers keen to stay the night is also available at Broken Hill Outback Resort, with deluxe cabins from just $160 a night for two people– a saving of $20 a this NSW outback hotel. Partygoers can also stay at the Copper City Hotel’s own adjacent motel for the night from only $108 for two people, with discounts available for group stays.
We can also help arrange group transfers from Broken Hill to our resort 13km away.
Call Out of the Ordinary Outback’s groups division today on 1300 679 688 or 0448 381 097, email groups@ootoo.com.au.
Explore the NSW Outback by bike and kayak
Our outback retreat near Wilcannia, Warrawong on the Darling, now offers a range of new experiences such as cycling, kayaking and hearty meals to help guests enjoy and explore the nearby billabong and surrounding desert in the far west of outback NSW. Glamping tents are also on the horizon in 2023.
Warrawong on the Darling is also offering savings, bonus meals and free nights at the Outback NSW caravan park and cabins, nestled by the Darling River and surrounded by the sand dunes, far horizons, rugged open spaces and big skies that make the uncrowded region of outback NSW perfect so alluring and inspiring.
Snuggled by a classic, desert billabong that would fit perfectly into Banjo Paterson’s famous poem and song, ‘Waltzing Matilda’, and fringing a tranquil and wild stretch of the redgum-lined Darling River, Warrawong on the Darling is a sprawling 688-hectare sanctuary offering 21 deluxe, self-contained cabins, 44 sites for caravans and tents, a camp kitchen, hot showers and toilets and scenic bushwalking and car trails. The park is perfect for seeing wildlife, a variety of birds, fishing and watching stunning sunsets while huddled around campfires.
Easily accessed by sealed highways ideal for a Sydney to Broken Hill Outback NSW road trip, the sleepy and remote heritage hamlet of Wilcannia, 947km west of Sydney, 840km north of Melbourne, 714km east of Adelaide and 197km east of Broken Hill, was the largest inland port in Australia during the great riverboat era of the mid-19th century.
New for 2023 – Glamping tents by the billabong!
Coming in 2023 are glamping tents ready for you nestled by the billabong at Warrawong on the Darling. Stay tuned for details soon.
In the meantime, to enhance visits for our guests, Warrawong on the Darling has introduced bikes for adults and kids to hire at $10 an hour to follow riverside trails or ride to Wilcannia 3km away, and also kayaks to paddle on the river for $20 an hour. Yabbie traps are also now available to rent to catch yabbies in the lagoon and cook up in the camp kitchen or on a barbecue.
Our wonderful new managers, Conrad and Shona, come with chefs’ backgrounds and are now offering new breakfast, lunch and dinner menus for Warrawong guests. Feast on hearty tucker and pristine views in the billabong-fringing cafe area or there’s take-away.
At dusk each day, guests at are invited to meet for happy hour nibbles provided free by the camp. Fruit from the park’s own orchard is now also available for sale, including juicy organic oranges, tangelos, mandarins, figs, pears, peaches and plums.
Discounted and free nights
Stay in one of the deluxe cabins at Warrawong on the Darling on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday night until the end of summer on February 28, 2023, and receive a free cooked breakfast on each day. Cabins are available from $165 for two people or $145 for a solo stay.
Caravanners and campers at Warrawong on the Darling can stay four nights but just pay for three with the fourth night free. Valid to the end of March 2023. Powered sites at the NSW Outback camping ground are available from $40 a night.
A 10 per cent discount is also available for cabin guests at Warrawong on the Darling who also stay at another of Out of the Ordinary Outback’s properties in the NSW Outback region during an outback roadtrip. Including the discount, cabins at Warrawong on the Darling are available from $148.50 a night, for two people.
Call 1300 679 688 or visit www.warrawongonthedarling.com.au.