River

Bogan River

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Key Waypoints

  • 0 km

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    Elevation 298 m
    Coordinates 32° 59' 26.3" S, 148° 1' 36.5" E
  • 51 km

    Bogan Weir, Peak Hill

    Distance between locations 50.7 km Elevation 254.6 m Slope 0.86‰
    Coordinates 32° 43' 18.6" S, 148° 7' 44.4" E
    Population 1,100 General Store
    Gauge: Peak Hill (No.2), BoM; NSW WMIP
    Gauge: Dandaloo (halfway Nyngan), BoM; NSW WMIP

    Weir is about 5 km to town.

    small channel of water Google Street View
  • 181 km

    Dandaloo

    Distance between locations 130.5 km Elevation 206.2 m Slope 0.37‰
    Coordinates 32° 16' 46.1" S, 147° 37' 19.9" E
    Gauge: Dandaloo, BoM; NSW WMIP
    Dry channel Google Street View
  • 332 km

    Nyngan

    Distance between locations 150.8 km Elevation 169.8 m Slope 0.24‰
    Coordinates 31° 33' 25.6" S, 147° 11' 6.8" E
    Population 1,950 Supermarket(s)
    Gauge: Nyngan, BoM; NSW WMIP
    Gauge: Neurie Plains (36 km upstream Nyngan), BoM; NSW WMIP
    Pool water with bridge Google Street View
    Monkey Bridge
    Elevation 148 m
    Coordinates 30° 51' 13.8" S, 147° 3' 12.2" E
    Gauge: Monkey Br, BoM; NSW WMIP
    Road crossing about halfway from Nyngan to Gongolgon.
  • 601 km

    Gongolgon

    Distance between locations 269.3 km Elevation 126.9 m Slope 0.16‰
    Coordinates 30° 20' 49.7" S, 146° 53' 52.4" E
    Population 30
    Gauge: Gongolgon, BoM; NSW WMIP

  • 718 km

    Barwon River

    River
    Distance between locations 117.0 km Elevation 113.1 m Slope 0.12‰
    Coordinates 29° 57' 38.1" S, 146° 20' 7.0" E
    Gauge: Warraweena (downstream below Culgoa confluence), BoM; NSW WMIP
    Gauge: Brewarrina Weir (upstream), BoM; NSW WMIP

    Joins the Barwon just above the Culgoa confluence that marks the start of the Darling River, about halfway between Brewarrina and Bourke.

    River

    The Little Bogan River diverges off the Bogan River 4.2 km from the Barwon River. This is a lovely alternative to the Darling if it is flowing. There are two low bridges to contend with. Water may flow up from the Barwon into the Little Bogan in times of high flows.

  • 809 km

    Bourke

    Wharf hidden among some gum trees
    Distance between locations 90.3 km Elevation 108 m Slope 0.06‰
    Coordinates 29° 55' 31.8" S, 146° 41' 60.0" E
    Population 2,340 Supermarket(s) Climate
    Gauge: Bourke, BoM; WaterNSW
    Flood: minor: 9.5 m, moderate: 11.4 m, major: 12.7 m
    Flow: no flow: 3.92 m

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Distance Table

Stores, distances & coordinates below are only approximations from using various maps and online tools, but should be accurate enough for the trip.

Coordinates will generally be at a takeout point or bridge for most locations. Various reports suggest views of some small towns could be obscured by the river banks, so some care needs to be taken while navigating down the river.

Tap or hover your mouse over a table cell to show the estimated number of days it will likely take between two locations.

Distances (KM)
Source
Peak Hill
Dandaloo
Nyngan
Monkey Br
Gongolgon
Barwon
Bourke
Distances (KM)
Source051181332463601718809Source
Peak Hill510131281413551668758Peak Hill
Dandaloo1811310151282420537627Dandaloo
Nyngan3322811510131269386477Nyngan
Monkey Br4634132821310138255345Monkey Br
Gongolgon6015514202691380117207Gongolgon
Barwon718668537386255117090Barwon
Bourke809758627477345207900Bourke
Distances (KM)
Source
Peak Hill
Dandaloo
Nyngan
Monkey Br
Gongolgon
Barwon
Bourke
Distances (KM)

The distances were calculated by manually digitising the river path from various aerial images (ESRI, Bing, Google) in QGIS (WGS 84).

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River Map

Key towns and locations along the river are shown below.

Download Distances: KML / SHP / JSON / CSV / GPX / WKT
  • Peak Hill
  • Nyngan
  • Gongolgon
  • Bourke
  • Little Bogan River
  • Barwon River
  • Darling River
  • Macquarie River
  • Gauges

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Flow

There wasn't that much data on the river, but there would enough to do some basic analysis of the recent flow events.

The current flows can found here.

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Climate

The river runs to the west of and parrallel to the Macquarie and has many of the same influences. It is generally fairly arid with hot summers.

The river runs to the west of and parallel to the Macquarie and shares many of the same climatic influences. The region is characterized by a generally semi-arid climate with hot summers and cool winters. The area has only sporadic rainfall with no definitive wet season.

For the most accurate weather information that reflects recent weather patterns, I have used a 30-year period between 1991 and 2020 for my statistics whenever possible. In some cases, a smaller subset or even longer-term statistics may also be used. To provide normalized figures that exclude extreme values, I have used deciles ranging from 1 to 9, which excludes the lowest and highest 10% of observations.

A quick look at Peak Hill and Nyngan.

Peak Hill

Nyngan

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Public Transport Options

Public transport stops along the Bogan River.

51 km
Peak Hill
332 km
Nyngan (281 km leg)
809 km
Bourke, Darling River (477 km leg)

Taking the Little Bogan rather than the Darling is a 444 km leg (33 km shorter).

Refer to the Macquarie River transport options page for details about the various bus and train routes along the river.

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