Sunrise at Balonne River

Maps

Geoscience Australia provide downloadable topographic maps
50k Map Index, most from northern coastlines, minimal others
100k Map Index, most coastal regions excluding Tasmania
250k Map Index, complete coverage
1 Million Map Index, complete coverage

The Federal Government's National Maps is a useful online topological map with lots of additional data providers like the SRTM 1 sec DEM data set.

Sentinel Hub is a great tool for viewing near real time satellite data including Sentinel, Landsat, and other Earth observation imagery.

New South Wales (NSW)
Free PDF downloads or browse online. Mostly 1:25K, some 1:50K maps.
GetLost Maps
Free topographical maps that you can download directly from their website as well as on Avenza Maps.

Distance markers

Distances along with key towns found along the river are shown below.

The online map has markers every km starting from 0 at the "confluence" where the normally non-flowing river flows into the 'bidgee to 1548 in a farmers paddock near the source. Zoom in to see all of these markers. These do not correlate with any existing numbering system on the river.

  • Source
  • Cowra (Pop. 9,800)
  • Gooloogong (pop. 300)
  • Forbes (pop. 8,400)
  • Condobolin (pop. 3,500)
  • Euabalong (pop. 200)
  • Hillston (pop. 1,450)
  • Booligal (pop. 100)
  • Oxley (pop. 160)
  • Murrumbidgee River