Many of our Outback Beds members are dog friendly so you are welcome to bring your four-legged friend on your travels. Members that welcome dogs have this ( ) symbol on their page BUT please check with the member concerned before bringing your dog as some members have some conditions that apply.
At the sensitively restored Mount Wood Homestead Complex visitors can experience an unusually complete and representative sample of the elements of pastoral operations over a 100 year period in the far north-west of NSW at one site. It resides within Sturt National Park, which encompasses the Australian Outback experience in one place.
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Testimonial:
"Great personal experiences are made of places and people like here at Mount Wood. Good luck with caring for this national park and unique homestead where ordinary city people can have a wonderful adventure and bring home new perspectives about Australia. Hope to be back soon"
Laura Veltman and Family, October 2008
Please use the controls in the upper left to zoom-in (+) or zoom-out (-)
Helpful and friendly local National Parks and Wildlife staff look after the complex and make visitors welcome. The Sturt National Park Area manager lives on site, and if time permits is happy to answer all queries of visitors to Mount Wood. Rangers, Field Officers and office staff are happy to be contacted and always ready for a chat about ‘their’ wonderful park and its flora and fauna, cultural heritage and landscapes. In this park you still see staff in action and on site.
Accommodation:
Mount Wood Homestead (For those seeking a bit of extra comfort);
Large fly-screened verandas;
1 Queen & single bed room; 3 twin share rooms, 1 bunk room, all with linen and towels and electric blankets;
Lounge with TV and DVD player; Heater available in winter;
Large communal fully equipped homestead kitchen for self-catering with all mod cons; BBQ
Two showers and two toilets (communal use);
Laundry with washing machine;
Exclusive use deals available.
Shearers’ Quarters: (For larger groups liking it simple and rustic)
Eight bedrooms with 2 bunks each, sleeps 32 max., bring own linen, towels and blankets;
Common room;
Shearers’ kitchen equipped with gas stove, fridge and freezer, crockery and cutlery and cooking pots; Toaster and electric jug; large dining area;
Communal shower and toilet block;
Narcowla Hut (Mount Wood Outstation): (Away from the rat race);
Remotely located stone cottage with fly-screened veranda;
Solar and wind power for lighting and hot water;
3 bedrooms, sleeps 8 max
Comfortable lounge;
Kitchen with small fridge, gas stove, sink and equipped with crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils;
Toilet in outhouse;
Olive Downs Singlemen’s Quarters (Comfortable and centrally located on Sturt NP)
Flyscreened verandas;
Eight twin share rooms – linen and towels provided;
Communal kitchen with all necessary mod cons;
Communal bathroom and toilet facilities;
Things to Do:
The huge Sturt National Park offers visitors to Mount Wood the essential essence of the outback, from sand dunes to open gibber plains separated by the jump-up country. There are several self drive tours across the park and walking tracks in different locations usually starting at the 4 campgrounds. The visitor centre in Tibooburra and adjacent Courthouse Museum exhibit interesting displays about the geology, natural and cultural heritage of the region. Bird and other wildlife watching, star gazing and photography are favourites amongst the visitors. Ranger guided Discovery Tours for groups can be organised.
Getting Here:
To Mount Wood:
330km north of Broken Hill along the Silver City Hwy. and then east in Tibooburra for 25 km along the Tibooburra-Wanaaring Road to Mount Wood turn-off and additional 2km to reach Mount Wood Homestead; roads partly sealed;
400km west of Bourke to Mount Wood turn-off on Sturt National Park along the Bourke-Wanaaring-Tibooburra Road; unsealed road;
please contact office prior to arrival for detailed information;
To Olive Downs:
390km north of Broken Hill along the Silver City Hwy to Olive Downs turn-off and then 6km west to the Homestead Complex.
Where to Stay 
Helpful and friendly local National Parks and Wildlife staff look after the complex and make visitors welcome. The Sturt National Park Area manager lives on site, and if time permits is happy to answer all queries of visitors to Mount Wood. Rangers, Field Officers and office staff are happy to be contacted and always ready for a chat about ‘their’ wonderful park and its flora and fauna, cultural heritage and landscapes. In this park you still see staff in action and on site.
