Narrandera

Narrandera is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales

Understand

Narrandera is described on the signs entering town as a "Town of Trees", which becomes evident why as you drive around town.

Immediately south of Narrandera on the other side of the Murrumbidgee River is Gillenbah, where the Sturt and Newell highways intersect, making it a popular stop for trucks and travellers. There are two service stations and a motor inn at this area.

Get in

By road

Narrandera is situated on two major highways, and at the start of another rural highway:

• Newell Highway: 108 km north of Jerilderie, and 22km south-west of Grong Grong
• Sturt Highway: 98 km west of Wagga Wagga, and 61km of Darlington Point
• Irrigation Way: 30 km south of Leeton

By train/bus

• NSW Trainlink Narrandera sees a single passenger train service a week. It heads to Narrandera on the way to Griffith from Sydney on Saturdays, and returns on Sundays. If gives you the option of a few hours in town on Saturday night. More useful are the coach services that run each day from Nerrandera to meet the Sydney to Melbourne XPT for a combined train/coach trip.

By plane

• 1 Narrandera-Leeton Airport (NRA  ^IATA) (The airport is 10km from the centre of town, half way to Leeton). Rex flies from Sydney up to three times daily.  

See

• River Red Gums
• Koalas
• 1 Parkside Cottage Museum, Cnr of Cadell and Twynam St, ☏ +61 2 6959 1372, tourist.centre@narrandera.nsw.gov.au. The most celebrate artefacts include a scarlet-coloured merino clock and equipment used in Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic Expedition. (updated Mar 2021)

Do

• 1 Big playable guitar, Narrandera Visitor Information Centre, Cadell St. (updated Mar 2023)

Eat

• Cafe Shazaray, East St, ☏ +61 2 6959 1411. (updated Oct 2021)
• Pretty Little Latte, 116 East St. (updated Oct 2021)
• Hing Wah Restaurant, 96 East St, ☏ +61 2 6959 2059. (updated Oct 2021)

Drink

• 1 Charles Sturt Hotel, 77 East Street. (updated Mar 2023)

Sleep

• Bishops Lodge Narrandera, 110 Larmer St, ☏ +61 2 6959 4896. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 10AM. (updated Oct 2021)

Connect

Mobile phones

Telstra, Optus & Vodafone all have usable mobile reception throughout Narrandera and surrounding areas.

Payphones

There are three Telstra payphones in Narrandera:

• 11 Twynam Street, near the post office
• 16 Cadell Street, near the tourist centre
• 16335 Newell Highway, at the Gillenbah service station

Nearby

• The nearby towns of Barellan and Grong Grong, also located in the Narrandera shire

Go next

• Wagga Wagga, Griffith, or explore the Murray River country.