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Town in New South Wales, Australia
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Pooncarie is a town of 226 (2021) in the Lower Darling region of Outback New South Wales. It's one of the state's least visited towns, and practically only exists as a base for visiting the northern ends of Mungo National Park. Still, the northern sections of Mungo NP have little to offer, meaning the town only exists as a waypoint town for those feeling adventurous to travel the unsealed Pooncarie Rd from Menindee to Wentworth.
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Although it's the town's only half-decent eatery (that isn't part of a hotel), this cafe is one of the few remnants of Pooncarie being a port town (in rural 19th-century terms), sitting near the old wharf.
Basic hotel-motel with meals and the town pub.
Getting to Pooncarie is, to say the very least, tricky. There are only two roads to the town, both of which are unpaved and pass through some of the state's most desolate areas.
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