The Dig Tree and The Burke and Wills Bridge
68km from town
The most fabulous coolabah tree in Australia.
On 14th December, 1860, the Burke and Wills
party arrived in Depot LXV and set up camp. Four men left the Depot to make for
the Gulf of Carpentaria, leaving William Brahe
in charge with instructions to wait for three months, then set off back for
Menindee. After four months of waiting and with several of the men ill with
scurvy, Brahe organised the party to leave Depot LXV. They buried a camel box
of provisions under a tree, blazing it “DIG 3FT NW, APR 21 1861”. Burke and
Wills returned to Depot LXV just nine hours after Brahe had left.
Bridge
Opened on 21st August, 1992, the Burke and Wills Bridgeprovides an all weather crossing of the Cooper. It spans 225 metres and cost
$2, 500,000 to build.
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