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Booligal - NSW

Some Booligal history

Oxley monument at park

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Town

Position

DEG: -33.868579 144.888319

DMS: 33º 52' 6.89" S 144º 53' 17.96" E

UTM: 55 H 6250409mN 304674mE

Altitude: 93m

Address & Contact

Booligal NSW 2711

Phone: (02) 6993 8123

Email: N/A

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Information

Located between Hay and Ivanhoe the town of Booligal is a small cluster of houses on the tree-lined Lachlan River.

It was made famous by Banjo Paterson's poem 'Hay and Hell and Booligal'. It is surrounded by open expanses of grass plain and saltbush, home to grazing kangaroos and emus.

Booligal was once used as a stop over for Cobb and Co Coaches and is now famous for the annual Booligal Sheep Races that draw crowds from far and near.

The Booligal Hotel provides travellers with meals, ice cold drinks, postal agency, groceries and accommodation. Caravan and camping available.

The Booligal Sheep Races is a truly unique outback event that has been running for over 20 years. The day features heats of 5 sheep all vying to take out the Booligal Cup. Visitors can hire a sheep on the day to race for just $50.

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Hay Airport at 18/05:00am EDT

Distance from Booligal 74.91km S

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
20.8°C	22.3°C	99%	20.6°C	1017.2hPa	0.2mm	ESE	13km/hr 7knots	20km/hr 11knots

Closest Climatic Station

Hillston Airport

Distance from Booligal 72.25km NE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.5	32.7	29.2	24.3	19.3	15.8	14.9	17.1	20.8	24.6	28.5	31.5
Mean Min. °C	18.4	18.3	15.1	10.5	7.3	4.9	3.8	4.9	7.1	10.3	13.7	16.4
Mean Rain mm	30.6	28.1	33.6	27.0	32.1	34.6	31.1	31.0	27.7	35.9	28.8	29.9