Welcome to the Balranald Shire
Balranald Shire covers an area of approximately 21,400 square kilometres - almost half the size of The Netherlands - and the main centre, Balranald, is located on the Sturt Highway and the Murrumbidgee River and is approximately 60 metres above sea level. Euston, the Shire’s second town, located 80kms west of Balranald on the Sturt Highway, is on the Murray River. Other localities in the Shire include Kyalite, Oxley, Penarie (Homebush), Hatfield and Clare. The population of Balranald Shire is approximately 3000.
The Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Murray, Edward and Wakool Rivers form the southern boundaries of the Shire and these are popular waters for fishermen. A large number of the lakes in the Shire, shown on most maps, are dry lake beds. For example Lake Mungo at Mungo National Park in the north east of the Shire, is one of a series of dry lake beds within the Willandra Lakes World Heritage Area that have been dry since the last Ice Age some 15,000 years ago. Other lakes such as Lake Yanga in Yanga National Park just east of Balranald have been periodically dry and very low rainfall periods are affecting them now.
The average summer temperature is around 28 degrees centigrade without the humidity prevalent in coastal regions. Winters are usually mild with cool to cold nights and fine days.
Featured Programs
Draft Balranald Local Environmental Plan 2009 - Public Exhibition
The draft Plan and supporting documentation will be on public exhibition at the Council Offices, 70 Market Street Balranald and the Euston Post Office 39 Murray Terrace Euston between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday, as well as being available here. The public exhibition concludes on 5th October 2009.
Councils Monthly Newsletter
The newsletter is available http://balranald.local-e.nsw.gov.au/council/1765.html, if you would like to be placed on the email distribution list for the Newsletter please advice Council on email council@balranald.nsw.gov.au We are currently conducting a surveyon our newsletter click here to complete the survey
Superb Parrot Paper
A comprehensive report on the Superb Parrot kindly provided by David Leslie
News
Australia Day Community Awards - 13 November 2009
Balranald Shire Council is seeking nominations from the community for Australia Day Awards.
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Australia Day Award Guidelines - 13 November 2009
Each year the people of Balranald Shire are invited to nominate fellow citizens for the NSW Local Citizen of the Year Awards.
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Agenda for Next Council Meeting - 19 October 2009
Folow this link to obtain a copy of the agenda for the next meeting of Council Agendas
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