Maude Weir - 1030 km from the mouth of the Murray

Maude
Tiny township on the banks of the Murray River
Maude is a tiny settlement 780 km south-west of Sydney via the Great Western and Mid Western Highways. It is 52 km west of Hay along a bitumen road which will take you past market gardens and the Four Mile Reserve where the river red gums make an ideal spot for a picnic or even an overnight camp-out.

South of the village is the Yang Yang Reserve around the banks of the Murrumbidgee River. It was at this reserve that a survey was conducted by F.P. McCabe in 1849. A hotel was in existence beside a river ford by the late 1850s and a township was set out in the mid-1860s. The proposed name of Pimpaympa was rejected, the executive council choosing Maude for reasons unknown.

Today Maude consists of a nondescript pub, half a dozen old houses and a general store for refreshments and fishing tackle.

Things to see:  

Picnics and fishing near Maude Weir
Maude possess a beautiful shady picnic spot with barbecue facilities at the Maude Weir, created in 1939-40. It is so green and so cool with well-kept lawns - an oasis on the flat plains of the Riverina. Indeed, so flat are they that the weir, even though it lies 1530 km from the mouth of the Murray, is only 76.44 m above sea level, which means that, on average the land rises just 5 cm per kilometre over that distance. The dam was completed in 1940 as part of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Authority.

There is a skeleton of a large boat just below the bridge at Maude where wildlife is plentiful and there are camping sites with toilets and barbeque facilities. Anglers will find yellow belly, redfin and Murray cod in the waterways.

	Hotels
	Post Office Hotel Yang Yang Rd Maude NSW 2711 Telephone: (02) 6993 6112
	Restaurants
	Post Office Hotel Yang Yang Rd Maude NSW 2711 Telephone: (02) 6993 6112