Bingara sits on the Gwydir River in northern New South Wales, on the Fossickers Way between Barraba and Warialda. It is a small place, but it has a deeper story than its size suggests: gold, copper, diamonds, grazing country, and one of the most important memorial landscapes in modern Australia.
In town, the old Roxy complex and small museums keep the goldfield and Greek cafe era visible. East of town, H F Batterham Memorial Lookout gives a quick view over the valley and the folds of farming country beyond. The strongest reason to stop, though, is the Myall Creek Massacre Memorial Site, 24 km away. It marks the 1838 killing of 28 Wirrayaraay people and the rare colonial trial that followed, when several perpetrators were convicted and hanged.
Bingara works best as a slow inland stop: a place for the river, a lookout, a museum morning, and a serious half-day spent understanding Myall Creek.