White Cliffs Solar Power Station
White Cliffs, NSW
Heritage solar-thermal station with 14 parabolic dishes, a visitable industrial landmark on the White Cliffs opal fields.
About this place
White Cliffs Solar Power Station was built in the early 1980s as Australia’s first solar-thermal power station: 14 five-metre tracking dishes made steam for the town. It later ran as photovoltaic plant until 2005 and is recognised by Engineers Australia as a significant industrial heritage site. The dishes remain a striking outdoor landmark beside the township. Pair it with the lunar opal-field landscape and a day trip to Peery Lake in Paroo-Darling National Park, about 55 km north-east.
Access & getting there
White Cliffs is about 90 km north of Wilcannia on a sealed road. The station is in town — 2WD. No park permit. Services are limited: fuel, water and food in White Cliffs or Wilcannia. Extreme heat in summer. Unsealed tracks on the opal fields have open shafts — stay on formed roads.
Solar Power Station, White Cliffs NSW 2836
Safety notes
Do not climb dishes or enter fenced plant. Extreme heat. Open mine shafts on surrounding opal fields. Carry water.
Gear notes
Hat, water, camera, closed shoes if walking the fields.
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