One winery filling the region's food and wine gap is Yarran Wines at Yenda,a short drive from town.

Griffith,NSW,travel guide and things to do:Nine highlights

The food and wine alone are drawcards,but this town could do much more to trumpet its authentic and colourful Italian heritage.

  • byAnthony Dennis
The lakeside"villas"are,in reality,glorified shipping-container-like cabins starting at a generously-sized 52.3 metres.

Whitton Malt House accommodation review,Riverina,NSW

You don't have to give a dram about whisky,let alone love gin,vodka or craft beer to salute the accomplishment that the Malt House represents.

  • byAnthony Dennis
The bitumen beckons.

On the road to nowhere

Ben Stubbs encounters bushrangers,rock royalty and a long-forgotten king on the outback Kidman Way.

Fancy antipasti? ... a slice of Italy in La Piccola deli,in Banna Avenue.

La dolce vita Down Under

Ben Stubbs explores the traditions and stories of the Italian migrants who have shaped Griffth.

Love a sunburnt country ... the stunning sandstone Sculpture Symposium at Broken Hill.

State wide in 60 days

A road trip from Byron Bay to Broken Hill and beyond takes Penny Watson to old haunts and new favourites.

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Lone ranger ... Valerio Ricetti built a home in the rocks.

Lonely utopia

Bruce Elder visits the remarkable landscape shaped by a hermit over 25 years.

Wilga Park Cottage,Griffith review:Cottage industry

Flair and a green thumb make a model bed and breakfast,writes Bruce Elder.

The vineyards from the lookouts above the town

Griffith - Places to See

<b>Griffith (including Hanwood,Bilbul,Beelbangara,Lake Wyangan,Yenda and Cocoparra National Park)</b><br><b>Major town in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and service centre for the surrounding orchards and vineyards.</b><br>Located 613 km west of Sydney via the Great and Mid Western Highways and 131 m above sea-level Griffith,like Leeton,is a town which emerged out of the construction of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) early this century. With a population of 25,000 it is the third-largest population centre in the Riverina.

Griffith - Fast Facts

<b>Griffith (including Hanwood,Bilbul,Beelbangara,Lake Wyangan,Yenda and Cocoparra National Park)</b><br><b>Major town in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and service centre for the surrounding orchards and vineyards.</b><br>Located 613 km west of Sydney via the Great and Mid Western Highways and 131 m above sea-level Griffith,like Leeton,is a town which emerged out of the construction of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) early this century. With a population of 25,000 it is the third-largest population centre in the Riverina.

Griffith - Eat

<b>Griffith (including Hanwood,Bilbul,Beelbangara,Lake Wyangan,Yenda and Cocoparra National Park)</b><br><b>Major town in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and service centre for the surrounding orchards and vineyards.</b><br>Located 613 km west of Sydney via the Great and Mid Western Highways and 131 m above sea-level Griffith,like Leeton,is a town which emerged out of the construction of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) early this century. With a population of 25,000 it is the third-largest population centre in the Riverina.