Leeton

Leeton is a town in the heart of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area in the Riverina region of New South Wales.

Understand
  • 🌍 Leeton Visitors Information Centre, 10 Yanco Ave, ☏ +61 2 6953 6481. M-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 10AM-noon, Su closed. 

Get in

By plane

By train

NSW Trainlink offer a Saturday train service to the town on the line between Hay and Sydney.

By bus
  • NSW Trainlink operates a daily services from Wagga Wagga to Griffith.

By road

Leeton is 127 km northwest of Wagga Wagga via the Sturt Highway (A20) and the Irrigation Way.

Get around

See

Visit some secluded sand 'beaches' on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River. Getting there requires access on offroad track via Yanco following the road down to the Yanco Agricultural High School and turn off before reaching the new Euroley Bridge.

Art Deco

Leeton is known as a centre for art-deco architecture. Due to much of the town centre being built during the first and second world wars, there is a visible art-deco legacy embraced by Leeton to this day. This influence of this style is seen in many of the town's shopfronts, water towers at Chelmsford Place, and its nearby buildings such as the council chambers and Hyrdo Hotel. The Roxy Theatre is one of the town's significant art-deco buildings, also lit up with neon lights at nighttime, however as of March 2023 the interior of the building is inaccessible due to the ongoing renovations.

Do

Wander down the main street (Pine Ave) especially on a Saturday morning to seek the town at its busiest (shops close at midday and the afternoon and Sundays are quiet).

  • 🌍 Yanco Powerhouse Museum, 13 Binya St, Yanco (back Yanco Road), ☏ +61 2 6955 7765. 10AM - 4PM on the last Sunday of every month. Located in the former power house which powered the town of Leeton and parts of the M.I.A. from 1913 until the completion of the Snowy Mountains Scheme in 1957, today the building houses historic pictures, farm machinery and other items relating to the history of the M.I.A. $2 for adults and $1 for children (6 - 16years). 

Gliding
  • 🌍 Leeton Gliding Club, Colinroobie Road, ☏ +61 2 6953 6970. Operates out of Brobenah airfield, 9 km north of town. 

Wineries

Sport

Events
  • Leeton Farmers Markets are held on the first Saturday of each month, at Mountford Park
  • Australian Art Deco Festival is held annually at Chelmsford Place
  • Riverina Skate Champs is a skateboard, scooter and BMX championship held annually, at the skate park

Buy
  • 🌍 Leeton Market Plaza, 1 Acacia Ave, ☏ +61 2 6923 8000. Shopping centre which contains Millers Fashion Club, The Reject Shop and several other shops. (updated Mar 2023)

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Hotels

Motels

Caravan Parks

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