Community Survey – Wentworth Flood Study

Blue-green algae

The BreastScreen NSW van is coming to Wentworth

The mobile screening van will be in Wentworth from Saturday 20 – Friday 26 April, 2024.

BreastScreen NSW provides free breast screening to all women over 40 to support the early detection of breast cancer.


The BreastScreen NSW van will be located at Fotherby Park, Silver City Highway, Wentworth NSW 2648.

An appointment with BreastScreen NSW is free, takes less than 20 minutes and no doctor’s referral is needed.

Any woman with a family history of breast cancer should discuss their specific needs with their GP.

Anyone with breast symptoms should contact their GP or health worker without delay.

The mobile clinic visiting Wentworth is equipped with a lift system to support women with health conditions or disability to have their mammogram. Women with additional needs are encouraged to let us know when booking their appointment.

To book a free mammogram with BreastScreen NSW, visit book.breastscreen.nsw.gov.au or call 13 20 50.

Project EnergyConnect – Night Stringing Works

Project Update – Wentworth Caravan Park

EOI – Wentworth Visitor Centre Café

Yabby Trap Roundup

Yabby Trap Round-Up: Swap your opera house yabby traps for an Oar-Gee Plow lure!*

Commencing from Monday 8 January 2024, the Yabby Trap Round-Up is collecting all old and unwanted yabby traps to protect the future of fishing and the health of our waterways. The traps collected will be recycled into useful products for fishers, with the proceed being used to support habitat restoration.

Your local Trap Drop Spot will be the Buronga Landfill, 258 Arumpo Road, Buronga.

The Yabby Trap Round-Up program is an initiative of TierraMar in collaboration with OzFish Unlimited and the NSW DPI.

*Limit of one Oar-Gee Plow lure per person

Old Wentworth Road Closure

Old Wentworth Road Closure

Old Wentworth Road and Keenan’s Drive will be closed to all traffic from the Silver City Highway intersection in Coomealla to the Wentworth Racecourse from Monday 11 March to Friday 5 April.

Please seek the alternative route via Silver City Highway if travelling between Coomealla/Dareton and Wentworth areas. Council apologises for any inconvenience this closure may cause.

Flood Experience Survey

Were you affected by flooding between August 2022 and March 2023? Natural Hazards Research Australia currently has an online survey looking for the Wentworth Shire community to share their flood experiences. Submissions also have the chance to win one of ten $150 Woolworths vouchers. 

Every story is important as there were a wide range of flood impacts. Not everyone who was affected will have had water in their home or business. You may have chosen to spend the night away due to flood concerns, or perhaps your access roads were cut off by floodwaters and you were isolated for a period of time – all of these experiences are relevant.   

Be part of improving preparedness and response for floods and reduce future flood risk. 

This independent research is conducted by Natural Hazards Research Australia with RMIT, Macquarie University, Monash University and will aid in improving community safety and resilience in future floods. 

Find out more and complete the survey at  https://bit.ly/sa-vic-nsw