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

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.[1]
  • Greyhound Australia operates a night service from Adelaide to Sydney via Leeton.[2]

By road

  • Leeton is 595 km west of Sydney via the Hume and Sturt Highways on 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.

Do

  • . Wander down the main St (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)
  • 1 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. The operates out of Brobenah airfield, 9 km north of town (02-6953 6970).

Wineries

Sport

  • Football (Soccer) - Leeton United FC

Buy

Leeton Market Plaza

Address: 1 Acacia Avenue Leeton 2705
The Leeton Market Plaza is a shopping centre which recently opened in Leeton and contains the following speciality stores:

  • Millers Fashion Club
  • Country Mile Bakery
  • Red Rooster
  • The Reject Shop
  • Priceline
  • Eagle Boys

Eat

  • Benvenuti Cafe & Restaurant, 18a Pine ave Leeton NSW 2705, +61 2 6953 7734.
  • Chan's Hong Kong Restaurant, 81 Pine Ave Leeton NSW 2705, +61 2 6953 4111.
  • Chung Hing Restaurant, 41 Pine Ave Leeton NSW 2705, +61 2 6953 2418.
  • Leeton Soldiers Club, Acacia Ave, Leeton NSW 2705, +61 2 6953 3444.
  • Historic Hydro Motor Inn, Chelmsford Place, Leeton, +61 2 6953 1555.
  • Pages on Pine, 119 Pine Ave Leeton NSW 2705, +61 2 6953 7300. This small restaurant run by local woman and French Chef Husband adds a real fine dining element to Leeton.

Drink

Sleep

Hotels

Motels

Caravan Parks

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