Four rivers running close to Walgett ensure some of the best Murray Cod and Silver Perch freshwater fishing in New South Wales. The northern sections of the Macquarie Marshes and the Narran Lakes are accessed from Walgett. Enjoy the hot artesian bore baths, museum and walkway. Frederick Wolseley invented the world’s first successful sheep-shearing machine on his Walgett property in 1885.