Back to Tilpa is on October 5 and 6, organised by Tilpa Community Committee Inc (TCCI).

This wonderfully motivated community group is offering a slew of fun and activities for the weekend.

Saturday 2 to 5pm the pig races are on, and is a five-race event, with prizes for the best dressed hat, along with face painting.

Tilpa street party is on at 6pm, with live music from band Burnt Earth, and a buffet dinner (bookings are essential).

This buffet dinner is a sit-down dinner created by The Gourmet Chef.

The menu is nothing short of sublime.

Main meal offerings include roast pork or beef carved at the table with accompaniments, grilled barramundi fillets with lemon and tartare aioli, veal tortellini with caramelised onion and roasted pumpkin cream sauce and crispy prosciutto, roasted marinated chicken breast, herb chat potatoes, and tossed salad.

For dessert you can partake in either caramelised citrus tart with cream, or chocolate cheesecake.

For the kiddies there are chicken nuggets, chicken schnitzel, party pies, and ice cream.

Sunday fun begins nice and early, with bacon and egg rolls offered from 8.30am.

There is a memorial wall dedication at 9am, a Tilpa A History book launch with Michael McInerney at 10am, before the Cricket, bowls and tennis kick off at 11am.

TCCI will be selling a barbeque lunch each day from 12pm with Saturday being steak and sausages,

And Sunday steak and hot dogs. Soft drinks, snacks and merchandise are also available for purchase.

Camping is available, with shower and toilet facilities, there will be a coffee van, and kids’ entertainment.

Tilpa was once a bustling trade port for paddle steamers.

Originally a busy port servicing the river trade and local agriculture, it was a ‘crossroad’ in the Outback as the bridging of the river here served as a stock crossing and port for the wool clip being transported down to Wentworth and onto either Echuca or Adelaide.

In the 2016 Census, there were 44 people in Tilpa, and the town is known for its charming outback pub and welcoming community.

The old pub is a true classic and has been welcoming travellers and locals for over 100 years. The walls of this timber and corrugated iron pub are covered with traveller’s graffiti.

It has the only Boer War Memorial that includes a commemorative to Harry (The Breaker) Morant.

It also has the shortest heritage trail in Australia comprising just two signs on either side of the main road.

The Tilpa Cemetery is the only one in Australia with no one in it.

It is well worth the road trip for the long weekend, and to see this amazing little country town.

For more information visit tcci.my.canva.site/home