Lankeys Creek is a rural community in the east part of the

Riverina The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales, Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation ...

. It is situated by road, about 18 kilometres north west of

Jingellic Jingellic is a small town that straddles the boundaries of the Greater Hume Shire and Snowy Valleys Council local government areas in the South West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is located near a crossing on the upper ...

and 36 kilometres south east of

Holbrook Holbrook may refer to: Places England *Holbrook, Derbyshire, a village * Holbrook, Somerset, a hamlet in Charlton Musgrove * Holbrook, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, a former mining village in Mosborough ward, now known as Halfway *Holbrook, Suffolk, ...

. Lankeys Creek Post Office was open briefly in 1890, reopened in 1906 and closed in 1961.

Climate

Being the first of the higher ground on the

South West Slopes The South Western Slopes, also known as the South West Slopes, is a region predominantly in New South Wales, Australia. It covers the lower inland slopes of the Great Dividing Range, extending from north of Dunedoo through central NSW and into ...

in a westerly wind, the area experiences cool maximum temperatures relative to its altitude (particularly in winter), averaging just in July at the Brookfield Forest Station. The site was located in pine plantation country at above sea level and operated from 1938 until 1968.

Notes and references

Towns in the Riverina Towns in New South Wales {{Riverina-geo-stub