Mount Hope, New South Wales

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Mount Hope (32.8403° S 145.8767° E, elevation 223 m, population 10) is a settlement in western New South Wales, Australia. It is situated on the Kidman Way, 94 kilometres north of Hillston and 160 kilometres south of Cobar. A lot of the township was destroyed in a major bushfire in the 1950s. Travellers are warned that there is no fuel available in this village. It has its own crossover air strips still being used today. The only visible business open in the village is the Royal Hotel, commonly known as the "Mount Hope Pub".