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grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong is a small town that is located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated on the Newell Highway, 23 kilometres (14 mi) east of Narrandera in the Shire of Narrandera.
The name grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong is an Aboriginal term meaning "bad camping ground" or "very bad camping ground".




Bypass


grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong was bypassed in February 2018, to straighten the Newell Highway or A39 by about 2 kilometres and also to eliminate a notorious 25 km/h bend that had caused many accidents, especially trucks overturning.




Demography


Like many rural localities in the area, the population has progressively declined over a number of years, evidenced as follows:




Facilities


The grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong post office was opened on 1 November 1881.
The town has a railway station on the Hay branch off the Main Southern Line. However, the line has closed so with it has the station. Only part of the line is used by a weekly passenger train to Griffith which does not stop at the station. grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong can be accessed by coaches that stop at the town on the way to Hay and Mildura.
Berembed Weir is located 20 km south of the town. The weir diverts water from the Murrumbidgee River into the main canal which flows onto the Murrimbidgee Irrigation Area to serve irrigation farmers in the Leeton and Griffith area. The weir and nearby reserve is popular among local anglers, as well as the various riverside locations situated just 5 km to grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong's south.




Sport


The most popular sport in grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong is Australian rules football, as it lies on the Canola Way, a geographical pocket stretching to nearby Marrar, despite New South Wales being a largely rugby league supporting state. The local team, Ganmain-grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong-Matong, play in the Riverina Football League.
Regular sporting events include golf, tennis and softball, all hosted at the grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong Sports Club.
grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong also hosts annual sporting events such as the grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong Rodeo, Team Penning and Gymkhana.




Heritage listings


grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Murrumbidgee River: Wooden Wicket, Berembed Weir




Gallery



























See also



List of reduplicated Australian place names




References






External links


Media related to grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong at Wikimedia Commons

grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong railway line
grong" target="_blank">Grong grong" target="_blank">Grong page at the Narrandera Shire Council

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