The Peppin Heritage Centre
The Peppin Heritage Centre, in George St, is open from 9-4 weekdays and 11-2 on weekends. It has an historic classroom and the insight it affords into nineteenth-century pedagogy it focuses on the history of the wool industry with historic photographs and displays, a video, a thatched-roof ram shed, exhibitions, shops and crafts. The centre also contains the original Wanganella lock-up which features a Headless Horseman sound and light show.

Waring Gardens
Waring Gardens, in Cressy St (the main thoroughfare), were originally a chain of lagoons associated with the Edward River. The park was established in 1881 and named after Deniliquin's first town clerk. A bridge was built and a band rotunda added in 1887. Numerous Moreton Bay figs, palms, willows and other trees date from the 19th century.

Island Sanctuary
The visitor's centre also has a pamphlet on the island sanctuary where there are kangaroos, possums, bats, and birds aplenty amidst river red gum. It contains the burial site of 'Old Jack', a member of the Melville gang, bushrangers who visited Deniliquin in 1851. Apparently Old Jack was so drunk that his compatriots tied him to a tree and threw turpentine over him, thinking it to be water. As his hollering increased one gang member approached him with a candle and Jack burst into flames. Once untied he threw himself in the river but died after two days. The sanctuary is also a good place to start the riverside walk to McLeans Beach.

Stevens Weir and other attractions
26 km north-west of Deniliquin via the Wakool Rd are riverside gardens and picnic facilities at Stevens Weir. If you head north-east along the road to Conargo, there are turnoffs to Galveston Lakes Water Ski Park (03-58824256) and the dry garden at East Tolans, open by appointment only (03-58824343). At Conargo itself is the Conargo Hotel (1853) and Wayside Gardens with its picnic and barbecue facilities. It is one of several friendly country pubs in the area. If you're passing through Pretty Pine or Blighty their hotels are also a pleasant spot to stop for lunch or the evening.

Forest Drives
8 km south-east, on the Edward River, bordering the Tuppal Forest, is Deniliquin Youth and Recreation Camp (03-58815518). There are plenty of forest drives to pursue in the vicinity. A warning however: be sure to obtain a topographical or forestry map before heading off.