I went to Wilcannia for one night last year and spent 4, it was great, and when I ask people why they think its bad about the place they usually say that a mates, cousin three removed was told by a prison guard who wife was related to a person who read about it in the paper,,,, well you know what I mean. There is too many out dates stories that just keep getting handed down.
Its a great place with a lot of riverboat history and the council is restoring the old buildings back to almost what they looked like over 100 years ago. I feel sorry for the hard workers of the town while there are attitudes like this.
Its a good place and I stay there every time I go through that way.