About this Riverina rural fencing referral service

What this site is

Rural Fencing Riverina is a rural fencing referral service for the Riverina and nearby Murray and Snowy foothills country. It connects graziers, irrigators, cropping and mixed farmers, horse and lifestyle block owners and people with flood or fire damaged fences with local fencing contractors. When an enquiry arrives, it is passed to a contractor who works in the area. The site itself does not build fences. It does not supply posts or wire, run a crew, inspect a fence, quote a price or sign a contract. It explains what the job involves, what the rules say and what to ask, and then hands the enquiry over.

The contractor does the work, and the contractor is responsible for holding any licence or registration that applies. That wording is deliberate. Licensing rules differ by job. The NSW Government fencing page we found speaks about fencing on residential property boundary lines, and we could not confirm that it covers rural or farm fencing. So this site makes no claim either way. Ask the contractor which licences and insurance apply to your job, check NSW Government licence guidance, and ask NSW Fair Trading or Building Commission NSW if you are unsure. The contractor guide has the questions to put to anyone quoting.

Only rural fencing is covered. Fences around town houses are not.

Why there is so much about rules

Buying a rural fence involves rules most people meet once: who pays when a neighbour is involved, how long to wait after a notice, whether a council must approve a fence, what clearing is allowed, and what applies beside a road or stock reserve. The rules sit across legislation, regulators, councils and agencies. The pages here put them in one place in plain words, with a link to the source wherever a rule is stated, so you arrive at the first conversation knowing which questions to ask. Start with the dividing fences guide and the approvals and clearing guide.

How the pages are written and dated

• Everything is dated. Each page that describes a rule carries the month it was written, which is November 2026, and an as-of line. Thresholds, forms and versions of legislation change, so check the source before you rely on a page.
• The source is linked. Legislation, regulator and agency pages come first. Secondary sources, such as an encyclopedia article or a commercial brochure, are labelled as secondary, and news items as news.
• Legislation is described in the version we found. For the Dividing Fences Act that is the in-force version dated 7 December 2024. We did not confirm it is still current, so the pages say to check the current Act.
• Old events and old sources are called old. A closed grant program or an older council policy is described as such, and interstate guidance is labelled as interstate.
• Nothing here is legal advice.

How the research was done

The pages were researched from public sources. This site avoids printing quotations from regulators and legislation. It paraphrases, attributes the statement and sends you to the source. Act section numbers are not printed, so read the Act itself for the exact words.

Gaps, said out loud

Some questions have no answer in the sources we could read, and the pages say so instead of filling the gap. We could not confirm whether the NSW fencing licence page covers rural or farm fencing. We could not establish which forum hears a dividing fence application, because sources disagree. We found no open, verified fence-specific assistance for the Riverina after floods or fires. And we did not find who fences the boundary of a travelling stock reserve.

Each is a good question for the regulator, the council, Local Land Services, a solicitor or the contractor.

What you will not find here

• No reviews or star ratings, and no testimonials. The site cannot verify them.
• No gallery of past jobs. Photographs on this site are illustrative only and do not depict specific jobs.
• No price list. Length, ground, access and fence type move the number, so the cost factors guide explains what a quote should itemise instead.
• No directory of contractors. Your enquiry goes to a contractor who works in your area.
• No claim that a rule does or does not apply to you. The pages tell you who decides.

What to expect when you make contact

1. You give the town, what the fence must hold, whether it is a boundary fence, a rough length and a photo of the fence line.
2. The enquiry is passed to a local contractor who works in that area.
3. The contractor comes back with questions about the ground, the access, the neighbour and any approvals.
4. A written quote follows. Ask for it itemised, and ask which licences and insurance the contractor says apply.

The contact page lists what helps.

Where the site covers

There is no single official boundary for the Riverina, so the site works from the councils in the region: Griffith City; Leeton, Narrandera, Hay, Berrigan, Carrathool, Temora, Coolamon, Junee, Lockhart and Bland Shire; Murrumbidgee; Edward River; Murray River; Federation; Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional; and Snowy Valleys. It has pages for Griffith, Leeton, Deniliquin, Temora and Tumut, which also cover the districts around them. Contractors also service these areas from Wagga Wagga; enquiries from the Wagga Wagga area are better served by our Wagga Wagga site.