Pulchra is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales.[1]
The Parish has an arid landscape and the nearest town is Whitecliffs. Pulchra has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36 °C. Winters are usually around 17 °C.[2] [3] The annual average rainfall is 249.7mm which would make it a semi-arid climate except that its high evapotranspiration, or its aridity, makes it a desert climate. The parish has a Köppen climate classification of BWh (Hot desert),.[4] is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.[5]
The parish is halfway between Mutawintji National Park and White Cliffs NSW, and Sydney, Australia is 880 km away to the east-southeast of Pulchra. Pulchra is at an elevation of approximately 163m above sea level.[6]