Cootawundy, New South Wales  Cootawundy in Central Darling Shire is a remote rural locality and civil parish of Yungnulgra County in far North West New South Wales. The Parish an arid landscape. and the nearest town is Whitecliffs The parish has extremely hot summers and mild winters. Summers would usually exceed 36 °C. Winters are usually around 17 °C. The annual average rainfall is 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). is almost unpopulated, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometer.