From this point Kidman Way heads north, its only major intersection being with Sturt Highway at Waddi, as it moves north through the lush Riverina area towards the city of Griffith, passing through the small towns of Coleambally and Darlington Point.

Griffith is a large regional centre, in the heart of the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, surrounded by vineyards, orchards and ricefields.

This is where the outback begins, with plenty of kangaroos and emus and giant tumbleweeds roll across the roads.

The first 100 kilometres (60 mi) or more from that point are still fairly green passing through towns such as Goolgowi where a roundabout marks its junction with Mid-Western Highway; as it continues north to Merriwagga and Hillston, then heading north to Cobar via long, straight, unbroken stretches of road, except for the village of Mount Hope; this section of road has no fuel services.

Kidman Way continues 160 kilometres (100 mi) through mallee and semi-arid woodlands on to Cobar, once famous for copper, where it meets Barrier Highway, running east–west.

Main Road 410 was finally extended at its northern end from The Priory to terminate at the intersection with Barrier Highway at Cobar (subsuming the former alignment of Trunk Road 61, which was truncated to terminate at Condobolin and replaced with Main Road 461),[16] and at its southern end from Wallanthery to Hillston (subsuming the former alignment of Main Road 501, which was divided into a western section terminating at Hillston, and an eastern section terminating in Wallanthery),[16] and the route was also officially named as Kidman Way, on 12 March 2010.