Instead of enjoying a lavish honeymoon, NBA player Patty Mills spent the week delivering water to drought-stricken outback towns.

The Aboriginal basketballer made a surprise visit to Walgett in northern NSW and paid for emergency water supplies.

Mills, 30, met with local elders and was mobbed by children keen to get the San Antonio Spurs point guard's autograph.

Australian NBA player Patty Mills made a surprise visit to Walgett in northern NSW and paid for emergency water supplies

His visit was part of a plan to provide clean drinking water to the town, where it has not rained for a year, and others facing serious drought

His visit was part of a plan to provide clean drinking water to the town, where it has not rained for a year, and others facing serious drought.

'Mrs Mills let me trade in the honeymoon for an emotionally rewarding and very uplifting visit to remote Indigenous communities,' he said.

'Keep an eye out for more on this touching project. It's good to be home!'

Mills married swimwear model Alyssa Levesque earlier this month at a ceremony attended by fellow Aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman.

'It has been tough but people's spirits have been lifted because they know that people like Patty care and want to help.' Walgett deputy mayor Ian Woodcock told the Sunday Telegraph.

Mills married swimwear model Alyssa Levesque earlier this month and skipped his honeymoon to travel the drought-affected areas

'Mrs Mills let me trade in the honeymoon for an emotionally rewarding and very uplifting visit to remote Indigenous communities,' he said

'It puts a smile on people's faces. It just shows you the calibre of the person that Patty is.'

Walgett's situation became more dire when its only supermarket burned down last month and put its food and water supplies on the brink.

The town is now reliant on bore water and deliveries of donated bottled water, and hopes the government can be convinced to build a desalination plant.

Both of the rivers that meet in Walgett and give the town its name are almost completely dry from the extreme drought.

Mills grew up in Canberra before playing U.S. college basketball at Saint Mary's College in California and now played for the San Antonio Spurs

Dams in the area, and across inland NSW, are only at a few per cent capacity and the bore water is too salty to easily drink.

Farms are dotted with the carcasses of livestock that starved to death or keeled over from thirst.

Mills grew up in Canberra before playing U.S. college basketball at Saint Mary's College in California.

He was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2009 and has played for San Antonio since 2012.