The Pilliga NSW

After leaving Narrabri, NSW we headed south to Gilgandra, NSW,
Along the way we had a rest in the Pilliga area which is also a National Park, no we didn't venture into the park as walking a fair distance is out of the question as we are past that!

The photos above and below are of the rest area where we got out and stretched out legs and had a walkabout.

Heading towards another town Coonabarrabran which we have stayed in for a few days in the past.
It's a lovely area coming through the mountains and hills.  There is a Telescope up on a mountain which we visited a few years ago. Siding Spring Telescope it's called and in the Warrumbungle National Park where there were bushfires a few years ago, as you can see the trees have regenerated...

The town clock in the middle of the roundabout the main street plus it's the Highway.

Below is the Visitors Information Centre which was another rest stop for us back in winter 2019.

The Pilliga NSW is that area with the red around it.

Houses of Narrabri, NSW

More architecture in Narrabri, NSW.
The house below is closed due to Asbestos.
Other photos were of random houses as we drove by during our Sunday drive back in winter 2019.

The house below was once a shop because of it's verandah it's easy to tell.  Not many shops or corner shops left in the suburbs anymore.

Buildings of Narrabri NSW

Narrabri is situated 560km north west of Sydney NSW. 
These days Narrabri is the administrative heart of the second richest agricultural Shire in Australia.  Cotton is a major crop, wheat, beef and lamb.
The town is tidy and the people are helpful and friendly.

The Court House in Narrabri NSW

Chinese Restaurant taken in panorama view on the phone.

The Doctor's Surgery above.

The Catholic Church below.

Buildings of Narrabri, NSW

Back to Winter holiday 2019.
We came to Boggabilla NSW and it's a far north inland town in New South Wales. People about 550.
The Pub was for sales a few years ago, obviously someone bought it and turned it into the Wobbly Boot Hotel that also sells pizzas.

We arrived in Narrabri NSW and stayed a few nights giving us time to have a good look around.
The photos are of the main street on a Sunday and some of the buildings.
The town looks like it would on a week day with Covid-19.

Bellata, NSW

We drove through Bellata NSW to Narrabri.
Bellata is a small village of 529 people, it's an agriculture area. We didn't venture into the village, just kept going.
As you can see the ground is very dry and certainly not a great deal of colour.

We stopped for to have a walk in the area above, it's off to the side of the road, a 'rest area'.

Narrabri, NSW

Narrabri in NSW is one of the towns we travel through sometimes when visiting our youngest son his wife and family on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
Narrabri is another clean and tidy town that offers much for the traveler. The population is about 5, 900 people, and a cotton growing area, wheat, beef and lamb.

I took some photos in the main street the morning before we left to travel north.

The Coat of Arms on the Court House in Narrabri

The Court House

The War Memorial in Narrabri

I figured that Santa plus the sign stays on the building all year.

A Bank

The Post Office

Back to the Holiday

The Sunshine Coast for me is not warm enough in winter. I was amazed and amused that several nights the weather was warmer where I live in Tasmania, Australia than on the Sunshine Coast.

Jessica Watson lives on the Sunshine Coast, she is the young teenager who sailed solo around the world a few years ago. 

  

A photo of part of the Mooloolabar Jetty/old Marina.

A town we passed through was Moree, as above.

Narrabri on the north side of Dubbo, NSW

A Murray Cod at Tocuwal. NSW

We were talking to a local man and the bank behind the fish was man made, behind that is the Murray River which at the time of passing through was swollen, a sign nearly covered over.  There was once a port & jetty when the steamships sailed up the Murray.

At Tocumwal NSW.

 The Pier in Melbourne, Victoria. It's here we go through Quarantine and drive around and wait in the que until it's time to drive on board to sail home.