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k ...the endless road to adventure KamilaroiT h e HIGHWAY
INDEX
Introduction 3
Quirindi 4
Gunnedah 6
Narrabri 8
Lightning Ridge 10
Brewarrina 12
Bourke 14
Highway Maps 16
Places to Eat 18
Accommodation 20
Caravan/Camping 22
Events Calendar 23
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new south wales ...the endless road to adventure
Introduction
Running from Willow Tree, just south of Tamworth, straight out to the back of Bourke, the Kamilaroi Highway offers the most direct route from the Great Divide to the Great Outback. Along the way, you’ll discover the quintessential Australian bush experience – from street-strolling koalas to road- running emus and from country squires to colourful opal miners.
The Kamilaroi Highway route In Narrabri, learn how the pubs, rustic bush cabins, to Bourke from the east coast Australian cotton industry well-serviced caravan parks takes you into the agricultural is leading the world by and peaceful camping spots heartland of NSW, cruising developing more sustainable on a riverbank. through golden fields of practices. wheat, sunflowers and You’ll fi nd more friendly faces canola; past the rugged In Lightning Ridge, you’ll at the Visitor Information mountain ranges of the love all the quirky, off-beat Centres in each main town Nandewars and Mt Kaputar; attractions and the equally where they can help you and on to the sunburnt plains colourful opal miners. make the most of your of the Outback grazing runs. Kamilaroi adventure by giving In Brewarrina, step into the you details on all the local Along the way, the Kamilaroi’s Aboriginal dream-time at attractions and mapping out iconic towns and settlements one of the oldest man-made a scenic detour along the give you every excuse to structures on earth. roads less travelled. extend your journey over several days, with each stop And in Bourke, relive the presenting its own unique glory days of the Darling slice of life in the bush. River trade on an old paddle steamer. At Werris Creek, near Quirindi, you can immerse yourself in Extending a warm Outback the history of the railways that welcome are the wealth of opened up the North West. accommodation operators offering the choice of historic In Gunnedah, keep an eye homestead farmstays, luxury out for the urban koalas that B&Bs, affordably priced regularly roam the streets. motels, traditional country
1800 659 931 www.kamilaroihighway.com.au
THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 3 Quirindi
Quirindi Visitor Information Centre Quirindi Arts and Craft - Railway Square Phone: (02) 6746 1096
4 QUIRINDI Did you know?
The fi rst Australian polo club was formed in Quirindi in 1888. In 1893, the club hosted Australia’s fi rst polo carnival, which is still held here every year in August/September. The Duke of Edinburgh played at the Quirindi polo ground in 1968.
Quirindi In the early STOP & SEEQuirindi days of Main Street Heritage Walk - Quirindi settlement, Follow the trail of sheep and cattle brands etched into the sandstone Quirindi was pavements of George and Station Streets, and admire the heritage t h e m a i n buildings, rose gardens, cafes and shops lining the beautifully landscaped town centre. service centre for the famous Liverpool Plains grazing runs. Whilst Australian Railway Monument & Rail Journeys Museum the sheep and cattle stations have - Werris Creek been replaced by vast fi elds of Featuring six large sculptures of railway workers set along a broadacre farms, the town’s rich landscaped walkway, the Australian Railway Monument honours all heritage is preserved in the brands those who died while working on our railways. Learn more about their etched into the town pavements contribution to the nation at the Rail Journeys Museum in the historic and the historic buildings that line train station. Open 10am – 4pm, 7 days a week. Cost: By donation the main streets.
Rural Heritage Village - Gunnedah Road, Quirindi The neighbouring towns of Werris Wander for hours among this fascinating collection of old homewares, Creek, Wallabadah and Willow farm machinery, trucks, tractors and all manner of gadgets and Tree have also played a role in inventions. the area’s history. The impressive Open 10am – 4pm, Fri to Sun railway station and Rail Journeys Cost: $5 adults (children 16 & under – free) Monument at Werris Creek attests to its glory days as Australia’s fi rst First Fleet Memorial Gardens - New England Highway, railway town; Wallabadah was Wallabadah home to Australia’s fi rst country Set out around a landscaped garden walkway, this series of stone race club which still hosts the annual tablets records the names of every convict, passenger and sailor who travelled to Australia on the First Fleet. Wallabadah Cup on New Year’s Day; and, at Willow Tree, you’ll fi nd Quipolly Dam Birdhide - Borah Creek Road, Quipolly the Alan Cunningham Memorial not This dam is known worldwide as a birdwatcher’s paradise. The all- far from where the famous explorer weather hide nestled among the reeds offers a bird’s eye view of first crossed the Warrumbungle this pristine fl ora and fauna sanctuary which attracts both water and Range onto the Liverpool Plains. woodland birds.
www.visitquirindi.com.au
THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 5 Gunnedah
Gunnedah Visitor Information Centre ANZAC Park, South Street Free Call: 1800 KOALAS (1800 562 527) Email: [email protected]
6 GUNNEDAH Did you know?
The infamous bushranger Ben Hall was born at Breeza Station between Quirindi and Gunnedah in 1837. His birthplace is marked by Ben Hall’s Wall which features a mural and the Ballad of Ben Hall, telling the story of those ‘wild colonial days’.
Gunnedah
Gunnedah is known STOP & SEE as the Koala CapitalGunnGunnedah Waterways Wildlife Park - Oxley Highway,ed Gunnedahah of the World. It is Enjoy a close encounter with Gunnedah’s famous koalas. Owner Nancy home to Australia’s Small has been caring for the town’s orphaned and injured native animals for more than 20 years and now has a collection of some 520 largest and healthiest emus, kangaroos, wombats, lizards, possums, birds and more. population of koalas Open 10am – 5pm, 7 days a week walking along the residential streets Cost: $5 adults; $2.50 children 5 to 15 years and bush tracks. Town Drive - Gunnedah Visitor Information Centre The black soil plains surrounding Pick up a touring map from the Visitor Information Centre and follow this thriving centre comprise the signposts to most of the town’s main attractions. Allow 45 minutes some of the richest agricultural driving time or a lot longer if you take time to explore sights like the land in NSW and the farming Rural Museum, Water Tower Museum, Cumbo Gunnedah Gallery and economy is showcased each year at the various lookouts and walking tracks.
the Ag-Quip fi eld days which attract Bindea Walking Tracks- Apex Road, Gunnedah more than 100,000 people from all From Porcupine Lookout enjoy 360° views over the town and beyond over Australia. to the Nandewar Ranges and Mt Kaputar National Park. Walking tracks of various lengths start here and are a favourite place to see This land of sweeping plains and Gunnedah’s koalas. the rugged mountain ranges beyond also served as the Rural Museum- Oxley Highway, Gunnedah inspiration for Australia’s best One of the most comprehensive of its kind in Australia, the Rural loved and most quoted poem, ‘My Museum displays farm machinery, equipment, photography and other Country’. Poet Dorothea Mackellar curios, as well as locally made pottery, woodwork, lavender products came to ‘love a sunburnt country’ on and jams. Open: 9am – 3pm, 7 days a week visits to her brothers' properties in Cost: $5 adults; $2 children the area and the town pays homage to its favourite adopted daughter at Lake Keepit State Park - Oxley Highway, Gunnedah the Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Two-thirds the size of Sydney Harbour when full, Lake Keepit is a Wing in the Visitor Information favourite spot for fi shing, boating, swimming, water skiing and sailing. Centre and through the trail of poetry Accommodation is available in cabins, permanent tents and camping plaques set throughout the town. areas by the water’s edge.
www.infogunnedah.com.au
THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 7 Narrabri Wee Waa & Boggabri
Narrabri Shire Visitor Information Centre Newell Highway Ph: 1800 659 931 Email: [email protected]
8 NARRABI Did you know?
There must be something in the water: More than 100 sporting champions were either born in Narrabri Shire or started their athletic careers here. Notable names include tennis star Jason Stoltenberg and golfi ng great Steve Elkington.
Narrabri, Wee WaaNarrabriNarr & Boggabriabri Narrabri Shire STOP & SEE is the heart Australian Cotton Centre of Australia’s Newell Highway, Narrabri cotton industry Trace the history of the cotton industry through interactive with vast fi elds of snow-white blooms displays, giant cotton picker and the 3-D theatrette. Open: 8.30am – 4.30pm, 7 days a week blanketing the countryside through Cost: $7 adults, $5.50 children 6 to 17 yrs; $18 family; $6.30 Boggabri, Narrabri and Wee Waa in seniors summer and autumn. Mt Kaputar National Park The industry’s short but fascinating 56kms north-east of Narrabri history can be traced through the This ‘ecological island’ is home to an amazing diversity of plants, interactive exhibits at the Australian animals and geological formations, not to mention the views from Cotton Centre in Narrabri, the main the summit. There are plenty of bushwalking tracks and tent centre of the shire. camping areas at Dawsons Spring (also cabins) and Bark Hut.
Nestled on the banks of the Namoi Sawn Rocks River, Narrabri offers an excellent 36kms north-east of Narrabri on Bingara Rd selection of shops, galleries, cafes, It’s just a 15-minute walk from the carpark to this intriguing 40m restaurants and a theatre complex basalt cliff of perfect polygonal jointing. offering movies and stage performances. Pilliga Scrub via Wee Waa Plan your route through this wilderness area to see the CSIRO Mt Kaputar National Park rises Australia Telescope, Yarrie Lake camping/picnic area, Cuttabri up from the black soil plains Wine Shanty and the Pilliga Bore Baths. to the east; the Pilliga Scrub stretches across the south-west Historical Museums horizon; and there are plenty of Rose Street, Wee Waa attractions such as olive plantations, Brent Street, Boggabri aquaculture farms, wineries and the Bowen St, Narrabri massive CSIRO Australia Telescope These three museums house interesting displays and collections all within a short drive of Narrabri and that tell the history of settlement in the North West. Wee Waa. Open: Saturdays or by appointment
www.narrabri.nsw.gov.au
THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 9 Lightning Ridge Walgett
Lightning Ridge Visitor Information Centre Walgett Visitor Information & Internet Centre Lions Park, Morilla Street 88 Fox Street Phone: (02) 6829 1670 Phone: (02) 6828 6139 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
www.lightningridge.net.au
10 LIGHTNING RIDGE Did you know?
Halley’s Comet’ is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s largest uncut black opal nobby. It was found at Lightning Ridge by a group of miners known as the Lunatic Hill Lightning Ridge Syndicate and is currently valued at $1.2 million.
Lightning Ridge,Lightning Walgett Ridge Walgett Shire STOP & SEE encompasses Hot Artesian Bore Baths eleven towns Burren Junction – Walgett – Lightning Ridge and villages Pumped up from the Great Artesian Basin, the rich mineral waters d o t t e d are believed to have therapeutic benefi ts. across 22,000 square kilometres of Open: 24 hours, 7 days a week Cost: FREE rich agricultural and grazing lands. John Murray’s Art Gallery Enroute from Narrabri to Walgett, Opal Street, Lightning Ridge stop at Burren Junction to soak Home of the outback’s most famous brushman, John’s colourful in the hot mineral bore baths and paintings and limited edition prints capture the beauty and humour call in for a meal or snack at the of the bush. fully restored country restaurant in Open: 9am – 5pm, Mon to Fri; 9am – 1pm, weekends Cryon. As the shire headquarters, Walgett is a thriving rural centre Walk-In Mine at the junction of the Barwon and Bald Hill, Lightning Ridge Namoi Rivers, and is popular for Experience the life of our miners as you take a tour through the fi shing and birdwatching. underground caverns and learn more about our national gemstone. Open: 9am – 5pm, 7 days It is also the gateway to Lightning Ridge, home of Australia’s national Goondee Aboriginal Keeping Place Pandora Street, Lightning Ridge gemstone and one of the few places Discover the rich cultures, traditions and heritage of the people who in the world where the legendary have lived in this area for thousands of years. Black Opal is found. A quirky mix Open: 9am – 5pm, 7 days. Cost: $2 of miners and tourists, Lightning Ridge draws people from all over Grawin, Glengarry & Sheepyard Opal Fields the world and the wealth of off-beat Cumborah Rd, 40kms west of Lightning Ridge attractions refl ects this diversity of Meet some real outback characters at the ‘Club in the Scrub’, the cultures and traditions, mixed with Glengarry ‘Hilton’ and Sheepyard Inn as you wind your way through a healthy dose of outback humour. the opal fi elds.
www.walgettshire.com
THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 11 Brewarrina
Brewarrina Visitor Information & Cultural Centre Bathurst Street Phone: (02) 6839 2152 Email: [email protected]
12 BREWARRINA Did you know?
Traces of blood have been found on stone hand axes more than 30,000 years old at Cuddie Springs, south of Brewarrina. This signifi cant archaeological site has also yielded bones of the giant kangaroos, birds and wombats that roamed Australia in the age of dinosaurs.
Brewarrina
Nestled on the banks STOP & SEE of the Barwon andBrewBrewarrina Fishing arrina the Darling Rivers, Brewarrina is a mecca for many fi shermen who return each year Brewarrina is known to enjoy the rich rewards of this bountiful section of the river. The Brewarrina Visitor Centre staff can organise guided tours of the as the ‘Fishing most popular spots. Capital of the West’. Huge Murray Cod, Yellow Belly, Brim Aboriginal Fish Traps- Barwon River, Brewarrina and Catfi sh are regularly landed at Estimated to be over 40,000 years old, they are the largest popular spots like the Four Mile, Barwon and most complex set of functional Aboriginal fi sh traps ever Bridge, The Bend and the Old Park, but recorded. The Visitor Information Centre can arrange guided it is the peace and tranquillity of being tours that will help you appreciate how the fi sheries impacted on a million miles from the crowds that the history, culture and spiritual beliefs of local tribes. appeals to most anglers. Ochre Beds - Barwon River, Brewarrina Fishing has been an attraction for Bre Just downriver from the fi sh traps, you can see the ochre beds once used extensively by local Aboriginal tribes to create paints (as the locals call it) for thousands of for body ornamentation, cave painting and artefact decoration. years. The earliest Aboriginal tribes built an elaborate network of rock weirs and Culgoa National Park pools stretching for half a kilometre 100kms north of Brewarrina, via Goodooga along the river to catch fi sh swimming (unsealed dry weather roads) upstream. Estimated to be at least Sit in the shade of the coolibah trees fl anking the Culgoa River 40,000 years old, the Brewarrina Fish fl oodplain and watch the passing parade of falcons, bustards, Traps still survive today as one of the brolgas, cockatoos, dunnats, bats and more. Camping/picnic oldest man-made structures on earth. area is suitable for cars and caravans.
With a choice of traditional country Narran Lake Nature Reserve pubs, outback farmstays, caravan parks 50kms north-east of Brewarrina and camping spots, Bre is an excellent (unsealed dry weather roads) The Narran Lake wetland is nationally and internationally base for excursions to the magnifi cent signifi cant as a major breeding site for waterbirds and many western fl oodplains of Culgoa National other species. Park, the wetland bird habitat of Narran Lake and the Cobb & Co Heritage Trail.
www.breshire.com
THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 13 Bourke
Bourke Visitor Information Centre Old Railway Building, Anson Street Phone: (02) 6872 1222 Email: [email protected]
14 BOURKE Did you know?
Bourke is the fi nal resting place of world-renowned eye surgeon and former Australian of the Year, Fred Hollows. A commemorative rock at the Bourke Cemetery honours his early work with the local Aboriginal communities and the eye clinics he established in many third world countries.
Bourke
Bourke serves as the STOP & SEE gateway to the OutbackBourke Back O’Bourke Exhibition Centre and is the base for Kidman Way, Bourke excursions into the This iconic exhibition centre nestled beneath the Red River remote Camerons Corner, Gums takes you on a journey from the mythical dreamtime Mt Oxley, Gundabooka to the early days of white settlement and through the legends of the Cobb & Co coach run, the river trade, the National Park and along the Kidman Way. Afghan cameleers and the bush poets. The town itself, however, is a lush oasis surrounded by citrus orchards, cotton PV Jandra Paddleboat plantations, vineyards and the largest jojoba Mitchell Highway, Bourke plantation in the southern hemisphere, all Departing from Kidman’s Camp Caravan Park, this replica watered by the Darling River. paddleboat offers daily cruises on the Darling River.
The river is an integral part of Bourke’s Guided Town Tour life and history as you’ll see from the old Visitor Information Centre paddleboat wharves at the end of Sturt Pick up a mud map and do it yourself, or join the informative Street and the lock and weir, built in 1897. 31⁄2-hour coach tour to all the main Bourke attractions The area’s colourful past also comes alive including a vineyard, cotton farm and cotton gin (in season). as you wander past the wealth of historical buildings, such as the Old London Bank Mt Oxley (1888), the Post Offi ce Hotel (1888), the 50kms south-east of Bourke Riverside Motel (built as the Telegraph Hotel You’ll need a key and a permit from the Visitor Information Centre and some drinking water for the 750m climb to the in 1875) and the Carriers Arms Inn that was summit of the highest point in the area. Your efforts will be once a Cobb & Co coach stop frequented well rewarded with spectacular views, the mysterious craters by Henry Lawson. dotted across its surface and the sight of wedge-tail eagles soaring on the thermals. Bourke is a major destination for Outback travellers and there are plenty of reasons Back O’Bourke Pub to extend your stay – from cotton gin tours Mitchell Highway, North Bourke (in season), paddleboat cruises and guided You’ve offi cially made it to the back o’Bourke when you pull town tours through to birdwatching, fi shing, up in front of the ‘Northy’, an historic hotel built in 1893 that 4WDing and bushwalking. is affectionately known as the Back O’Bourke Pub.
www.visitbourke.com
THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 15 ThJANUARYe Kamilaroi Highway Australia Day Festivities All Shires Wallabadah New Years Day Races Wallabadah National Tomato Contest Gunnedah Raft Race Gunnedah Walgett B & S Ball Walgett
FEBRUARY Gunnedah Uniting Church – Fete and Flower Show Gunnedah
MARCH Week of Speed Gunnedah Narrabri Pro Rodeo Narrabri Narrabri Twilight Rodeo Narrabri 74 km Nosh on the Namoi Narrabri Narrabri Picnic Races Narrabri Burren Bore Rats B&S Ball Burren Junction
APRIL 58km km Anzac Day Celebrations 98 All Shires Gunnedah Bird Expo and Sale Gunnedah 131km Narrabri Show Narrabri Narrabri Innovations Festival Narrabri Lightning Ridge Arts & Crafts Easter exhibitions Lightening Ridge Lightning Ridge Goat Races & Horse races - Easter Weekend Lightening Ridge Black Opal Rodeo - Easter Weekend Lightening Ridge Australian Cotton Fibre Expo 2007 (Biennial) Barwon River Pro Rodeo Brewarrina Annual Clay Target Shoot Brewarrina Wee Waa Show Wee Waa
MAY Quirindi Heritage Annual Rally and Swap Meet Quirindi Gunnedah Show with Rodeo and Camp draft Gunnedah Gunnedah Eisteddfod Gunnedah Gold Cup Race Day Gunnedah Wee Waa Show Wee Waa Narrabri Veterans Golf Narrabri Walgett District Show Walgett Brewarrina Annual Races Brewarrina Bourke Show Bourke
JUNE Keepit Kool Regatta Gunnedah Gyrocopter get-together Burren Junction Walgett Horse Race Meeting Walgett
JULY Sundowner Road Race Gunnedah Porcupine Pinch Gunnedah Wean Picnic Races Narrabri Cubbaroo Polocrosse Narrabri Opal Jewellery Design Awards Lightning Ridge QUIRINDIOpal Queen Ball GUNNEDAH NARRABRI WALGETT Lightning Ridge BREWARRINA BOURKE Opal & Gem Expo Lightning Ridge Carinda Horse Race Meeting Carinda Engonia Races Bourke 16 HIGHWAY MAPS 39km
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THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 17 Dining Out
QUIRINDI Kentucky Fried Chicken The Chip Inn 103 Conadilly Street 186 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6742 3660 Café 222 Ph: (02) 6742 0329 222 George Street, Quirindi Terry’s Pizza Ph: (02)6746 2264 Redgum Café Civic Mall, Conadilly Street 266 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6742 2406 Yinarr’s Classic Black Coffee Lounge Ph: (02) 6742 7707 90 George Street, Quirindi Eagle Boys Pizza The Tender Hen 340 Conadilly Street Werris Creek Café Ph: (02) 6742 6422 362 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Single Street, Werris Creek Ph: (02) 6742 3565 Ph: (02) 6768 7089 McDonalds Gunnedah Cnr Conadilly & Elgin Street Josh and Belinda’s Takeaway Quirindi Bakery & Patisserie Ph: (02) 6742 6680 107 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah 242 George Street, Quirindi Ph: (02) 6742 2631 Ph: (02) 6746 1909 Happy Valley Chinese Restaurant 340b Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Hungry Budd’s The Quirindi Coffee Pot Ph: (02) 6742 0223 14 Barber Street, Gunnedah 254 George Street, Quirindi Ph: (02) 6742 7700 Ph: (02) 6746 2346 Central Chinese Restaurant 357 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah East End Store Between The Bridges Donut Cafe Ph: (02) 6742 3037 410 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah 81 Henry Street, Quirindi Ph: (02) 6742 2333 Ph: (02) 6746 3080 Red Embers Restaurant 359 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Kel’s Korner Store Ph: (02) 6742 6766 Peach Blossom Chinese Restaurant 10 Bridge Street, Gunnedah 161 George Street, Quirindi Ph: (02) 6742 4174 Ph: (02) 6746 1766 The Court House Hotel 307 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6742 2144 Subway Stables 182 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah 88 George Street, Quirindi Ph: (02) 427 300 Ph: (02) 6746 1742 The Parkview Hotel Bistro Cnr Conadilly & Chandos Street Ph: (02) 6742 2212 Terminus Hotel NARRABRI 262 George Street, Quirindi The Railway Hotel Ph: (02) 6746 2011 41 Barber Street, Gunnedah BOGGABRI Ph: (02) 6742 1558 Royal Hotel WEE WAA 82 Station Street, Quirindi The Clubhouse Hotel Ph: (02) 6746 2032 The Outback Shack 169 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6742 0755 Narrabri RSL Club Scorpion Take Away 7 Maitland Street, Narrabri 38 Station Street, Quirindi The Regal Hotel Ph: (02) 6792 1202 Ph: (02) 6746 2702 298 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6742 2355 The Nandewar Motor Inn Newell Highway, Narrabri GUNNEDAH Bowling Club Dining Room Ph: (02) 6792 1155 313 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Two Rivers Brassiere Ph: (02) 6742 0400 The Gourmet Goblet Gunnedah Services & Bowling Club The Narrabri Bowling Club 313 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Suzie’s Crib Room 176 Maitland Street, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6742 0400 Imperial Hotel, Gunnedah Ph:( 02) 6792 6420 Cnr Barber & Chandos Street Mackellar Restaurant Ph: (02) 6742 0176 Overlander Motor Lodge Allegra Restaurant 40 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Adelong Motel Classic Visions Café 174 Maitland Street, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6742 2677 Cnr Chandos & Conadilly Street Ph: (02) 6792 1488 Ph: (02) 6742 3907 Rose’s Chinese Restaurant Gunnedah Golf Club Patches Coffee Lounge Thurlow’s Restaurant Cnr George Street & Links Road 213 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah 142 Maitland Street, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6742 7688 Ph: (02) 6742 6622 Ph: (02) 6792 2312
Gunnedah Chinese Restaurant Busy Bee Café On-Lee Chinese Restaurant 334 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah 242 Conadilly Street 64-66 Maitland Street, Narrabri Phone: (02) 6742 0409 Ph: (02) 6742 0221 Ph: (02) 6792 4488
QUIRINDI NARRABRI GUNNEDAH WALGETT LIGHTNING RIDGE BREWARRINA
18 PLACES TO EAT - LISTING Chans Chinese Restaurant Chinese Restaurant - Bowling Club Ridge Rock 98 Maitland Street, Narrabri 69 Alma Street, Wee Waa Lightning Ridge Hotel Motel Ph: (02) 6792 2654 Ph: (02) 6795 4108 Onyx Street, Lightning Ridge Ph: (02) 6829 1444 One23 Olympia Café and Pizzas 123 Maitland Street, Narrabri Rose Street, Wee Waa Harlequin Café Ph: (02) 6792 2728 Ph: (02) 6795 4613 Morilla Street, Lightning Ridge Ph: (02) 6829 0988 Rumours Restaurant Caltex Service Station Narrabri Golf Club 170 Rose Street, Wee Waa Wongs Chinese Restaurant Gibbons Street, Narrabri Opal Street, Lightning Ridge Ph: (02) 6792 2344 Ph: (02) 6795 3008 Ph: (02) 6829 2330 Country Teapot Boggabri Tearooms 2/100 Maitland Street, Narrabri Kamilaroi Highway, Boggabri BREWARRINA Ph: (02) 6792 4464 Ph: (02) 6743 4557 E mail: [email protected] Lucky Bamboo Fiesta Fried Chicken Brewarrina RSL Club Centreway Arcade Boggabri Café Bourke Street, Brewarrina Tibbereena Street, Narrabri 161 Merton Street, Boggabri Ph: (02) 6839 1896 Ph: (02) 6792 2311 Ph: (02) 6743 4634
Pizza Joint Brewarrina Bakery 4/131 Maitland Street, Narrabri LIGHTNING RIDGE Bathurst Street, Brewarrina Ph / Fax: (02) 6839 2036 Ph: (02) 6792 2900 WALGETT Eagle Boys Café Deluxe 103 Tibbereena Street, Narrabri Junction City Hotel Bathurst Street, Brewarrina Ph: (02) 6792 4644 Cnr Corunna & Slacksmiths Street, Ph: (02) 6839 2071 Burren Junction KFC Ph: (02) 6796 1440 Royal Hotel 193 Maitland Street, Narrabri Bathurst Street, Brewarrina Ph: (02) 6792 3100 Nomads Outback Café Ph: (02) 6839 2283 Kamilaroi Highway, Cryon McDonalds Ph: (02) 6828 5237 Cnr Maitland & Killarney Street, Narrabri Email: [email protected] BOURKE Ph: (02) 6792 4396 Website: www.nomadsworld.com Bourke Bowling Club Subway Chinese Restaurant Shop 3/155 Maitland Street, Narrabri Walgett Sporting Club Cnr Richard & Mitchell Street, Bourke Ph: (02) 6792 5853 Montkeila Street, Walgett Ph: (02) 6872 3064 Ph: (02) 6828 1271 Bush Coffee House Oxley R.S.L Club Namoi Arcade, 111 Maitland Street Walgett RSL Club Cnr Sturt & Mitchell Street, Bourke Ph: (02) 6792 5747 Fox Street, Walgett Ph: (02) 6872 2633 Ph: (02) 6828 1183 Watson's Kitchen The Port of Bourke Hotel 153 Maitland Street, Narrabri Café 64 32 Mitchell Street, Bourke Ph: (02) 6792 1366 Wee Waa Street, Walgett Ph: (02) 6872 2544 Ph: (02) 6828 3440 BP Service Station Morrall’s Bakery-Café 65 Cooma Road, Narrabri Hon Doo Asian Restaurant 37 Mitchell Street, Bourke Ph: (02) 6792 4427 Wee Waa Street, Walgett Ph: (02) 6872 2086 Ph: (02) 6828 1446 Imperial Hotel 104 Rose Street, Wee Waa Gecko Café Chats On Opal Ph: (02) 6795 4125 27 Oxley Street, Bourke 5 Opal Street, Lightning Ridge Ph: (02) 6872 1701 Ph: (02) 6829 4226 Wee Waa Motel The Billabong Restaurant North Bourke Roadhouse 148 Rose Street, Wee Waa Lightning Ridge Bowling Club Cnr Wanaaring Road & Mitchell Hwy Ph: (02) 6795 4522 Morilla Street, Lightning Ridge Ph: (02) 6872 2464 Ph: (02) 6829 0408 Hot Bread Shop Bogas Roadhouse Rose Street, Wee Waa Dig Inn Cnr Mitchell & Warraweena Street, Bourke Ph: (02) 6795 4393 57 Bald Hill Road, Lightning Ridge Ph: (02) 6872 2330
BREWARRINA BOURKE QUIRINDI NARRABRI GUNNEDAH WALGETT
THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 19 Accommodation
QUIRINDI Overlander Motor Lodge Imperial Hotel 40 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Cnr Barber & Chandos Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6742 2677 Castle Mountain Farmstay “Castle Email: [email protected] Mountain”, Wallabadah Road, Quirindi Ph: (02) 6742 0176 Ph: (02) 6746 2102 Plains Motor Inn Email: [email protected] Club House Hotel 111 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah 169 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah www.northnet.com.au/~castlem Ph: (02) 6742 2511 Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6742 0755 Whispering Pines 1034 Lowes Creek Road, Quirindi Red Chief Motel Commercial Hotel Ph: (02) 6746 2117 or 0428 669 510 Henry Street, Gunnedah 1 Goran Street, Curlewis www.whisperingpinesbushretreat.com.au Ph: (02) 6742 0833 Ph: (02) 6744 1323 Email: [email protected] Heritage Motel & Restaurant Web: www.redchiefmotel.com.au Post Offi ce Hotel 88 George Street, Quirindi Nombi Street, Mullaley Ph: (02) 6746 1742 Alyn Motel Ph: (02) 6743 7820 Email: [email protected] 351Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6742 5028 Royal Hotel Quirindi Motel Email: [email protected] 147 Loder Street, Quirindi Tambar Street, Tambar Springs Ph: (02) 6744 2396 Ph: (02) 6746 1777 Billabong Motel Email: [email protected] 333 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6742 2033 Commercial Hotel NARRABRI Email: [email protected] 222 George Street, Quirindi BOGGABRI Ph: (02) 6746 2264 Best Western Harvest Lodge Motel WEE WAA Federal Hotel 404 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6742 3400 15 Whittaker Street, Quirindi Email: [email protected] Aalbany Motel Ph: (02) 6746 2026 Newell Highway, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6792 4211 Imperial Hotel Roseneath Manor Bed & Breakfast 43 Henry Street, Quirindi 91 Maitland Street, Gunnedah Aaron Inn Motel Ph: (02) 6746 2058 Ph: (02) 6742 1906 Newell Highway, Narrabri Royal Hotel Gunnedah Apartments – The Vines Ph: (02) 6792 4000 82 Station Street, Quirindi 37 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6746 2032 Mob: 0428 696 256 Adelong Motel Terminus Tavern Milbulla Farm Stay 174 Maitland Street, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6792 1488 George Street, Quirindi Oxley Highway, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6746 2011 Ph: (02) 6743 7207 Mob: 0427 437 207 Email: [email protected]
Quirindi Shire Caravan Park Mi-Hi & Arizona Farm Cottages Bellview Motel Rose Street, Quirindi or Homestead Accommodation Newell Highway, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6746 2407 Ph: (02) 6743 3555 Ph: (02) 6792 3844 Email: [email protected] Willow Tree Inn Court House Hotel Main Street, Willow Tree 307 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Comfort Inn Midtown Inn Ph: (02) 6747 1272 Ph: (02) 6742 2144 41 Maitland Street, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6792 2233 GUNNEDAH Regal Hotel Email: [email protected] 298 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Gunnedah Motor Inn Ph: (02) 6742 2355 Kaputar Motel 367 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Newell Highway, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6742 2377 Parkview Hotel Ph: (02) 6792 1550 Email: [email protected] 141 Conadilly Street, Gunnedah Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6742 2212 Maynestay Motel Nandewar Motor Inn Cnr Conadilly & Osric Street, Gunnedah Railway Hotel Newell Highway, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6742 7150 41 Barber Street, Gunnedah Ph: (02) 6792 1155 Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6742 1558 Email: [email protected]
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20 ACCOMMODATION LISTING Narrabri Motel & Caravan Tourist Hotel Nolans on the Barwon Newell Highway, Narrabri 142 Maitland Street, Narrabri Cnr Cumborah & Brewarrina Road, Walgett Ph: (02) 6792 2593 Ph: (02) 6792 2312 Ph: (02) 6828 1154 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Southern Cross Motor Inn Wilga Hotel/Motel Lightning Ridge Hotel/Motel 24 Maitland Street, Narrabri Goobar Street, Narrabri Onyx Street, Lightning Ridge Ph: (02) 6792 3838 Ph: (02) 6792 2066 Ph: (02) 6829 0304 Email: [email protected] Cottonfi elds Motel Bluey Motel 32 Morilla Street, Lightning Ridge Rose Street, Wee Waa Tommos Motor Lodge Ph: (02) 6829 0380 Newell Highway, Narrabri (02) 6795 4577 Email: cottonfi [email protected] Ph: (02) 6792 1922 Black Opal Motel Email: [email protected] Cnr Opal & Morilla Street, Lightning Ridge Wee Waa Motel Ph: (02) 6829 0518 Craigdon Guest House Rose Street, Wee Waa Ph: (02) 6795 4522 Bingara Road, Narrabri Wallangulla Motel Email: [email protected] (02) 6793 3100 Cnr Morilla & Agate Street, Lightning Ridge Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6829 0542 Royal Hotel Rose Street, Wee Waa Dulcinea Holiday Retreat Crocodile Caravan and Ph: (02) 6795 4215 Mt Kaputar Road, Narrabri Camping Park Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6793 5246 Morilla Street, Lightning Ridge Ph: (02) 6829 0437 Email: [email protected] The Grove Farmstay Kamilaroi Highway, Wee Waa Benbruik B&B Lightning Ridge Caravan Park Ph: (02) 6795 5133 Harlequin Street, Lightning Ridge Forest Drive, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6829 0532 Ph: (02) 6792 1820 Imperial Hotel Email: [email protected] Rose Street, Wee Waa Caloola B & B Ph: (02) 6795 4125 Caloola, Gwydir Hwy, Walgett Narrabri Backpackers Bed & Ph: (02) 6828 2028 Breakfast The Nestle Inn Motel 30 Mooloobar Street, Narrabri 54 Merton Street, Boggabri Ph/Fax: (02) 6792 6473 Ph: (02) 6743 4308 BREWARRINA Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Brewarrina Hotel The Orchard Guest House Commercial Hotel Bathurst Street, Brewarrina 9 Cameron Street, Narrabri 160 Merton Street, Boggabri Ph: (02) 6839 2533 Ph: (02) 6792 5003 Ph: (02) 6743 4361 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Royal Hotel Bokhara Hutz Accommodation 96 Brent Street, Boggabri “Bokhara Plains”, Brewarrina Woodlands Ph: (02) 6743 4410 Ph: (02) 6874 4921 or 0428 168 407 Bingara Road, Narrabri Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6793 3114 LIGHTNING RIDGE Email: [email protected] BOURKE WALGETT Yera Group Experience “Yera”, Newell Highway, Edgeroi Back o Bourke Motel Junction City Hotel Wanaaring Road, North Bourke Ph: (02) 6793 8340 Cnr Corunna & Slacksmiths Street Ph: (02) 6872 4448 Email: [email protected] Burren Junction www.backobourkeaccommodation.com.au Ph: (02) 6796 1440 The Clubhouse Hotel Bourke Bridge Inn Nomads Cryon 87 Maitland Street, Narrabri 4 Bogan Street, North Bourke Kamilaroi Highway Ph: (02) 6792 2027 Ph: (02) 6828 5237 Ph: (02) 6872 3167 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Commercial Hotel Web: www.nomadsworld.com 170 Maitland Street, Narrabri Bourke Riverside Motel Ph: (02) 6792 2132 Coolabah Motel 3 Mitchell Street, Bourke 95 Wee Waa Street, Walgett Ph: (02) 6872 2539 Ph: (02) 6828 1366 www.bourkeriversidemotel.com Namoi Hotel/Motel 49 Maitland Street, Narrabri Walgett Motel Darling River Motel Ph: (02) 6792 2147 14 Fox Street, Walgett Cnr Mitchell & Warraweena Street, Bourke Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6828 1355 Ph: (02) 6872 2288
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THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 21 Caravan - Camping Spots
Dougo’s Self-Contained Units BOURKE Continued... Gidgee Guesthouse 17 Oxley Street, Bourke Cnr Darling & Tarcoon Street, Bourke Ph: (02) 6872 2311 Major Mitchell Motel Ph: (02) 6870 1017 Please contact Major Mitchell Motel 44 Mertin Street, Bourke Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6872 2311 The Post Offi ce Hotel Outback Motel 28 Oxley Street, Bourke 33 Mertin Street, Bourke Ph: (02) 6872 2716 Ph: (02) 6872 2019
Port of Bourke Hotel Browns Apartments The Outback Beds Network 32 Mitchell Street, Bourke 77 Darling Street, Bourke www.outbackbeds.com.au Ph: (02) 6872 2544 Mob: 0428 248 214
CARAVAN - CAMPING SPOTS
Ninghdoo Caravan & Camping Lightning Ridge Hotel/Motel Mt Kaputar Road, Narrabri Onyx Street, Lightning Ridge Ph: (02) 6793 5272 Ph: (02) 6829 0304
Council Caravan Park Burren Junction Bore Baths Laidlaw Street, Boggabri Kamilaroi Highway, Burren Junction Ph: (02) 6743 4555 Barwon River Mainway Caravan Park Cumborah Road, Walgett 210 Rose Street, Wee Waa Ph: (02) 6795 4268 Namoi River Lightning Ridge Road, Walgett & QUIRINDI Waioma Caravan Park Burren Junction 15 Short Street, Wee Waa Quirindi Caravan Park Crocodile Caravan and Camping Park Ph: (02) 6795 4413 Rose Street, Quirindi Morilla Street, Walgett Email: [email protected] Ph: (02) 6746 1777 Ph: (02) 6829 0437 NARRABRI GUNNEDAH BREWARRINA
BOGGABRI Gunnedah Tourist Caravan Four Mile Reserve WEE WAA 51 Henry Street, Gunnedah Carinda Road, Brewarrina Ph: (02) 6742 1372 Ph: (02) 6839 2152 Email: BigSky Caravan Park Email: [email protected] [email protected] Tibbereena Street, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6792 1294 Lake Keepit State Recreation Area BOURKE Highway Tourist Village Oxley Highway, (East of Gunnedah) Newell Highway, Narrabri Ph: (02) 6769 7605 Kidmans Camp Country Resort Ph: (02) 6792 1438 Email: [email protected] 7km North of Bourke on the Mitchell Hwy Email: [email protected] www.stateparks.nsw.gov.au/keepit.html Ph: (02) 6872 1612 Email: [email protected] Mt Kaputar National Park www.kidmanscamp.com.au Cabins & Camping LIGHTNING RIDGE Narrabri Mitchell Caravan Park Ph: (02) 6792 7300 WALGETT Cnr Mitchell & Becker Street, Bourke Ph: (02) 6872 2791 Yarrie Lake Camping Lightning Ridge Caravan Park Yarrie Lake Road, Narrabri / Wee Waa Harlequin Street, Lightning Ridge Mays Bend – Free Bush Camping Ph: (02) 6799 6760 Ph: (02) 6829 0532 Banks of the Darling River
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22 CAMPING - CALENDAR OF EVENTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JANUARY Cont... Australia Day Festivities All Shires Wallabadah New Years Day Races Wallabadah Porcupine Pinch Gunnedah National Tomato Contest Gunnedah Cubbaroo Polocrosse Wee Waa Raft Race Gunnedah Opal Jewellery Design Awards Lightning Ridge Walgett B&S Ball Walgett Opal Queen Ball Lightning Ridge Opal & Gem Expo Lightning Ridge FEBRUARY Carinda Horse Race Meeting Carinda Gunnedah Uniting Church Engonia Races Bourke – Fete & Flower Show Gunnedah Wean Picnic Races Boggabri
MARCH AUGUST Week of Speed Gunnedah Quirindi Prime Stock Exhibition Quirindi Narrabri Twilight Rodeo Narrabri Ag Quip Field Days Gunnedah Nosh on the Namoi Narrabri Ag Quip Rodeo Gunnedah Narrabri Picnic Races Narrabri Wee Waa Rodeo Wee Waa Burren Bore Rats B&S Ball Burren Junction Galloping Gully Polocrosse Carnival Narrabri Louth Races Bourke APRIL Narrabri Antique Machinery Exhibition Narrabri Anzac Day Celebrations All Shires Campdraft Wee Waa Gunnedah Bird Expo and Sale Gunnedah Narrabri Show Narrabri SEPTEMBER Narrabri Innovations Festival Narrabri North West Swap Meet Gunnedah Lightning Ridge Arts & Crafts Easter Lightning Ridge Two Rivers Arts Festival Gunnedah Exhibitions Gunnedah Art Exhibition Gunnedah Lightning Ridge Goat Races & Horse Lightning Ridge Cubbaroo, Boggabri & Wee Waa Cubbaroo, Races - Easter Weekend Campdrafts Wee Waa, Cubbaroo Black Opal Rodeo - Easter Weekend Lightning Ridge Australian Cotton Fibre Expo 2007 Narrabri Narrabri, Boggabri & Wee Waa Pony Club Narrabri, Boggabri (Biennial) & Wee Waa Barwon River Pro Rodeo Brewarrina Burren Junction Flower Show Burren Junction Annual Clay Target Shoot Brewarrina Come By Chance Picnic Races Come By Chance Drovers Campfi re Camping Weekend Boggabri Bulldust to Bitumen Festival Walgett Shire Lightning Ridge Bush Safari Lightning Ridge MAY Opal Princess Ball Lightning Ridge Quirindi Heritage Annual Rally & Quirindi Quirindi Spring Show Quirindi Swap Meet Gunnedah Show with Rodeo & Gunnedah OCTOBER Camp Draft Narrabri Spring Festival Narrabri Gunnedah Eisteddfod Gunnedah Narrabri Trot Meetings Start (till March) Narrabri Gold Cup Race Day Gunnedah Arts & Craft Exhibition Lightning Ridge Wee Waa Show Wee Waa Potch Queen Lightning Ridge Narrabri Veterans Golf Week Narrabri Walgett Tennis Tournament Walgett Walgett District Show Walgett Brewarrina Annual Show Brewarrina Brewarrina Annual Races Brewarrina Poets Trek Bourke Bourke Show Bourke Boggabri Campdraft Boggabri
JUNE NOVEMBER Keepit Kool Regatta Gunnedah Evening of Movement – Gymnastics Gunnedah Gyrocopter Get-Together Burren Junction Rock N Rod N Show Narrabri Walgett Horse Race Meeting Walgett DECEMBER JULY Quirindi Boxing Day Races Quirindi Sundowner Road Race Gunnedah Christmas Lights Display and Competition Gunnedah
BREWARRINA BOURKE QUIRINDI NARRABRI GUNNEDAH WALGETT
THE KAMILAROI HIGHWAY 23 KamilaroiT h e HIGHWAY Kamilaroi Great Divide to the Great Outback
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