trip help- is it worth going the extra klms to bourke, tamworth ect.
Submitted: Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 13:53
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hi, as i've posted before we are planning a trip for the end of october to the end of november, we are going to
broken hill,
white cliffs, then to dubbo,
parkes,
bathurst, down to the
murray river and following that back home, my question is i was studing the maps today and noticed that we can turn off the barrier hwy and go up through
bourke, narrabri and to
tamworth, then head down to
bathurst. is it worth while doing that extra trip??, is there really that much to see or do up there when there are no festivals on? or would we be better off just staying on the barrier hwy through to dubbo, which would give us a few extra days of looking around different
places?, also we haven't got a 4x4 if that makes any difference.
and is it worth the drive out to
white cliffs?
thanks from chris.
Reply By: Member - Julie P (VIC) - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 14:50
Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 14:50
Don't know really what you are looking for - but "through"
Bourke is about all I would do there (tho Kidman
Camp is an exceptional caravan
park in the area) - Narrabri - you could head into the Warrumbungles - plenty of
camping in there - check out the satelite tracking stations etc - nice area indeed. Don't need 4x4 in there.
White cliffs - not much there - unless you are into opals and like roughing it a bit - but if you do go this way - turn off at
Walgett - 70k up the road is
Lightning Ridge - great little town - lots to see and do here - the locals are very friendly - there is just about all you need iin the shops in town.
Enjoy your trip
jules
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Reply By: Member - Duncs - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 16:36
Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 16:36
I wouldn't.
Unless you have over a month I would limit the trip to what you have as your initial plan.
When staying in
Broken Hill spend at least a week to 10 days. There is heaps to see in and around the area and most people make the mistake of spending too little time there.
Galleries,
Silverton,
Menindee, Mutawingee, Flying Doctor, School of the Air, just some time to sit in Argent St and watch the town go bye will easily take a week. Allow a good part of the day to travel to
White Cliffs and spend at least one night to allow some time to look around the place do a bit of noodling etc. A drive around
Wilcannia is very interesting and the place is not as bad as a lot of people make out. Have a look around
Cobar on your way through. If you do all that you will probably need a night in
Cobar, the CV
Park there is not bad. You could spend 5 or more days in Dubbo,
Bathurst is worth a full day (2 nights) and the Radio Telescope near
Parkes will swallow up an afternoon. Depending on where you strike the Murray it would be easy to spend a week between
Echuca and
Mildura with a stop in at
Swan Hill along the way.
Going up to
Bourke, Narrabri and
Tamworth would add about 1250 km's to your trip and then it would be rushed. Your on holidays, take your time have a good look at what is there, and relax. That's what holidays are for.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: Member - Ian W (NSW) - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 16:58
Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 16:58
Duncs is absolutly spot on.
Pointless doing a zillion K's and only seeing the white line down the middle of the road.
We recently did the
Darling River Run from
Sydney over sixteen days. It would have been a hell of a lot better if we had twice the time.
Therer were so many
places we did not have time to get to.
Broken Hill -
Silverton -
Lightning Ridge - Mount Oxley just to name a few. On the way home we could have spent a couple of days around
Balranald rather than the one afternoon and it was painfull to have to pass the turn offs to Mungo and Willandra National Parks.
Take it easy, stop and smell the roses, or at least the road kill.
Ian
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Follow Up By: Member - Fred G (NSW) - Wednesday, Sep 03, 2008 at 08:36
Wednesday, Sep 03, 2008 at 08:36
Gotta agree with Duncs. Did that run last September from
Newcastle. Out to
Gulgong,
Wellington,
Orange,
Bathurst,
Blayney, Cowra, then the Olympic H'way via
Young, Cootamundra,
Junee to Nerrandera, down to
Echuca,
Swan Hill,
Mildura,
Wentworth to
Broken Hill,
White Cliffs,
Cobar,
Nyngan (great C.P. on the Bogan River), Coonabarabran, Gunnedah,
Newcastle.
There is so much to see and do along the way, only limited by your time available, and all suitable for your vehicle, except maybe Mungo N.P. Great
camp ground out at
Silverton, can't remember it's name.
If you take in
White Cliffs, try to make it a Friday, and go to the cafe across the road from the pub for your evening meal. It is a weekly event not to be missed, and you will meet some interesting locals.
We did this run in three weeks, and it was nowhere long enough to take it all in.
Have a great and safe trip.
Fred & Chris
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Reply By: The Geriatric Gypsies - Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 19:33
Tuesday, Sep 02, 2008 at 19:33
goodday guys
when travelling thru
bourke call in and spend an hour or 2 at the cemetary (spelling??) reading the old
tombstones and new (fred hollows is there)there are many sad tales to be read there also on the river bank is some old rebuilt machinery
white cliffs is an extremely friendly place to visit and a fair bit to see
steve
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