Monday, Oct 26, 2009 at 08:01
Hi Sainsy,
Although I live in San Diego most of the time I have a farm up between
Childers and
Bundaberg, also my Mum lives in
Orange I tend to do the trip from
Orange to Bundy 3-4 times a year.
The best way to come from
Melbourne is straight up the Newell Highway to Dubbo, this is where I join the Newell on my trips so here are a few pointers from there..
Just as you are leaving the city centre of Dubbo you'll cross over the railway and there is a great PIE
SHOP on the left hand side, advertise as the best pies in Australia.
As someone else said there is a short cut from Dubbo to Conabarabran though
Mendooran, the turn off for this is actually a bit past the sale yards at Brocklehurst just after you go over a long bridge. Follow this for abt 5-6 km and you'll turn right over the railway lines and this will take you to just south of Coonabarabran. Be careful for roos through the forest.
Coonabarabran is used as a stopover for many doing the Mel-bris trip and there are heaps of motels.
Abt 10 km north of Coonabarabran the Newell turns left and you go up throuigh the Pilliga Forest to Narrabri . No petrol between there.
Narrabri is always a hard place to get a motel room but if you stay there go to the RSL for tea.
Straight run through to Moree and Boggabilla,
Turn left at the Wobbly Boot Hotel (Slim Dusty song) and you'll cross into QLD (remember no DLS in Qld.)
At the BIG round-a-bout if you go left it will take you down the main street of Gundy and turn right to Moonie. If you go straight ahead at the round a bout you'll go past a BP and McDonalds and then turn left to get the the Moonie Road (bypass town)
North of Gundy make sure you go on the Moonie Road and not turn to
Toowoomba.
At Moonie turn right to
Dalby.
At
Dalby take the Bunya Hwy to Kingaroy. Buy some peanuts.
go though to
Wondai and Murgon.
At Murgon there is a short cut though to the Burnett Hwy but I can't remember just were it turns off but you need to be heading towards Gayndah on the Burnett Hwy.
At Ban Baa Springs turn right to Biggenden go though Biggenden to
Childers.
In
Childers turn left at the Shell Servo and 5km north of
Childers at Apple Tree
Creek the road splits and the left hand lane goes through to Bundy.
Be carefull between
Childers and Bundy as the cane harvest will just be ending and the are a couple of tram crossings and cane trucks on the roads.
The longest runs without servos is Coonabarabran-Narrabri and Moree to Boggabilla. I generally fill up at Narrabri and top up again when I get to Gundy.
Cheers
Bruce
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