About Narrabri
Narrabri is the administrative centre of Narrabri Shire which is located in the Namoi Valley. The rugged peaks of Mount Kaputar National Park loom to the east while plains stretch endlessly to the west. The shire is known as an agricultural wonderland. It produces high quality wheat, fat lambs, beef and cotton. The town is located at the junction of the Newell and Kamilaroi Highways and is named after the Kamilaroi word for ‘forked waters’ which is particularly apt as the Namoi River, Narrabri Creek and the Horse Arm Creek all converge at the town. (sourced from the Aussie Towns website – click for more).
Gunnedah stop off
Next stop along the Tagalong21 route was the town of Narrabri (maplink) for just a one night stay. On the way we stopped off at Gunnedah to check-out the Gunnedah Water Tank Museum artwork and the Silo Art in Barber Street which features the poet Dorothea Mackellar and an extract from her famous poem “My Country” immortalized on this 29 metre high, privately owned maize mill.
Narrabri Accommodation
This was the first time we’d actually experienced rain since the beginning of our trip. Nothing worse than a “wet set-up” when you arrive at your accommodation which was the Narrabri Big Sky Caravan Park.
Sawn Rocks
After lunch we braved the elements and took a drive out to the magnificent Sawn Rocks, which are one of Australia’s best examples of a rock formation called ‘organ-piping’ because they look like a wall of giant organ pipes.
Gary becomes an Aussie
One of our tagalong buddies travelled back to Tamworth to sit his Australian Citizenship test and happily returned in time for happy hour as a newly certified Aussie – well done Gary!
We wandered down the road to the RSL for dinner. What an interesting place with lots of nostalgia hanging off the walls. We even had the Bundaberg Rum “Bundy Bear” hanging from the roof above our table.
Gary the new Aussie
