Brewarrina

Traveling along the Kamilaroi Highway east from Bourke for about 98 kilometres we reached the small town of Brewarrina. Built on the banks of the Barwon River, the town is famous for the ancient Aboriginal Fish Traps. Check out our drone footage in the video below.

Kamilaroi Highway is named after the Kamilaroi Indigenous Australian people who live in the area.

Moree

The town of Moree is the centre of the rich black-soil plains of northern New South Wales. The Newell and Gwydir highways intersect at the town which is located around the banks of the Mehi River.
Moree is a major agricultural centre, noted for its cotton-growing industry, which was established there in the early 1960s. Moree is also famous for its artesian hot spring baths and their reputed healing qualities.

Glen Innes

Never feeling cleaner after five days of soaking in the hot baths at Moree, we continued our eastward voyage this time on the Gwydir Highway. Our destination, Glen Innes, on the Northern Tablelands, in the New England region of New South Wales.

At an elevation of 1,062 metres above sea level, Glen Innes with a population of around 6000 is the highest large town in Australia.

Glen Innes records some of Australia’s coldest minimum temperatures outside the Snowy Mountains and Tasmania. When this photo of our campsite at the Glen Innes Showground was taken around 5:30pm the temperature was a balmy 5 degrees.

However, the when the sun appears the atmosphere is clean, crisp and refreshing. Created in 1991/92, the Australian Standing Stones in Glen Innes Highlands is the national monument to Celtic people, past and present.

Established on January 21, 1884, by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, St Joseph’s School, Glen Innes began with approximately 30 students.

St Joseph’s Convent, a magnificent Edwardian Gothic edifice built in 1916 accommodated the sisters and a large number of boarders. With changing times, the building was relinquished in 1995.

Testament to the prosperity of the district the main street of Glen Innes boasts an abundance of magnificent heritage buildings.

After a short stop in Glen Innes it’s time to climb across the ranges on our way to Grafton. Half way we stop for a refreshing walk to the Granite Lookout atop the Gibraltar Range.

Coming up: Chasing the sun……