Category Archives: Travel

Driving the Newell Highway — Day 2: Narrabri to Narrandera

I started Day 2 of my road trip from Brisbane to Melbourne via the Newell Highway early. I had spent the night at Narrabri Highway Tourist Village & Caravan Park. To read about my road trip from Brisbane to Tasmania and back, follow the Tasmania trip tag. I stopped briefly at many of the towns along the Newell Highway, including  Coonabarabran, Gilgandra (including Coo-ee), Dubbo, Parkes and Forbes. While the sign out the front looked new and inviting, the Dubbo Visitors’ … more »

Driving the Newell Highway — Day 1: Brisbane to Narrabri

The Newell Highway is an easy, but somewhat boring drive. It is the main freight and transport route between Melbourne and Queensland, including Brisbane and north Queensland. I had bought my Toyota Prado only two weeks before I drove the Newell Highway to get to Tasmania for a family holiday. I was to drive down; my wife and young children were flying down. I had four days to meet them in Tasmania, including the ferry trip … more »