Nsw outback trip to DUBO 15-JULY 23
DAY 1 SATURDAY 15-JULY 2023 TEXAS
Our First
leg HOME to Texas Rabbit Factory
& Dumaresq River free camp at Texas
3hr 45
minutes Cost $105.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100 KM CAMPING $
Donation
Texas
Mingoola Rd, Texas Queensland
4385 9AM – 3PM
DAY 2 SUNDAY 16-JULY
2023 TINGHA
TEXAS TO ASHFORD CAVES 106 KM $35.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per
100KM
then on to TINGHA
Ashford caves & THE Macintyre falls
caves need your own
torch
Ashford caves TO TINGHA 1 HOUR 25 minutes
109
KM $35.00
fuel@ $1.85m
@17.5 per 100KM
BUY FUEL AT
INVERELL $1.85 FUEL $2.35 AT TINGA
TINGHA AND
STANNIFER
Cost $15.00 UNPOWERED or $20.00 POWER SITE
A wonderful place to stay with friendly and helpful staff and
even the visitors as well!!. The ammenities
were as clean as a whistle and the park grounds tidy and wonderfully kept, we
will be recommending this park."
Stannifer Creek Fossicking Area Travelling south to Tingha you
will drive into a sandy granite area. The area offers the opportunity to
fossick for many different types of Quartz Crystals, including Clear, Smokey, Rutilated Quartz and Yellow Citrine.
Visit the creek crossing at Stannifer to find these gems.
Cost $15.00 UNPOWERED or $20.00 POWER SITE
JELLY BEEN CREEK
OLD MILL ROAD FIND CREEKS ALONG THE ROAD $6 RETURN
DAY 3 MONDAY 17-JULY 2023 Apsley
Falls
SOME MORE Quartz Crystals Fossicking BEFORE HEADING OFF IF WE
WANT
TINGHA to Apsley Falls Apsley Falls Road
168km 1 hr 58 minutes
Cost $55.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100KM CAMP SITE COST
$12.30 per site
DAY 4 TUESDAY 18 JULY 2023 TAMWORTH
Apsley
falls to Tamworth STAY 1 NIGHT 109km 1 hr 21 minutes
Cost $35.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100KM
B 
Weather history for Tamworth ,
New South Wales
COSTS PER PERSON $10 561 Peel
Street, Tamworth , 2340,
Endeavour Dr,
Cnr Bridge
and, Kable
Ave Tamworth NSW
2340
Tamworth Powerstation Museum
DAY
5&6&7 19-20-21 JULY
23 DUBBO
Tamworth TO DUBBO STAY 3 NIGHTS 310 km 3 hr 28 minutes
Cost $101.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100KM
$101.00 per person
Your Great Big Adventure Pass
1 x 2 day entry ticket to Taronga Western Plains Zoo
1 x entry ticket to Royal Flying Doctor Service Visitor Experience
1 x day entry ticket to Old Dubbo Gaol
1 x tour at
DAY 8 22
-JULY 2023 COONABARABAN
DUBBO
TO COONABARABAN
STAY 2 NIGHTS 144 km 1 hr 38 minutes
Cost $57.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100KM
FREE ENTRY
CRYSTAL KINGDOM
Newell Highway
. Getaway Tourist Park is located on the southern side of
town approximately 1.5 klms south of the
Coonabarabran Tourist Information Centre on the Newell Hwy. M PHONE 0268421773
COST $30.00 EACH
COST
$30.00 1HOUR 30 MINUTES
COONABARABAN DRIVE
Cost $50.00 fuel@ $1.85m @10 per 100KM NO CARAVAN
2 HOUR
ROUND DRIVE
Coonabarabran - Warrumbungle - Tooraweenah drive
Grand High Tops lookout
Grand High Tops lookout
Spirey View
lookout
DAY 9 23 JULY 2023 Pilliga
Artesian Bore Bath
COONABARABAN TO Pilliga Nature Reserve IN
MORNING AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON
DRIVE TO Artesian Bore Bath
STAY 1 NIGHT 152 km 1 HOUR 53 minutes Cost $50.00 fuel@ $1.85m
@17.5 per 100KM
COST $5.00 CAPING FEE, BORE BATH
DAY
TRIP TO Pilliga Nature Reserve BEFORE
GOING TO THE Pilliga Artesian Bore Bath
DAY 9 23
JULY 2023
DRIVE FROM COONABARABRAN TO Pilliga Artesian Bore Bath
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DAY 10
&11 24-25 JULY 2023 LIGHTING
RIDGE
Pilliga Artesian Bore TO LIGHTING RIDGE
STAY 2 NIGHTS 199 km 2 hr 12 minutes
Cost $65.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100KM
Artesian Bore Baths LIGHTING RIDGE
Big Opal Underground Mine Tour COST $20.00
Great tour in the mine! 25 m. Under ground.
Nicely cool underground. Interesting
to walk down in the working place for the miners. Nice little shop. Very
very friendly owner!! He is a great storyteller! So much knowledge about the mining of opals and the area, realy a pleasure to visit this place. I will surely
go back if I ever come to Lightning Ridge again. I consider this place a must
to visit here.
LOTS OF STAIRS TO CLIMB
DAY
12 26 JULY 2023 NINDIGULLY
PUB OR ST GEORGE
LIGHTING RIDGE TO NINDIGULLY PUB OR ST
STAY 1 NIGHTS 199 km 2 hr 12 minutes
Cost $65.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100KM
DAY
13 27 JULY 2023
ROMA GUN CLUB
NINDIGULLY PUB TO ROMA GUN CLUB
STAY 2 NIGHTS 239 km 2 hr 32 minutes
Cost $78.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100KM
DAY
13 27 JULY 2023 CHINCHILLA WEIR
ROMA GUN CLUB TO CHINCHILLA WEIR
STAY 1 OR 2 NIGHTS 199 km 2 hr 12 minutes
Cost $65.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100KM
Chinchilla
Weir is accessed on a first come, first served basis with no bookings required.
The grounds are mostly free camping but there are some powered sites available.
Donations can be left at the Chinchilla Visitor Information Centre. Maximum stay 2 nights. Access to weir on
the left side of
DAY
14 28 JULY 2023 MURPHYS CREEK
CHINCHILLA WEIR TO MURPHYS CREEK
STAY 1 NIGHTS 203 km 2 hr 31 minutes
Cost $66.00 fuel@ $1.85m @17.5 per 100KM
