Moree NSW 24 July 2026

Moree NSW 24 July 2026

Left Stanthorpe and headed to Moree.

Took a backroad, a ‘C’ road at best. Tedious, bumpy, rough, slow. 80-85 was about it. Stopped at Texas to settle down for a half hour. Coffee and scone. 

Texas. Queensland. July 2026

Back out onto the road and picked up the Bruxner Highway. Who are they kidding? Heaps better than the last goat track, but not fantastic. Turned left and headed to Warialda, another ‘C’ road and worse than the last. It was a toss-up what would break first, me or the van. Finally we arrived at Warialda and we just had to stop again. Found a little park and had a sandwich by the side of the van. From Warialda we picked up the Newell Highway and had an easy run across into Moree.

Now, we have stayed at Moree once before and I swore i’d never come back, but here we are. Fortunately we are in a different park, The G’day park just out of town on the Newell Highway and it's reasonably pleasant. They have a little hot spring so we had a soak. Lovely.

Moree obviously still has a crime problem. The gates are locked at 6pm and there are signs every where to make sure everything is locked at all times.

At least I can now plainly see why the TV doesn’t pick up any channel: the lead-in cable from the aerial is completely severed half way up the mast. Another job for another day.

And yes, the battery is still not solved. It  started to stink of hydrogen during the evening, and now the "Bulk" light is on which is not a good sign and it probably should have the thermal warning lead plugged back in. Turned the whole lot off and hoped the battery would last the night, which it did. 

Braved the zero degrees outside and took part in the Moree Parkrun at 7am. Madness i'm sure.

Moree Parkrun, 7AM. Moree NSW July 2026