Moree, NSW 25July2022 380km
Moree, NSW 25July2022 380km The day started out with the run up through Gilgandra, past Balladoran and the property Warrawillah, where Judy’s father was born and raised. We then swung across to Coonabarabran, where we took a late morning tea and a rest at Roses Cafe, before the 200+ km leg up through Narrabri to Moree. The road had been plain sailing so far but the farther north we went the worse the road got, most road works to do with the new $37bn freight rail link between Brisbane and Melbourne. The project upgrades a bunch of existing lines and adds a pile of missing bits to complete the 1700 km railway line. The link even spurs off at Parkes and heads to Adelaide and Perth. Each train is 1.8km long and carries double-stacked containers, just like the ones that run between Adelaide and Darwin. Each train is designed to put 180 B-Double trucks off the road. Double-decker freight trains, heeding to a station near you. This one is in Port Augusta, SA Now in the past, I...