20230603 NSW Cobar, Nevertire to Warren

We left for Cobar, and noticed there are definitely more cars on the road and it doesn’t seem as barren with more trees and much taller than our first time here. The weather has sure taken a turn after leaving SA as we head into the heat of the outback to Cobar. We pass lots of goats grazing on the side of the road and quite a few crossings in front of us then Des breaks as little pig tries his luck crossing the road in front of us. We arrived in Cobar and stopped at the garage for a shower when we noticed a woman in a truck waving vigorously and shaking her head at Des, he goes to see what her problem was, apparently he’s parked the wrong way, well that’s all you had to say, grumpy old bag. After our well needed shower we head to the RSL club where they supply a free camp, that’s us for the night.

The long straight road into Cobar.

Great Western Hotel, Home of Australia's Longest Verandah was established in 1898, now that’s what I call a lovely old Queensland Pub.

Fox plague at Cobar and Des I actually saw many this trip, the photo was taken from a mural on the wall under the Hotel Veranda and I’m guessing back in the 18/1900s.🦊 

20230603 Once agin rain is heading our way so we left the dirt at the RSL for solid grounds at the caravan park for a couple of days, cool we were in time for a night of entertainment with a one man band playing in the camp kitchen tonight and they have a large fire pit, what more can you ask for.

20230606 With the rain gone, for now anyway, we head to the little town of Nevertire to check out the silo art, travelling along the Mitchell Highway and the scenery has certainly changed from the rugged terrains we have witnessed this trip. We drive into a one Pub town with a lovely cafe and only 19 km from Warren.

We follow the railway tracks 180ks to Nevertire, passing Nyngan as we’ve been there before.

Arriving in the tiny town of Nevertire which exists due to the grain handling at the nearby railway station and has only about a handful of houses, but its now a popular place to stay for people working at Auscott Cotton Gin near Warren. We had lunch at the Nevertire Hotel which was a bit expensive but that seems to be the patten these days, gone are the day of the cheap meals at our little country Pubs but with the price of meat these days it’s no wonder. 

Draft horse pulled wool dray on the old bell store in Nevertire, NSW.

The artwork depicted on the water tower can been seen from 360degrees as it encompasses the entire tower, it is a celebration of the region’s agricultural sector with a shearer, cotton and paddock of wheat.

Time to check out the silo in Warren, passing through Snakes Plain where we pass a huge cotton industry, holding tons of cotton bales before landing in Warren to see the silo art.

Auscott was established in 1963 and processes cotton for other growers as well as its own crop and currently operates a total of six gins in the Gwydir, Macquarie, Namoi and Murrumbidgee Valleys. Cotton gins are factories that complete the first stage of processing cotton – separating the lint from the seed and is short for en-“gin”. In Australia gins are located in cotton areas to avoid costly transport.

Bale Runner used to transport cotton from the field.

I managed a flyby photo of the tons of cotton stored in the Ascot Plant, Wow, it just goes to show just how much cotton Australia actually exports.

The Mural goes the full circumference of the silo and show’s different sports related to the area.

The idea behind the mural is to represent the sports that are available in the new Carter Oval Youth Sports Precinct. The sports being featured are Cricket, Soccer, Swimming and Skateboarding.

We decided to move on from Warren to North Rest Area at Beemunnel, we like to be settled into camp early plus Des likes his nanny nap in the afternoon. The phone rang and it was my little sis Lisa, we chatted for a bit and as usual I had a good giggle, my sister always makes me laught, she’s such a character. There’s a fire pit here so I collect wood and we sat around the fire watching the huge orange moon rise. We noticed trucks stopping and going up the road from us and wondered what was going on, one theory was road works and there was a detour, but the next morning we found out it was just a truck stop, we must be getting board.

The Drovers are out and about, we’ve passed these guy a few times now and it’s so cool to see, drover in Australia moves cattle over long distances to either delivering animals to a new owner's property, taking animals to market, or moving animals during a drought, which I’m guessing drought is the case  here.

Love The Drovers