Visiting The Quirky On Australia's Route 66 In 5 Days
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- We visited the quirky on the Newell Highway. Australia's version of Route 66. Over 5 days we travelled from Tocumwal to Goondiwindi.
#newellhighway #quirky #wearefunny
Day 1
Tocumwal - Big Murray Cod - 00.00
Tocumwal - Blowhole - 01.04
Finley - Street Art - 03.40
Jerilderie - Lolly Shop (not open) - 04.02
Jerilderie - Steelwings - 04.30
Morundah - Lunch - 05.29
Morundah - Horse Toolbox - 08.09
Narrandera - Royal Doultan Fountain - 08.56
Narrandera - The Big Guitar (Playable) - 09.43
Ardlethan - Home of the Australian Kelpie Statue - 10.18
Day 2
Mirrool - Mirrool Silo Kick - 12.33
Forbes - Drive Through - 15.45
Parkes - Cooke Parke - 16.33
Parkes - The Dish - 18.38
Alectown - The Colourful Gnome Garden - 21.44
Peak Hill - Open Cut Gold Mine - 23.01
Day 3
Tomingley - Crossroad Hotel - 24.14
Dubbo - Devils Hollow Brewery - 27.10
Gilgandra - Oldest Fruiting Grapevine - 28.17
Day 4
Coonabarabran - Showgrounds - 32.37
Day 5
Moree - Gwydir Carapark Thermal Pools - 34.27
Goondiwindi - Showgrounds - 38.45
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Thanks Gay and Carol enjoyed the clip and seeing all the sights in NSW . Keep up the great work ! 👍👍🍻🍻
Thanks Mark. We enjoyed travelling the Newell Hwy. 😀
Many have driven this road. Too few have stopped long enough to enjoy it. Including me. Thanks ladies.
Small towns really need more visitors. Far too many travellers rush on past. There has been a distinct lack of lolly shops. Every town needs a lolly shop.
I've only recently come across your channel and really love your style and sense of humour. What a great couple of gals!! Travel safe and keep smiling ❤
How awesome. We like to have a laugh. Carol likes to be funny. 🙏😜
Having grown up next to Route 66 in California, it was very interesting to see an alternative in another country. Great Vid!
Hahaha let's hope the 'alternative' Route 66 in Australia gets momentum 🤣
We loved our Route 66 road trip. We picked up our van in LA. First stop Santa Monica pier. Then on our way to Barstow there was a minor car collision right in front of us. We just managed to avoid it. Otherwise we may not have done Route 66.
I luv u gals😃
Love your sense of humour and great watching ❤
Hahaha 😂 we like a good laugh. Thanks for watching 🙏❤️😄
I think the video was great. Always looking to your adventures down under . Job well done. 👍👍👍
There is so much to see and do. A big country with lots of travel between destinations.
And thanks from me, pleasant easy viewing.
The highway busier than I thought, and the Narrandera memorial garden, as good as anywhere.
Keep doing what you do,
Thank you. We like to have a bit of fun 😀
Enjoy the really interesting places you travel to and sometimes the small towns can offer the best. Anyway, as much as I like the chick's in G strings on beaches, it's great to get a good view of these places and facts.
There is nought wrong with the chicks in g strings each to their own, however we have absolutely loved meeting people and from someone who in a social situation is quite introverted this is a big thing, Gay has the gift of the gab when meeting people, I am not the same as her but the small towns and the people make you feel so welcome it really is great.
Great video Gay and Carol, and I love your humour 😂, safe travels.
thanks Mandy we both love a good laugh makes life better.
Looks like you had great weather on your journey up, grape vine was amazing would look cool in summer 👍
@@colleenoliver2673 it was a bit fresh to start then the weather warmed up nicely.
Totally agree the grapevine would look amazing in summer (and spring and autumn). It's on our list to revisit when it has grapes.
10/10 for the vid..made it a lot of fun... The Newell reminds me of Footscray. up and down down down....😁
@@newyboys hahaha yeah it's a bit like that. We have been driving on the flat roads for quite a while now. Much nicer.
Thanks for the 10/10. 🙏😁
Classic take on one of my well-worn routes: the wobbly Newell! I'll be heading back down that way again in a couple of months. Ah yes, the blue hole in New Mexico... I swam in there too! And then got some awful tummy bug after that! 🤢
Another great vid you two 😍
Hahahaha wobbly Newell. We are trialling out different vlog style videos. We are happy to hear you like it.
Oh thats no good (getting a tummy bug). We loved the Blue Hole. We stayed in a little park not far from there which we loved and was cheap.
Thanks for the tour, Ladies ❤️ so beautiful and well maintained. Surprise there were not a lot of people around enjoying the nice sunny days. Really enjoyed this video. 👍😁
We appreciate the awesome feedback. We were not sure how the video would turn out. We would like to do more like this. We are trialling different ways and see what happens 😜
The artesian baths at Moree were very busy. Apart from that it was very quiet.
@@GayandCarol yes please do more of these videos. I don’t get to trouble much do this is very enjoyable to watch 😁😁😁
Thank you for your videos. You make a lovely couple together. You be welcome in our family.
Thank you ❤️
You two are a scream! Id love to have a beer with you crazy lunatics! 😎👍
If we cross pathes Gay would have a beer with ya, me not really a beer lover but happy to have a sip with ya. Cheers for watching.
@@GayandCarol you'll see us in our restored 1982 Viscount being towed behind my 1996 GQ Patrol. I was only in Parkes the week before you went thru... those fields of canola were amazing!
Lucky we heard it through the grapevine coz i couldnt hear it through the dish . great video again girls.
Sometimes Cheryl what you hear on the grapevine is far mor informative than in a dish.😜 Thanks for the watch and comment ❤Carol
We're planning on taking our Canter and trailer up Kempsey way to visit my cousin early next year. We normally head over the Blue Mountains via the Putty Road and Armidale overnight, but the Newell looks like a bit of fun for something different. Been keen on visiting 'The Dish' for ages (we are both nerdy engineers 🙄) and camping somewhere nearby. Thanks for sharing some fun ideas.
The caravan rollover accident isn't fun - gets us back to your comments about towing at the absolute capacity limit of the tow vehicle. It's way too easy for the tail to wag the dog. Cheers, from another couple of Melbourne gals.
It was our first time on the Newell Hwy. Overall the road is ok. A little bit of road works along the way. Some rolling hills. We took our time. Some other people we know did it in 3 days.
Towing a caravan needs a lot of concentration. The rollover we saw was an older 2wd sedan with a small vintage caravan. It happened just before the peak of a hill. The caretaker at the showgrounds spoke to the fire department and they said it was pure luck that nobody was hurt. And also had no idea how it happened 🤷.
Hi, gay; great video. I know what to feed Carol now is crumb steak and her favourite salad with beetroot. Carol, you know you could beet a egg, but you can't beat a 😉
My Ed i have no idea what you cant beat....please enlighten me. A bit of crumbed meat between my teeth makes me a happy Carol. 😘
Thanks for sharing Girls,
Might head down that route when we come to the legends 2026.
Do you know if the DISH is still operating?
Great idea. We stretched out our trip along the Newell. Because we had a few days before the legends started.
Yes the DISH still operates. You can hear it whirring. Someone said you can tour the dish but only on open days 🤷 We don't know what are open days.
WooHoo Legends 2026 in Victoria 🎉
@@GayandCarol sure the Tour of the dish is $35 each.
@@newyboys 🙏 awesome. It's been added to our bucket list.
Well, I see the Toc blowhole really blows 🤣 They even made you walk down to see that 🤔... It's a good thing about the wind. A good fuel-saving measure.
Hey Mat, the blowhole did blow lol. Nothing ventured nothing gained though we now know. The wind seriously is a learning experience since heading off the Newell all good though. Cheer Carol
Check out Big Oz Explorer and sparky,s on the loose. They have been to some great places and great videos. It is better to go slowly and get there. Stuff others. Get head socks, with a beannies. Gloves. Old woolen blankets and make Viking cloaks to sit around the fire, and get a fire reflector. Harry too expensive but check out fire to fork.
Hey Rusty (is this your name?) thanks for the tips. We don't have much longer on the road for this trip. The weather has been much nicer. We like your idea about the viking cloaks. That sounds awesome and something to work on over summer.
We spoke about getting a fire reflector before we left however we did not have time. We have spoken about Harry's. We will have a look around over summer and hopefully get something for next winter.
Welcome to QLD! If you're anywhere near Brizzy let me know. Would love to catch up! Re: all the vans going in the opposite direction.
Coming up to wet season up north so most of the grey nomads start heading back down south. Keep bucking the trend ladies and seeking out quirky. The world needs more quirky. And I look forward to the explosion of popularity of Australia's "Route 66" 😂
We are on our way back to Victoria - slowly. We still feel like we are going in the wrong direction. Everyone seems to be going in all different directions. We are sure we will catch up one day.
We love the quirky. Its what Route 66 is all about (most of). We find more quirky in smaller towns which we prefer. And the smaller towns that are doing it well have a much better community.
Hahaha how awesome would that be an explosion of popularity. 😂
"no internet in this town"... what happened to NBN. The park looks really good.
@@JimmyCall lol yes where is NBN? On our next big trip we are thinking about Starlink 🤔
It was a very nice park. And quiet when the truck left lol 🤣
G,day from Maleny QLD show grounds 👍👍Canola,Canadian oil low acid,fields of gold. 👁️👁️😎😇🐕🦺❤️🇦🇺
G'day back 😜 Maleny - the home of The Travelling Jackaroo. 🚜 The canola is looking awesome at the moment. 😁👍
@@GayandCarol Thanks for letting us know about Sam Hughes ,what an impressive story,one he will be proud of for the rest of his life 👏👏👏❤️🇦🇺
@@grahamwhittaker8844 Yes indeed he is an awesome young man. ❤️