From our free camp we headed into Narabri. Our first stop was at the tourist information centre. We learnt Narrabri district is renowned world wide for having some of the highest quality wheat, cotton and fat lambs produced. There is much irrigation done here and irrigation licences are worth millions. Inside the tourist information centre is an actual cotton harvester that the kids enjoyed checking out. From Narrabri we headed about 30km west to the CSIRO Telescopes. These six radio telescopes are smaller than the Parkes radio telescope. They are 22m wide each. However they are used together to simulate a much wider antena.
From there we headed to Pilliga to stay at the famous bore baths. The campground was quite full with grey nomads. The thermal pool was constructed in 1902 but has now seen many upgrades. The tempreture of the pool is 37 degrees. They say there is therapeutic value in the mineral rich water, but those oldies didn't look any different from the time they went in to the time they came out. I don't know what I was expecting, "Cacoon" after all was a non fiction film. Anyhow we all had fun soaking in the pool. There was even a couple there with their pet cockatoo who was enjoying getting his feet warm. The only downside of the evening has been a group of possibly indigenous locals turning up for a bbq and campfire. They have the music flat out and are carrying on. Feel sorry for the grey nomads who have retreated to the security of their vans for the evening.