Narrabri Area Attractions Directory : Farming, Food and Produce
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Designed and built to entertain visitors of all ages, the Australian Cotton Centre tells the story of Australia's multi million dollar industry through nine high tech, interactive displays.
The Centrepiece of the exhibits features a 3D theatrette in the back of a giant, full size cotton picker. The exhibits are designed to appeal to visitors of all ages - from youngsters who will find the experience useful for their schooling needs and absorbing in the skills needed to get results from the exhi...
The Boggabri Tea Rooms building was erected in 1902 as a general store and in the 1990's was transformed into The Boggabri Tea Rooms and Boggabri Nursery. The nursery stocks a range of drought tolerant, frost hardy plants including cacti, succulents, cycads, native varieties of bottle brush and more.
Located on the Yarrie Lake Road, just a short drive from the main centre of Town you can view the Olive grove with over 1000 trees of different Olive varieties.
Olives, Oil, soaps, lip balms, hand creams and beautiful ceramics are available for purchase.
Winner of the Best Exhibitor at Nosh on the Namoi 2004 & 2006.
The Crossing Theatre is in Narrabri between the Newell Highway and picturesque Narrabri Creek. Visitors can enjoy cultural performances and movies in the 1,000 seat auditorium, or one of the two cinemas. The Narrabri Shire Art collection is also located at The Crossing Theatre and is open to visitors.
Cuttabri, on the old Cobb & Co line to Pilliga, is steeped in history. All that remains at Cuttabri is a wine shanty and historical museum.
The wine shanty enjoys the distinction of holding the second liquor licence issued in Australia in 1882. It is the only wine shanty still operating in Australia today and includes many pioneering artifacts. The 106 year old building next to the Cobb and Co change station is sited alongside the still standing original Post Office and Telegraph Station.
Located in North-West New South Whales, Australia, Eden Valley is as picturesque it's name suggests.
This beautiful 1426 acre property has been developed into a commercially viable olive grove with 15,000 trees and processing factories serviced by modern machinery, ample water supply and improved transport and access infrastructure.
Eden Valley is a fully self sufficient grove from growing olives to packing them for sale under the Eden Valley brand.
The Moree Shire produces more cotton than any other shire in Australia. The Namoi Cotton Gin is one of 11 Cotton Gins in the Moree Plains Shire.
The Gin can be visited between 10.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Saturday. Visitors are welcome to browse around the complex and staff are on hand to answer any questions.
This industry is of interest to school groups and general visitors.
The Cotton Industry can be viewed during their season, from April to July. For further information on guided tours c...
The Narrabri Craft Shop, is operated by the Narrabri Art and Craft Society. The building was built in 1887 it is one of Narrabri's earliest buildings and today houses a wide range of exquisite hand made crafts. Interesting and sometimes unusual monthly exhibitions are a feature of the gallery. Also on display are the workshop kilns and needlework displays.
Call into the Visitor Information Centre for comprehensive information and maps on the local and surrounding areas. Souvenirs including local produce such as Olives, Olive Oil, Tall Poppy Gourmet, Bellata Pasta,jams,condiments and other merchandise available for purchase.
The Nelson's Honey Factory not only supplies the local market but is now one of NSW largest suppliers for the honey corporation of Australia.
The Boggabri-Narrabri area is the most suitable area for beekeeping because of the abundant flowering trees, especially white and yellow box and the narrow leafed iron bark which grow prolifically in both Pilliga Scrub and the foot hills of Mt Kaputar National Park.
The Nelson's have installed a state of the art extraction plant in Boggabri. Extracting t...
The Wee Waa Museum is not to be missed when visiting Wee Waa the museum & Schwager Cottage is a step back in time, a cotton picker, old tractors, plane, blacksmith shop, Aboriginal Artefacts and much, much more are on display