|
Photo Gallery
New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
State Route 95 (Barraba to Warialda)
State Route 95 forms part of the Fossickers Way Tourist
Drive in North Western NSW. It travels through the towns
of Tamworth, Attunga, Manilla, Barraba, Bingara, Warialda
Rail, Warialda, Coolatai and Yetman, plus several localities.
The route is generally well maintained (except around
Tamworth at Oxley Vale and between Coolatai and Yetman),
consisting of rural main road and rural highway qualities.
There are numerous rest areas and truck parking areas,
and the route duplexes with National Route 38 (Gwydir
Highway) for a few kilometres at Warialda. There are
no roundabouts or traffic lights from Oxley Vale to
Yetman. Once the route used to travel along the main
street of Manilla (Manilla Street) but now bypasses
the CBD.
Terminii (South) Corner of Marius and Brisbane Streets,
Tamworth, (North) Corner of Warialda Road and Bruxner
Highway, Yetman.
|
|
Crossing
Nandewar Range
Northbound crossing the Nandewar Range on SR95, January
2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Narrabri
Directional Signage Cobbadah
Northwards on Fossickers Way at Cobbadah is this sign
to Narrbri via Upper Horton. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Steep
Descent Sign
Slightly unusual, because of the reduce speed placard,
this sign is for when you drop down off the Nandewar
Range plateau. It's a fairly steep run down and this
area is surrounded by mountains including Everest Mountain
(yes!). January 2005
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Queensland
Style Speed Advisory at Bingara
As you get closer to the border, some signage seems
to change slightly, perhaps Queensland based contractors
workzones cover this area. Anyway, in NSW our advisory
signs for curves end in 5, eg: 75, 85, etc. This one
doesn't. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Custom
Narrow Bridge Sign
Near Bingara at Halls Creek, you'll find this custom
narrow bridge sign. Northbound January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Extra
narrow bridge warning
This sign is used as an extra warning for a narrow bridge
on a road used by trucks regularly. Halls Creek, Upper
Bingara January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Standard
Old Style Narrow Bridge Sign
Near Bingara at Halls Creek, you'll find this old narrow
bridge sign still in use. Southbound January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Mountains
in the Bingara Area
Fossickers Way passes through some amazing scenery such
as this outside Bingara, heading North. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
One of
the classic narrow bridges in the Bingara Area
This is a nice old style bridge that was probably a
common sight on roads all over New South Wales. Bingara,
January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Black
Kilometre Post
10 km south of Bingara you will find this nice old kilometre
post. In fact, there's quite a number of oldies along
State Route 95 once you leave Barraba. |
|
Custom
Truck Parking Ahead Sign
This sign should really be blue, but it's used to remind
truck drivers that there is a rest place for them not
far away. January 2005, Bingara.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Bingara
Southern Approach
Just before you hit the Bingara town centre, you see
more spectacular scenery such as this. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Maitland
Street Bingara
Welcome to Bingara, this is the Southern end of the
main street of town. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Population
Sign
Northbound Maitland Street Bingara you see this sign
detailing town statistics. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Maitland
Street Bingara
This is the shopping precinct of Bingara which is part
of SR 95. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Black
Narrabri Directional Bingara
Northbound on Maitland Street, you'll find this relic
that were still in use January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Black
Narrabri Directional Bingara
Southbound on Maitland Street, you'll find this relic
that were still in use January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
More
black signs at Bingara
This sign looks like it was meant to be a one piece
sign. January 2005 on the corner of Maitland and Cunningham
Streets Bingara.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
More
black signs at Bingara
This sign looks like it was meant to be a one piece
sign. January 2005 on the corner of Maitland and Cunningham
Streets Bingara.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Halls
Creek Crossing Bingara Town Centre
Bridge over Halls Creek on Link Street Bingara. January
2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Gwydir
River Crossing Bingara
Another old style bridge, this time at Bingara as we
cross northwards over the Gwydir River, January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Inverell
Turn Off Bingara
Photo of the advance directional sign for Old Bingara
Road as you head north out of Bingara. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Directional
Sign Bingara
Nortbound on SR 95 just after the Inverell turnoff at
Bingara. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
White
Directional Sign
This is southbound just outside Warialda Rail on State
Route 95 and is an unusual way to do a directional sign.
January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Southern
Approach to Warialda Rail
The southern approach to Warialda Rail, on SR 95 between
Bingara and Warialda. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Warialda
Rail
When you reach the crest of the hill outisde Warialda
Rail the township is spread before you as you head north
on State Route 95. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Warialda
Rail
Main street through Warialda Rail, named because the
railway used to come through here. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Children
Sign Warialda Rail
As you come through town you'll see this sign (complete
with skidmarks on the road!) to warn you to keep an
eye for kids crossing the road. Northbound SR 95, Warialda
Rail, January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Warialda
Rail North
We wave goodbye to the town of Warialda Rail as we travel
further north on SR 95 as we get closer to the duplex
with the Gwydir Highway (NR 38). January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Directional
Signage for Gwydir Highway at Warialda Rail
Northbound on SR 95, the route loses a sheild on this
sign (it shouldn't but it does). January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
|
Gwydir
Highway Junction Warialda Rail
State route 95 meets national route 38 at Warialda Rail
and duplexed about 4 or 5 km to the Warialda town centre,
where it branches off the Gwydir Highway and travels
further north. January 2005.
Image © Paul Rands
|
Duplexed with 
