Barraba

Barraba Bakery

Bakery. Pies, sausage rolls, cakes, sandwiches, wraps, salad bowls, cold drinks, tea, coffee, milkshakes. No gluten-free, no organic.

Mon-Fri 6:30AM-4:30PM, Sat 8AM-noon

Barraba Cafe

Fresh salads, wraps, burgers, pizzas, fish & chips. Milkshakes, coffee, cold drinks.

Tue-Sat 8:30AM-7:30PM, Sun Mon 8:30AM-6:30PM

Barraba Memorial Swimming Pool

Indoor 12.5 m hydrotherapy pool (open during winter), outdoor 33-m 6-lane pool with diving boards, shade covered infants wading pool, waterslide, kiosk offering hot and cold food and beverages, spacious grassed areas, and a barbecue.

Open mid-October to mid-April: Tue-Fri 2-6PM; Sat Sun noon-6PM

Barraba Silo Art

On old wheat silos, depicts a water-diviner, look for the Regent Honeyeater.

Boonalla Aboriginal Area

Boonalla Community Conservation Area Zone 2 - Aboriginal Culture

Located on traditional Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay land. Walking trails, cycling trails, Boonalla Cave. Picnic ground on Eastern Forest Road (within the park) with car park, picnic tables, toilets, barbecue facilities. Car park and walking trail (1 hour return, moderate fitness, steep incline not recommended when wet) in the park near Boonalla Cave. No pets. No fires in the park. All water must be treated or bring your own.

Caltex

Barraba Food & Fuel

Fuel, takeaways, milk, bread, BBQ chickens, grocery, lotteries, dry-cleaning, lottery, fishing licences, disabled toilets.

Daily 5:30AM-8PM

Caremore Pharmacy Barraba

Barraba Pharmacy & News agency

Newspapers, magazines, stationery, souvenirs, prescriptions, medications.

Mon-Fri 8AM-5:30PM, Sat 8AM-noon

Copeton Dam

Camping, children's playground, picnic areas, toilets, fishing, kiosk, showers, boat ramps, water sports, bushwalking, golf.

Cunningham Memorial

Taylors Reserve

An obelisk marks where the explorer Allan Cunningham crossed the Manilla River in 1827.

Dynamic Muscle & Fitness Centre

Gym/fitness centre. Casual membership available during opening hours $13.50

Tue & Wed 5:30-8PM

Fuller Gallery and Claypan

Arts and crafts gallery; homemade soups, tea, coffee available F-Su 10AM-4PM.

Keepit Dam

Camping, children's playground, picnic areas, toilets, fishing, kiosk, showers, boat ramps, water sports, bushwalking, BMX track.

Merlene's Fine Fibre Studio

Knitting, crocheting, weaving, felting, handspun yarns, jumper, hats, some rugs and shawls. Local and exotic fibres - wool, alpaca, cashmere, mohair and llama. Hand dyed from local forest plants and natural dyes. Phone for hours

Mount Kaputar National Park (Barraba Track)

See National Parks website for other entry locations and conditions.

Permit required to access Barraba Track: $10 fee + $40 refundable deposit, paid in advance. Access to summit by 4x4, mountain bike or on foot

Myall Creek Massacre Memorial Site

Location of massacre of local Wirrayaraay people - first time white settlers were punished for murdering Aboriginals, 1838.

Plumthorpe Travelling Stock Reserve

Picnic area with barbecue on the bank of the Manilla River. Enter through (and close) gate. Birdwatching area. May not be accessible if livestock present.

Polkadot Coffee Room

Tea, coffee, iced coffee, milkshakes, cold drinks. Light meals, sweets, morning and afternoon teas. Gluten-free and lactose-free needs catered for.

Wed-Fri 8AM-5PM, Sat 9AM-2PM, Sun 9AM-1PM

Split Rock Dam

Camping, barbecues, picnic areas, toilets, fishing, showers, boat ramps, water sports, bushwalking

Terry Hie Hie Aboriginal Area

Terry Hie Hie Community Conservation Area Zone 2 - Aboriginal Culture

Once a traditional meeting area for the local Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay people, this area features 6 cultural reserves, Yana-y Warruwi walking track (3.5 km loop, hard, 2.5-3.5 hrs), picnic area with car parking, toilets, picnic tables, barbecue facilities, fire rings (bring your own firewood), drinking water (boil first or preferably bring your own). Limited to none mobile phone coverage. Barbecues not permitted during Fire Bans. No pets, no smoking, Walking trail is possbile for handicapped access but still hard.

Three Creeks Gold Mine

Offers bushwalks, crystal fossicking, a bush camp site, barbecue facilities and a gift shop. There is also panning and a small museum of mining-related artefacts.

Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM·Cash only

Waa Gorge

Mount Kaputar National Park

Picnic area with carpark, picnic tables, toilets. Waa Gorge walking track unformed, steep, many steps, Grade 5 - for experienced bushwalkers only (2.5 km, 2-3 hrs)

Warrabah National Park

On the banks of the Namoi River. Carpark, barbecue facilities, picnic tables, toilets.

Birdwatching

See Tamworth Birdwatchers website for details. Download a map of birdwatching locations here

Fishing

Licences available at Barraba Food & Fuel. Golden Perch, Silver Perch, Black Bream, Jew Fish, Eel-tailed Catfish, Murray Cod.

Fossicking

searching for precious metals

Fossicking reserves at Ironbark Creek and Woodreef Recreation Reserve approx 18 km northwest of Barraba on Woodsreef Road. Petrified wood and fossils found by the road near Mt Lindesay.

Watch spectator sports

Ask at TRC branch office, Saunders Fruit & Veg, or Barraba Bakery about upcoming home games.

Adams Lookout

Views overlooking Barraba and Barraba Station.

Barraba Beef

Butcher.

Mon-Fri 7:30AM-5:30PM, Sat 7:30AM-noon

Barraba Bowling Club

Lawn bowls.

Mon 3-9PM, Tue-Thu 11AM-9:30PM, Fri 11AM-11PM, Sat 10AM-11PM, Sun 11AM-9:30PM

Barraba Bowling Club Chinese Restaurant

Takeaways or dine-in

Lunch Tue-Sun noon-2PM, dinner Tue-Sun 5:30-9PM