Quirindi

Quirindi is a town (population 3,444 in 2016) in the southernmost part of the New England region of New South Wales in Australia.

Understand
The name Quirindi comes from the indigenous Kamilaroi language with various meanings, such as 'nest in the hills', 'the place where fish breed', and 'the dead tree on the mountain top'. The local economy is based on agriculture, with broadacre farming on the black soils of the Liverpool Plains to the west, and livestock grazing in the hilly eastern part of the district. Quirindi makes an excellent base for exploring the sunflowers fields out west on the Liverpool Plains during the blooming season.

Quirindi is the main centre of the Liverpool Plains Local Government Area.

By car
Quirindi is on the Kamilaroi Highway/B51, 18 km north of Willow Tree and 83 km south-west of Gunnedah.

It is 20 km south of Werris Creek on the Werris Creek Road, and it is 65 km south-west of Tamworth via the Oxley Highway, Duri Road, Werris Creek Road, through Werris Creek.

Quirindi is 16 km west of Wallabadah and via Maria Street/Wallabadah Road.

It is 151 km east of Coonabarabran via Purlewaugh Road, Purlewaugh, Premer, Colly Blue, Spring Ridge, Caroona, turn right onto the Kamilaroi Highway (mostly unsealed roads).

Quirindi is 36 km north-west of Murrurundi via the New England Highway/A15, at Willow Tree turn left onto the Kamilaroi Highway/B51.

Tamworth Buslines
Tamworth Buslines run Bus Route 428 M-Sa to Quirindi. This is a regional bus service, not a coach service - pay the driver with cash as you would a city bus service, exact fare preferred. One-way fares between Quirindi and Tamworth are $7.50 for adults and $3.70 for children (4-15) and concession holders.

To Quirindi
The morning service to Quirindi departs from The Atrium Shopping Centre in Kabel Avenue M-F 9:05AM and arrives at the Quirindi Railway Station 10AM. The afternoon services depart from Tamworth Railway Station at M-F 2PM, then departs from The Atrium Shopping Centre in Kabel Avenue 2:02 PM and arrives at the Quirindi Railway Station 3PM; and departs The Atrium Shopping Centre in Kabel Avenue M-F 5:17PM and arrives at the Quirindi Railway Station 6:10PM.

On Saturdays the service to Quirindi departs from The Atrium Shopping Centre in Kabel Avenue Sa 10AM and arrives at the Quirindi Railway Station 10:58AM; departs from The Atrium Shopping Centre in Kabel Avenue 1:30PM and arrives at the Quirindi Railway Station 2:28PM; and departs from The Atrium Shopping Centre in Kabel Avenue Sa 4PM and arrives at the Quirindi Railway Station 4:58PM.

To Tamworth
The morning service to Tamworth departs from the Quirindi Railway Station M-F 7AM and arrives at The corner of Brisbane Street and Kabel Avenue 7:50AM; and departs from the Quirindi Railway Station M-F 11:40AM, arrives at the corner of Brisbane Street and Kabel Avneue 12:38PM, and arrives at the Tamworth Railway Station 12:40PM.

On Saturdays the service to Tamworth departs from the Quirindi Railway Station Sa 8:55AM and arrives at The Atrium Shopping Centre in Kabel Avenue 9:53AM; departs the Quirindi Railway Station Sa 11:30AM and arrives at The Atrium Shopping Centre in Kabel Avenue 12:28PM; and departs from the Quirindi Railway Station Sa 2:25PM and arrives at The Atrium Shopping Centre in Kabel Avenue1 3:53PM.



By train


Trains run from Sydney daily to Quirindi, and on to Werris Creek, where lines branch off to Tamworth and Armidale and to Narrabri and Moree.

Trains depart Sydney at Central Station M-Su 9:30AM and arrive at Quirindi 2:37PM. Trains depart Quirindi M-Su 11:31AM and arrive at Central Station in Sydney 4:39PM.

A timetable and map can be downloaded here.

By plane
Quirindi is not serviced by scheduled flights. The nearest airport with regular scheduled services is at Tamworth.

Get around
Private transport is the most convenient way to get around Quirindi, and it is essential for exploring around the district.

There is a car rental agency in Quirindi.

By bus
Tamworth Buslines runs the Quirindi Town Loop route M-Sa. Pay the driver with cash as you would a city bus service, exact fare preferred.



Go next

 * Werris Creek - north of Quirindi: 20 km via Station Street northbound, Hawker Street, Werris Creek Road, pass the golf club on the left, continue ahead to Werris Creek 15 min)
 * Tamworth - north-east of Quirindi: 64 km via Station Street northbound, Hawker Street, Werris Creek Road, pass the golf club on the left, continue through Werris Creek, continue through Currabubula, pass Duri on the left, continue past the Oxley Highway turn-off on the left and the Tamworth Golf Club on the right (51 min)
 * Wallabadah - east of Quirindi: 16 km via Henry Street eastbound, continue ahead as Dewhurst Street, pass the Quirindi Showground on the right and continue ahead as Wallabadah Road (13 min)
 * Nundle - east of Quirindi: 57 km via via Henry Street eastbound, continue ahead as Dewhurst Street, pass the Quirindi Showground on the right, at Wallabadah turn left/northbound onto the New England Highway/A15, turn right onto Lindsays Gap Road, turn right onto Nundle Road, continue ahead to Nundle (41 min)
 * Willow Tree - south-east of Quirindi: 18 km via Kamilaroi Highway southbound, turn right/southbound onto the New England Highway/A15 (16 min)
 * Murrurundi - south-east of Quirindi: 36 km via Kamilaroi Highway southbound, turn right/southbound onto the New England Highway/A15, continue through Willow Tree (28 min)
 * Scone - south-east of Quirindi: 75 km via Kamilaroi Highway southbound, turn right/southbound onto the New England Highway/A15, continue through Willow Tree, continue through Murrurundi (57 min)
 * Merriwa - south-west of Quirindi: 94 km via Kamilaroi Highway/B51 eastbound, turn right/south onto New England Highway/A15, in Willow Tree turn right onto Merriwa Road, after the pass continue ahead as Coulsons Creek Road, turn right onto Scone Road, continue ahead to Merriwa (1 hr 10 min)
 * Coolah - south-west of Quirindi: 138 km via Kamilaroi Highway/B51 westbound, turn left onto Coonabarabran Road, pass through Caroona, pass through Spring Ridge, pass through Colly Blue, pass through Premer and at the four-way intersection turn left/south onto Black Stump Way, continue ahead to Coolah (1hr 33 min) Detour: after passing through Colly Blue, turn left onto Morduval Lane, pass the Bundella Road turn-off on the left and continue ahead as Rockgedgiel Road, turn left onto Pandora Pass Road, pass through Bundella, reach Pandora's Pass/Brennan's Gap which was discovered by the European explorer Allan Cunningham in 1823, pass the State Forest Road turn-off on the left and continue ahead as Coolah Creek Road, turn right onto Vinegaroy Road - trip length is 131 km, unsealed roads, takes 1 hr 45 min.
 * Coonabarabran - north-west of Quirindi: 151 km via Kamilaroi Highway westbound, pass the Quirindi Rural Heritage Museum on the left, pass the Bundella Road turn-off on the left, turn right onto Coonabarabran Road, pass through Caroona, pass through Spring Ridge, pass through Colly Blue and continue ahead as Purlewaugh Road, pass through Premer, at the four-way intersection with Black Stump Way continue straight ahead, pass through Purlewaugh, continue ahead to Coonabarabran (1 hr 42 min)
 * Gunnedah - north-west of Quirindi: 83 km via Kamilaroi Highway westbound, pass through Breeza, pass through Curlewis, continue ahead at the roundabout, take the exit on the left at the second roundabout (55 min)