New South Wales

New England Highway, New England and North West NSW

Cattle muster, near Quirindi © Tourism NSW The New England Highway is an inland route between Sydney/Newcastle and Brisbane. It takes its name from the New England plateau which stretches from near Murrurundi all the way to the Queensland border.

Starting just north of the Hunter Valley, there are a number of main towns on or near the New England Highway and all have a reasonable selection of accommodation. Scone, the most southerly town and not itself part of New England, is a thoroughbred horse centre.

Further on is Quirindi and then Tamworth, the largest town in the region and home to a huge country music festival in late January. Further north again the highway runs through the attractive old gold rush town of Uralla, which is also synonymous with the exploits of the bushranger Captain Thunderbolt.

Next is Armidale, a pleasant, well laid out large university town. The Waterfall Way road also commences here on its scenic eastward route to the coast via Dorrigo and Bellingen. Back on the New England Highway, stately Glen Innes is next and proud of its Scottish settler roots. Tenterfield is the final town of significance before reaching the QLD border. North east of the town is the Bald Rock National Park www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/(Bald Rock).

West of the New England plateau is North West NSW, a spread out area which also has a south-north highway, the Newell, and includes the ruggedly beautiful Warrumbungle National Park www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/(Warrunbungle) near Coonabarabran. Other towns include Gunnedah, Narrabri, Moree and the black opal centre of Lightning Ridge. Arguably the North West could also be regarded as part of Inland NSW and Outback.

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Standing Stones celtic monument, Glen Innes © Tourism NSW

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