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Iconic Road Trips
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Pacific Coast, NSW/Qld
The Pacific Coast begins at Cape Howe, which marks the eastern extremity of the state border of Victoria and New South Wales, and extends to the northern tip of Australia - Cape York in far North Queensland. It was along this coast that Lieut. James Cook travelled on his epic voyage of exploration in 1770, mapping as he went and documenting for the first time the country that became known as Australia. This drive mirrors his journey, through Cook saw it all from a different perspective - he traversed the coast by sea.
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Corner Country, NSW
The focal point of this corner of the Australian outback is Cameron Corner, where the borders of the states of New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland meet. Here you can hit a golf ball out of NSW, it will fly over part of Qld before landing in SA. This is also where one can celebrate the New Year three times (also in Poeppel Corner and Surveyor Generals Corner), because it's on the corner of three time zones.
The roads and tracks in this region are generally earth-formed and corrugated but despite plenty of bulldust, are usually suitable for conventional vehicles with care. There are many ways to get to Camerons Corner, the most common is to follow the Cobb & Co and Charles Sturt routes north from Broken Hill.
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Regional Drives
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Waterfall Way, NSW
Running between Coffs Harbour on the New South Wales coast and the inland city of Armidale, The Waterfall Way is a 200 kilometre drive along one of the most scenic routes in NSW. Passing through the picturesque New England Tablelands, the drive is a perfect deviation to make on a road trip between Sydney and Brisbane, allowing half the journey to be made on the coast road and half on the New England highway inland.
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Corner Country, NSW
The focal point of this corner of the Australian outback is Cameron Corner, where the borders of the states of New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland meet. Here you can hit a golf ball out of NSW, it will fly over part of Qld before landing in SA. This is also where one can celebrate the New Year three times (also in Poeppel Corner and Surveyor Generals Corner), because it's on the corner of three time zones.
The roads and tracks in this region are generally earth-formed and corrugated but despite plenty of bulldust, are usually suitable for conventional vehicles with care. There are many ways to get to Camerons Corner, the most common is to follow the Cobb & Co and Charles Sturt routes north from Broken Hill.
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Hunter Valley and Western Plains, NSW
A multi-day round trip from Sydney, this journey passes through the Blue Mountains, exploring the history of gold mining in the Bathurst region, the Abercrombie caves, and numerous historic sites. Then it's off to Dubbo, where you can tour the Western Plains Zoo and the Old Dubbo Gaol. The last two days of your trip take you to Cessnock in the Hunter Valley Region with its many vineyards, and finally back in Sydney.
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Central West and Northern NSW
This multi-day journey showcases the variety of scenery on offer in New South Wales. Beginning in Sydney, it heads west through the Blue Mountains and on to the central west cities of Bathurst and Dubbo (Western Plains Zoo), before heading north to Tamworth, then through waterfall country to the coastal resort town on Coffs Harbour. It returns to Sydney via the Central Coast.
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Roads Less Travelled
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Old North Road, Hawkesbury Valley, NSW
When travelling from Sydney to the Hunter Valley, it's so easy to put the brain on auto pilot and take the Sydney-Newcastle Freeway (F3). There is a longer (an additional 32 kms), slower, but far more interesting way - it follows the pathway of the pioneer settlers through the Hawkesbury and Macdonald River valleys to Bucketty, then Wollombi and on to Cessnock in the Hunter Valley.
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Goldrush Country, Bathurst, NSW
The discovery of gold in the Bathurst region in 1851 marked the beginning of the Australian gold rushes and a radical change in the economic and social fabric of the nation. In 1852 alone, 370,000 immigrants arrived in Australia and the economy of the nation boomed. The miners are long gone, but the settlements they built remain, and today they provide a fascinating gateway through which to experience the nation's colorful past.
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