Heading North
Looking
to the North, we come to Batemans Bay which is the gateway to some terrific hinterland
national parks and Ulladulla, the State’s abalone fishing capital. Further on is Nowra, a jumping off point to
the picturesque Kangaroo Valley or to the sparkling blue waters and dazzling
white sands of Jervis Bay.
Towards Sydney, the road basses through historic Berry, the
city of Wollongong, then it cuts through Australia’s oldest national park, the
Royal, before hitting Sydney’s outskirts.
Crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Pacific Highway runs through the
city’s North Shore until it reaches Wahroonga.
From here, the Newcastle Freeway heads north beyond Newcastle.
Back onto the Pacific Highway, the road goes past several legendary destinations including: Myall Lakes, Bulahdelah Mountain, and on the North Coast with its recreational heavens like Port Macquarie, Coffs Harbour, Ballina, Byron Bay, and finally Tweed Heads on the border.
The other major route north from Sydney is the New England
Highway. Starting just out of Newcastle,
it runs through the wine regions and pastoral areas of the Hunter Valley, the
coal-producing districts of Muswellbrook and into the horse stud areas of Scone
and Murrurundi.
Further north is Tamworth, the country music capital of Australia, with hosts an enormous festival each year, then we continue on to Uralla, where bushranger Captain Thunderbolt is buried, then Armidale. Heading further north you will come to Tenterfield, a town immortalised by songwriter Peter Allen.
Photos an informaion kindly provided by Tourism NSW
