Regional Information
New England
New South Wales
 The New England area is situated on the Great Dividing Range throughout the northern part of New South Wales to the Queensland border. The region is a rich agricultural area and contains many national parks. It is also home to the southern hemisphere's largest granite monolith.Tamworth is a major city in the region and is Australia's major centre for country music. Tamworth holds the annual Australasian Country Music Festival. Armidale offers a diverse range of activities such as horseriding, abseiling, fishing, fossicking, bushwalking and other sporting facilities. The town of Glen Innes is located at a high altitude and is known for its sapphire mining and visitors to the town can fossick for sapphires. Inverell is quite a large New England town. The town has historic public buildings and a mining museum. Inverell was also a centre for sapphires as well as silver. The town of Tenterfield is located at the joining point of the New England and Bruxner Highways. It is the most northerly town in New South Wales and is the last stopping point before you reach Queensland.
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Fact SummaryThe New England Highway from Newcastle, NSW to Warwick, QLD is fast emerging as a popular and less hectic route between Sydney and Queensland. New England is situated 568km north of Sydney and takes 6 to 7 hours to drive there. New England boasts some beautiful nature area including some world heritage areas. |
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