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| Advance directional sign on Brunswick Valley Way (former Pacific Highway) at Billinudgel, facing Bonanza Drive. Image © Paul Rands. |
A Tourist Road / Drive is a public road or road within a public reserve which is expected to assist in making accessible areas or districts used or likely to be used by tourists. 1
A new provision in the Main Roads Act of December 1960 allowed the DMR to create Tourist Roads. The DMR provided assistance to local councils for works on Tourist Roads. By 30 June 1962, twelve roads had been proclaimed Tourist Roads. 1
Tourist Roads could be proclaimed after an alteration to the Act in 1961. They were aimed to provide access to natural features of tourist interest which otherwise might not be accessible. The first to be proclaimed was a road to the look-out over the Burragorang Valley in Wollondilly Shire. 1
Below are the various routes this site has photos of. The routes are sorted by their route number.
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Tourist Drive 7 (Northern
NSW): Nass Street, Logan Street, Old Warwick Road, Mount Lindesay Road and Stanthorpe-Amosfield Road |
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Tourist Drive 10 (NSW
Mid North Coast): Hastings River Drive, Gordon Street, Lord Street, William Street, Pacific Drive & Ocean Drive |
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Tourist Drive 12 (Macarthur
Region, Sydney & NSW Southern Highlands): Camden Valley Way, Argyle Street, Broughton Street, Murray Street, Old Hume Highway, Remembrance Drive & Thirlmere Way |
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Tourist Drive 25 (New
England / Northwestern NSW): Oxley Highway, Duri Road, Werris Creek Road, Single Street, Hawker Street, Station Street, George Street, Whittaker Street, Nelson Street, Loder Street & Kamilaroi Highway |
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Tourist Drive 30 (North
Coast): Ewingsdale Road, Lawson Street, Jonson Street, Browning Street, Bangalow Road, Broken Head Road, The Coast Road and Angels Beach Drive |
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Tourist Drive 32 (North
Coast): Wollumbin Street, Riverview Street, Kyogle Road, Blue Knob Road, Nimbin Road, Koonorigan Road, Terania Street, The Channon Road, Dunoon Road, Tweed Street, Miles Street and Woodlark Street |
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Tourist Drive 33 (Central
Coast & Hunter Valley): Peats Ridge Road, George Downes Drive, Great North Road, Wollombi Road, Allandale Road & Wine Country Drive |
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Tourist Drive 34 (North
Coast): Alma Street, Wollumbin Street, Brisbane Street, Murwillumbah Street, Queensland Road & Numinbah Road |
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Tourist Drive 38 (North
Coast): Tweed Coast Way |
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Tourist Drive 40 (North
Coast): Brunswick Valley Way & Tweed Valley Way |
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1 RTA Thematic History, 2nd edition