Road Photos & Information: New South Wales: Tourist Drives

Advance directional sign on Brunswick Valley Way (former Pacific Highway) at Billinudgel, facing Bonanza Drive. Image © Paul Rands.

Tourist Road / Drive: 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. *

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. *

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. *

Below are the various roads that this site has photos of. The routes are sorted by their route number.

Route Number:	Description:	Preview:
	Tourist Drive 7 (Northern NSW): Nass Street, Logan Street, Old Warwick Road, Mount Lindesay Road and Stanthorpe-Amosfield Road
	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
	Tourist Drive 17 (Southern Highlands): Old Hume Highway
	Tourist Drive 18 (Sydney): Mulgoa Road, Park Road, The Northern Road & Narellan Road
	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
	Tourist Drive 33 (Central Coast & Hunter Valley): Peats Ridge Road, George Downes Drive, Great North Road, Wollombi Road, Allandale Road & Wine Country Drive
	Tourist Drive 38 (North Coast): Tweed Coast Way
	Tourist Drive 40 (North Coast): Brunswick Valley Way & Tweed Valley Way

* Information taken from the 2nd edition of the RTA Thematic History document

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