Latest Updates

November 16, 2008:

Updated the New South Wales Photos & Road Information section with the following:
- Converted National Highway 15 / New England Highway over to the new format, added updated maps, updated and corrected route information, captions and history. Resized all photos to 800 x 600 where possible and replaced inferior images. Most images from 2007 are new and never before seen on the site, well over 100 new photos.
- Converted National Highway 23 / Federal Highway over to the new format, added a map, updated and corrected route information, captions and history.
- Converted National Highway 25 / Barton Highway over to the new format, added a map, updated and corrected route information, captions and history.
Updated the Queensland Photos & Road Information section, by adding a section for National Highways, and converting National Highway 15 (New England & Cunningham Highways) to the new format, added updated maps, updated and corrected route information, captions and history. Resized all photos to 800 x 600 and removed inferior quality images.
Updated the Western Australia Photos & Road Information section with the following:
- Added 6 new photos to the August to Shannon section of State Route 10, all are from September 2008, and form the last 5 images of the Augusta to Shannon direction of the images and the sixth is for the opposite direction.
- Added 11 new photos to the National Route 1 section between Albany and Bunbury, 2 new images in the Bridgetown to Manjimup section (both September 2008, 1 replacing northbound welcome arch photo and an additional image of the northbound AD sign for Muirs Hwy). Also added 10 new northbound images from September 2008 for the Manjimup to Albany section. Also added the Perth to Geraldton section with history and route information, plus 14 photos from November 2008, also added 7 photos of the former alignment through Gingin. Corrected several errors on all pages.
- Update the Mitchell Freeway (SR2) section. Added 20 new photos of the Burns Beach Road extension, along with 3 opening ceremony photos. Also added 2 new photos to the southbound images of the Duncraig to Osborne Park section and replaced 2 southbound images in the Osborne Park to Perth section. All new photos are from November 2008.
- Added 20 new photos from November 2008 of Reid Highway (SR3) from Karriyup to Midland.
- Added 53 new northbound photos to State Route 4 (Tonkin Hwy), from November 2008. Added map and split section for faster loading pages.
- Added 12 new photos to State Route 21 (Thomas Road), from November 2008.
- Created section for State Route 52 (West Swan Road), with map, small amount of history and 3 images from November 2008.
- Created section for State Route 60 (Charles Street, Wanneroo Road, Lancelin Road and Indian Ocean Drive) with 23 new photos from November 2008, plus added maps, historical and route information.
- Added 6 new photos from November 2008 to State Route 71 (West Coast Hwy / Marmion Ave) of the new extension from Butler to Yanchep. Also updated map and added additional information and history on the route.
- Created section for State Route 76 (Karrinyup Road, Morley Drive, Morley Drive East, Lord Street and Benara Road) with map, history and 19 photos from November 2008.
- Created section for State Route 83 (Gnangara Road, Wanneroo Road and Whitfords Avenue) with map, history and 15 photos from November 2008.
- Added 27 new photos to the eastbound segment of State Route 102 (Muirs Highway), all of which are from September 2008.
- Updated the traffic signals section by adding a traffic light location database, with data supplied by Lachlan Sims. Also correct some credits on images supplied by Darren Hodges in the vintage Tasmanian signals and general vintage signals sections.

September 27, 2008:

Updated Western Australia Photos & Road Information section with the following images from September 2008:
- Added State Route 102 (Muirs Hwy) with 3 photos.
- Updated State Route 10 (Robertson Dr, Bussell Hwy, Busselton Bypass, Brockman Hwy, Vasse Hwy, Pemberton-Northcliffe Rd, Wheatley Coast Road & Middleton Rd) with 33 photos, which are in the Capel to Busselton, Busselton to Augusta and Augusta to Shannon sections.
- Updated State Route 104 (Vasse Hwy) with 3 photos.
- Updated National Route 1 - Albany to Manjimup with 6 photos, Bridgetown to Manjimup with 11 photos and Bridgetown to Donnybrook with 8 photos.
Updates New South Wales Photos & Road Information section with the following:
- National Highway 1 (Sydney-Newcastle Freeway) converted to new format and also significant updates and corrections made. Removed low quality photos where possible, and added new photos covering the full length of the freeway in both directions, added historical photos and brochure scans from the early days of the expressway / tollway. Of the 220+ images in the gallery, more than 60% of them have not been seen on the site before.

September 12, 2008:

Updated Western Australia Photos & Road Information section with the following images from August 2008:
- State Route 5, added 31 photos, replaced some sub-standard images, expanding coverage to entire route.
- State Route 30, added 38 photos, removed a sub-standard images, expanding coverage to most of the route. Also added Alternate State Route 30 with 4 photos, information and map.
- State Route 40, added 68 photos, removed several sub-standard images, expanding coverage of the route from Armadale near Perth, through to Hyden.
- State Route 71, added 54 photos, expanding coverage to entire route in both directions.
- Added State Route 120 (Great Southern Hwy), with 28 photos (including former alignment through Narrogin CBD), map and information on the route.

August 15, 2008:

Added Northern Territory to the Road Photos & Information section. Included in the new section is the following:
- Main page explaining the types of routes used in NT
- Added Stuart Highway (NH87) with 3 photos, plus historical information, route details and map
- Added Carpentaria Highway (NR1) with 1 photo, plus historical information, route details and map
- Added Larapinta Drive (SR6) with 1 photo, plus historical information, route details and map
- Added Plenty Highway (SR12) with 2 photos, plus historical information, route details and map
Updated Western Australia Road Photos & Information section with the following:
- Added 3 new images of the Brockman Highway (SR10) between Augusta and Shannon
Updated Victorian Road Photos & Information section with a link to the history of Victorian roads from VicRoads
Updates New South Wales Road Photos & Information section with the following:
- Metroad 1 between Kyeemagh and Waterfall with 3 new photos from August 2008
- Metroad 4 between Blacktown and Lapstone with 1 new photo from December 2007, westbound
- Metroad 6 between Bankstown and Heathcote with 4 new photos from June and August 2008
- National Highway 20 (Sturt Highway) between Tarcutta and Hay with 5 new photos from June 2008
Reinstated the traffic signals gallery, with a host of new information and diagrams, plus the following:
- Added 4 videos to the main page covering signal sequencing
- Added and re-edited photos for the following sections:
  - 80s: ACT (1 new image), NSW (1 new image), QLD (2 new images) and SA (1 new image)
  - 90s: NSW (5 new images) and WA (9 new images)
  - Current (5 new images)
  - Vintage: Australian Wide (4 new images), ACT (1 new image), NSW (4 new images, including a clearer replacement photo of old call button from Glen Innes), QLD (3 new images), Tasmania (3 new images) and Victoria (20 new images)

August 1, 2008:

Updated NSW road photo gallery with the following:
- Added new Sydney Metroad map to main Metroad page and updated information.
- Migrated Metroad 1 over to the new format (including resizing photos to 800x600 when possible), added new map and additional information on the route and history, plus added 23 photos. Added 6 photos to the Hornsby to Artarmon section, look for images dated 1988, May and June 2007. Added 13 photos to the Kyeemagh to Artarmon section, all from June 2007. Added 4 new photos to the Kyeemagh to Waterfall section.
- Migrated Metroad 2 over to the new format (including resizing photos to 800x600 when possible), added new map and additional information on the route and history, plus added 32 photos to the Kellyville to Artarmon section, look for April and September 2007 dates.
- Migrated Metroad 3 over to the new format (including resizing photos to 800x600 when possible), added new map and additional information on the route and history.
- Migrated Metroad 4 over to the new format (including resizing photos to 800x600 when possible), added new map and additional information on the route and history, plus added 30 photos. Added 4 photos to the Sydney to Concord section. Look for images from the 1980s, May, June and August 2007. Added 6 new photos to the Concord to Blacktown section, all from September 2007. Added 20 new photos from September 2007 to the Blacktown to Lapstone section.
- Migrated Metroad 6 over to the new format (including resizing photos to 800x600 when possible), added new map and additional information on the route and history.
- Migrated Metroad 7 over to the new format (including resizing photos to 800x600 when possible), added new map and additional information on the route and history, plus added 22 photos.
- Migrated Metroad 9 over to the new format (including resizing photos to 800x600 when possible), added new map and additional information on the route and history, plus added 14 photos. Added 1 photo to the Windsor to Penrith section, dated August 2007. Added 8 photos from July and December 2007 to the Luddenham to Campbelltown section, plus added former alignment section for the decommissioned segment of Metroad 9 at Narellan, and also added 6 construction photos from July 2007, and detailed map of the Narellan Road Extension.
- Migrated Metroad 10 over to the new format (including resizing photos to 800x600 when possible), added new map and additional information on the route and history, plus added 1 photo from 1984 to the Dee Why to Neutral Bay section. Migrated now decommissioned section of route to Former Alignment.
Updated WA road photo gallery with the following:
- Added State Route 104 (Vasse Highway) with 22 images from July 2008, map and historical details.
- Updated State Route 10 by adding the Augusta to Shannon section with 3 photos from July 2008.
- Updated State Route 20 (South Western Highway), by splitting into 3 segments to enable faster page loading, added 28 northbound photos to all 3 sections, from July 2008.

July 14, 2008:

Updated NSW road photo gallery with the following:
- Added Sturt Highway (NH20) with more than 80 photos, map and historical / route information, covering the entire route in NSW
- Migrated Metroad 1 to the new format, added map and new material on the route, also added 1 photo from 1988, and 16 photos from June 2007
- Migrated Metroad 10 to the new format, updated map and teminus information, added more route details and history, added 1 new photo from 1984
Updated Victorian road photo gallery by adding Sturt Highway (NH-A20) with more than 25 photos, map and historical / route information, covering the entire route in Victoria. The site now has the full length of the Sturt Highway covered from NSW, through Vic and into SA.

June 29, 2008:

Updated NSW main photo gallery page with new border crossing photo
Added State Routes to the NSW section of the photo gallery
- Added SR111, Motorway Link & Pacific Hwy, with 82 photos
- Added SR121, Northcott Drive, Bridges Road, Turton Road, Station Street, Platt Street, Railway Street, Hanbury Street, Vine Street, Industrial Drive, Tourle Street, Cormorant Road, Teal Street & Nelson Bay Road , with 18 photos
- Added SR122, Tomago Road, Cabbage Tree Road, Nelson Bay Road & Stockton Street , with 7 photos
- Added SR123, Newcastle Inner City Bypass, Charlestown Road, Lookout Road, Croudace Street, Newcastle Road, Main Road, Sandgate Road & Wallsend Road , with 24 photos
- Added SR124, Stewart Avenue, Hannell Street & Industrial Drive, with 10 photos
- Added SR128, Tudor Street, Belford Street, Lambton Road, Alma Road, Rugby Road, Russell Road, Lookout Road, Cardiff Road, Main Road & George Booth Drive, with 2 photos
- Converted SR132, John Renshaw Drive, Mulbring Street, Tarro Street, Victoria Street, Mitchell Avenue, Northcote Street, First Street, Station Street, Cessnock Road & Maitland Road, to the new format, and added 12 photos, map and new information
- Added SR133, Mandalong Road, Dora Street, Macquarie Street, Wangi Road, Mt Waring Road, Excelsior Parade, Cary Street, Anzac Parade, Main Road, Toronto Road, Five Islands Road, TC Frith Avenue, Lake Road, Thomas Street, Longworth Avenue, Cameron Street, Tillie Street & Sandgate Road, with 2 photos
- Added SR135, Leggetts Drive, Stanford Street, Railway Street, Victoria Street, Lang Street, Main Road & Cessnock Road, with 2 photos
- Converted SR151, Bourke Street, Kembla Street, Corrimal Street, Springhill Road, Five Islands Road, King Street, Primbee Deviation, Windang Road & Shellharbour Road, to the new format, and added 11 photos, map and new information
- Converted SR155, Five Islands Road, Flinders Street, Old Port Road, Military Road, Church Street, Illawarra Street & Northcliffe Drive, to the new format, and added 13 photos, map and new information
- Converted SR157, Lake Entrance Road, New Lake Entrance Road, Princes Highway & Tongarra Road, to the new format, and added 10 photos, map and new information
Updated A13, John Rice Avenue, Salisbury Highway, South Road, Main South Road, Victor Harbor Road & Adelaide Road, by adding 9 photos from Elizabeth to Wingfield
Added more 'B' routes to the SA section of the photo gallery
- Added B80, RM Williams Way, with 4 photos
- Added B83, Quorn Road, Railway Terrace, Quorn-Hawker Road & Barndioota Road, from Stirling North to Lyndhurst with, 9 photos
Updated WA main photo gallery page with new border crossing photo (all new photos from June 2008)
- Added ALT-NR94, Goldfields Hwy / Great Eastern Hwy, with 3 photos
- Updated NR1 with the following:
  - 5 new South Western Hwy photos, northbound, from Bunbury to Donnybrook
  - 3 new South Western Hwy photos, northbound, from Donnybrook to Bridgetown
  - 3 new South Western Hwy & South Coast Hwy photos, northbound, from Manjimup to Albany
- Updated SR40, Brookton Highway, Brookton-Corrigin Road, Bruce Rock-Corrigin Road, Corrigin-Kondinin Road, Williams-Kondinin Road, Kondinin-Hyden Road, Hyden-Lake King Road & Newdegate-Ravensthorpe Road, with 1 new photo from June 2008

June 16, 2008:

Added Tourist Drives to the NSW section of the photo gallery.
- Added Tourist Drive 7 ((Northern NSW) Nass Street, Logan Street, Old Warwick Road, Mount Lindesay Road and Stanthorpe-Amosfield Road), with 4 photos, map and route information.
- Added Tourist Drive 33 ((Central Coast & Hunter Valley) Peats Ridge Road, George Downes Drive, Great North Road, Wollombi Road, Allandale Road & Wine Country Drive), with over 20 photos, map and route information, including history.
- Added Tourist Drive 38 ((North Coast) Tweed Coast Way) with 5 photos, route information and map.
- Added Tourist Drive 40 ((North Coast) Brunswick Valley Way & Tweed Valley Way) with 29 photos, map, route information and history.
- Converted 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)) to the new format, added maps and new information about the route, including history.
- Converted Tourist Drive 18 ((Sydney), Mulgoa Road, Park Road, The Northern Road & Narellan Road)) to the new format, added 1 new photo, maps and new information about the route, including history.
- Converted 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), added 5 new photos, maps and new information about the route including history.

June 8, 2008:

Updated Western Australia photo gallery - all newly addedor updated routes are complete with maps, history (where available) and route information:
- Added SR30 (Shepperton Road, Kenwick Link & Albany Highway), with 97 photos
- Added SR40 (Brookton Highway, Brookton-Corrigin Road, Bruce Rock-Corrigin Road, Corrigin-Kondinin Road, Williams-Kondinin Road, Kondinin-Hyden Road, Hyden-Lake King Road & Newdegate-Ravensthorpe Road), with 9 photos
- Added SR41 (Kalamunda Road & Canning Road), with 6 photos
- Added SR53 (Beechboro Road North, Walter Road East, Broun Avenue, Beaufort Street, Brisbane Street, William Street and Barrack Street), with 13 photos
- Added SR56 (Alexander Drive and Fitzgerald Street), with 9 photos
- Added SR65 (Rochdale Road, Stephenson Avenue, Underwood Avenue, Hay Street, Thomas Street, Roberts Road, Wellington Street & Plain Street), with 1 photo
- Added SR85 (Joondalup Drive, Neaves Road, Muchea South Road (Railway Terrace) and Rutland Road), with 14 photos
- Added NH95 (Great Northern Hwy), with 27 photos
- Updated SR2 (Kwinana Fwy / Mitchell Fwy) historical information with more dates, courtesy of Main Roads Western Australia.
- Updated SR4 (Tonkin Hwy) historical information with more dates, courtesy of Main Roads Western Australia.
- Updated SR3 (Reid Highway, Middle Swan Road and Roe Highway), with 11 photos between Midland and Karrinyup, plus 43 photos between Midland and Jandakot - some replacing poorer quality ones. Also updated the history on SR3 with several new entries courtesy of MRWA. All new photos from February and May 2008.
- Updated SR5 (Stirling Highway, Mounts Bay Road, Riverside Drive and Causeway), with 7 photos from February 2008 - which include some old black and also freeway green signs. Also added some dates to the history.
- Updated SR8 (Graham Farmer Freeway, Orrong Road and Welshpool Road), with 26 photos. Also added more information and history on the route.
- Updated NH94 (Great Eastern Hwy) history for the Perth to Northam section.
- Updated SR107 (Picton Road, South Western Highway, Coalfields Highway, Arthur Road, Wagin-Dumbleyung Road, Dumbleyung-Lake Grace Road and Newdegate-Ravensthorpe Road), with 49 new photos, all from May 2008 in both sections

June 3, 2008:

Updated South Australia photo gallery - all newly added routes are complete with maps, history (where available) and route information:
- Added A7 (Port Road), with 1 photo
- Added A10 / B10 (Northcote Terrace, North East Road, (Torrens Valley Scenic Drive) Adelaide-Mannum Road, Mt Pleasant-Keyneton Road, Angaston Road and Railway Terrace), with 19 photos
- Added A11 (Lower North East Road, Payneham Road and North Terrace), with 5 photos
- Added A15 (Dyson Road, Lonsdale Road, Ocean Boulevard, Brighton Road, Tapleys Hill Road), with 1 photo
- Added A16 (Grand Junction Road), with 2 photos
- Added A18 (Bolivar Road, Kings Road and McIntyre Road), with 9 photos
- Added B23 (Main South Road (Fleurieu Way), Hog Bay Road, Elsegood Road and Playford Highway), with 10 photos
- Added B31 (Gorge Road, Tippett Road, Adelaide-Mannum Road, Little Para Road, South Para Road & Lyndoch Valley Road), with 3 photos
- Added B33 (Mount Barker Road, Strathalbyn Road, Aldgate-Strathalbyn Road, Adelaide Road, Angus Road, Venables Street & Macclesfield Road (Angas River Scenic Drive)), with 4 photos
- Added B34 (Mt Crawford Road, Warren Road, Adelaide-Mannum Road, Onkaparinga Valley Road, Lobethal-Mt Torrens Road, Mt Barker Road, Echunga Road, Adelaide Road, Battunga Road, Mawson Road, Brookman Road & Meadows Road), with 7 photos
- Added B35 (Cricks Mill Road, Williamstown Road, Birdwood Road, Adelaide-Mannum Road, Reedy Creek Road, Palmer Road, Mannum Road & Swanport Road), with 2 photos
- Added B37 ((Fleurieu Way) Range Road, Waitpinga Road, Mill Road, George Main Road, Port Elliot Road, Victor Harbor-Goolwa Road, Strathalbyn-Goolwa Road, Adelaide Road, Wistow-Strathalbyn Road & Wellington Road), with 3 photos
- Added B64 (Clare Hwy / Goyder Hwy), with 8 photos
- Added B89 (Alford Road, Kadina Road, Port Pirie Road, Three Chain Road, Warnertown Road and Port Germain Road), with 5 photos
- Added B90 (Tod Highway), with 6 photos
- Added B100 (Lincoln & Flinders Highways), with 81 photos
- Updated NH-A20 (Sturt Highway & Main North Road), 1 new photo (October 2004) added to the westbound images between Barmera and Nuriootpa
- Updated A21 (Robe Terrace, Hackney Road, Dequetteville Terrace, Fullarton Road, Greenhill Road, Goodwood Road, West Terrace, Port Road, Park Terrace & Fitzroy Terrace), 3 new photos (April 2007) for North Adelaide. Added Adelaide section of A21 with 7 photos.
- Updated B19 (Barossa Valley Way, Murray Street, Bridge Street, Adelaide Road & Main North Road), 9 new photos added to the Nuriootpa to Rowland Flat section.
- Updated B79 (Gladstone-Pirie Road, Park Terrace, Gladstone-Caltowie Road, Charles Street, Jamestown Road, Caltowie-Jamestown Road, Ayr Street, Jamestown-Hallett Road, Toromy Gap Road, Clare-Peterbrough Road, Mannanarie-Yongala Road, Jamestown-Orroroo Road, Yongala-Peterborough Road, Main Street & Wilmington-Ucolta Road), 1 new photo in the Mannanarie to Peterborough section.
- Updated B82, 8 new photos in the Giles Corner to Rochester section, all from June 2007, 3 replacements of existing images with clearer ones and 4 new ones. Replaced 2 photos with clearer ones in the Rochester to Gladstone section, both from June 2007. Also updated multiplex information.
- Updated M1 / A1, 1 new photo for the Murray Bridge to Adelaide section from June 2007. Added a section from Adelaide to Port Pirie with 4 photos from April and June 2007. Altered the Port Pirie to Kimba section by replacing some unclear images with better ones and added several new images, all from June 2007 - a total of 16 new images. Made changes to the Kimba to Ceduna section by replacing some unclear images with better ones and added several new images, all from June 2007 - a total of 13 new images.

Added information on the development of roads in Adelaide to the main SA page, including information on the MATS proposal from the 1960s.

May 23, 2008:

Updated Tasmania section:
- Added A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A10, B54, B68, C132 and C140, mostly with 1 to 3 photos for each section. Includes map of each route and history and general route information on each.
- Updated NH1 (Oatlands to Hobart), A3 (Launceston to Scottsdale) and A9 with 2 new photos for each route.

May 14, 2008:

Updated main site page
Migrated ACT photo gallery over to new layout, made signficant changes:
- Added maps to all routes and resized most images to 800x600 where possible, and improved image clairity where possible.
- Added Tourist Drive 1 and National Route 52
- Expanded history and information on all pages, and made numerous corrections
- Added new images to TD4, TD6 and Parkes Way

April 27, 2008:

Moved Hume Highway section over to the new layout and added more than 120 new photos to the NSW section, and more than 150 photos to the Victorian section. Also migrated NSW Southern Highlands TD17 over, Metroad 5 and NSW SR89 to the new layout, added new photos SR89. Existing images have been resized to 800x600 where possible and also information about each route corrected and expanded.

February 17, 2008:

Brought Tasmania section over to the new layout, added new information and maps to the existing sections
Added National Highway 1 to the Tasmania with interactive map and 13 photos
Updated National Route 1 in Western Australia, adding a section between Bunbury and Albany, over 80 new photos and the former alignment through Manjimup

February 9, 2008:

Brought SA section over to the new layout
Added the following photos:
- South Australia
  - Added A20: Sturt Hwy / Main North Rd: the entire length from Victoria / South Australia border to Gepps Cross in Adelaide, in some cases both directions: plenty of old remnant signs
  - Added A21: Adelaide Ring Route
  - Added A32: Main North Road from Gawler to Giles Corner
  - Added B19: Barossa Valley Way from Nuriootpa to Tanunda, and also Gawler town centre
  - Added B201: Old Sturt Hwy between Berri and Barmera: plenty of old remnant signs
  - Added B79: Photos between Gladstone and Warnertown
  - Added B82: Main North Road from Giles Corner to Gladstone
  - Added M/A/B1: Highway 1 in Adelaide metro area, and Warnertown (near Port Pirie) to WA/SA Border

January 20, 2008:

Full overhaul of site: new interface.
Added the following photos:
- Western Australia:
  - NH1 (Eyre Hwy): 52 images between SA Border and Norseman
  - NH94: 154 images between Norseman and Perth area
  - NR1: over 150 images between Bunbury & Perth and also Norseman areas
  - SR2: over 80 images of the Kwinana and Mitchell Freeways
  - SR3: 19 images of the Roe Hwy
  - SR4 (Tonkin Hwy): 33 images
  - SR5: 15 photos
  - SR10: over 100 images between Bunbury and Augusta
  - ALT-SR10: 15 images of the Bussell Hwy in the Busselton area
  - SR18: 14 images of Safety Bay Road between NR1 and SR2
  - SR20 (South Western Hwy): 62 images between Darling Downs and Bunbury
  - SR21 (Thomas Rd): 6 images
  - SR51: 3 images from the Midvale area
  - SR71: 1 image from Marmion Av in Connolly
  - SR75: 2 images of Scarborough Beach Rd in Osborne Pk
  - SR107: 8 images of the route between Bunbury and Burekup
  - TD250 (Caves Road): 20 images
- Also added infomation on the route numbering scheme in Western Australia

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