New South Wales Road Photo Gallery:
National Highway 15 (New England Highway (Moonbi to Bendemeer) (Former Alignment: Moonbi Range)

Proclaimed a State Highway on 8th August 1928, the New England Highway starts in NSW at Hexham, 15km West of Newcastle and heads north-west entering the Hunter Valley region, eventually climbing into the Great Dividing Range to the coal mining areas of Muswellbrook. From there the highway heads North into Tamworth and climbs again into the New England Region, bypassing Armidale, across the ridge tops to Glen Innes, Tenterfield and eventually the QLD border at Wallangarra, it then heads into the fruit and agricultural districts of Stanthorpe and North again to Warwick.

After heading North from the Cunningham Hwy turnoff, the New England Hwy changes shields to NR42 passing through the beef and wool farming areas to Toowoomba. Heading North from Toowoomba, the highway passes through lush green dairying pastures and thick vegetation up into Crows Nest, stopping at the D'Aguilar Highway at Yarraman.

This section concentrates on the former alignment up the Moonbi Range between Tamworth and Bendemeer

For photos of other former alignmnents in the area click on the relevant link below:

• Bendemeer Area

Image © Paul Rands

Old Alignment Up First Moonbi Hill
Looking Southbound from Moonbi Lookout, this is the old road up First Moonbi Hill, this joins up to the road with yellow road markings elsewhere in this section, but is not trafficable. 

Image © Paul Rands

Old New England Highway Northbound
This is old road approaching First Moonbi Hill between Tintinhull and Bendemeer.

Image © Paul Rands

Old New England Highway Northbound
This is old road approaching First Moonbi Hill between Tintinhull and Bendemeer. It's a little overgrown but is a local road these days, which is called Summerfields Road. 

Image © Paul Rands

Old New England Highway Northbound with Yellow Lines!
It's been a long time since yellow road marking were used in NSW (Mid 80s), but because the road is council controlled these days it sees less maintenance, and hence why the old road markings are still in use in 2004. 

Image © Paul Rands

Old New England Highway
Taken on Northbound on the old approach to First Moonbi Hill, at Moonbi, near Tamworth. Note the old road markings. This road is now council controlled and used by residents.  

Image © Paul Rands

Old New England Highway
Taken on Southbound on the old approach to First Moonbi Hill, at Moonbi, near Tamworth. Note the old road markings. This road is now council controlled and used by residents. 

Image © Paul Rands

Double Yellow Lines
Not since the mid 1980s have double yellow lines been seen on NSW roads, but on this old section of New England Highway on the approach to First Moonbi Hill they are still seen on a road still in use. The gate is where the road stop nowaways. 

Image © Paul Rands