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Exploring the Blue Mountains and Beyond

Distances can be long in mid- to northern New
South Wales, so the extent of any exploration will
depend on the time available. Within easy reach of
Sydney are historic gold rush towns such as Windsor St George
and those between Bathurst and Mudgee, the cool
retreats of the Blue Mountains, and the gentle,
green hills of the Hunter Valley and its vineyards.
The north coast and its hinterland are best explored
as part of a touring holiday between Sydney and Key
the Queensland capital, Brisbane, or as a short break The Blue Mountains and Beyond
to the beaches and fishing areas around Port West of the Divide pp184–5 Moree
Macquarie, Forster and Coffs Harbour.

Gunnedah

Coolah
Impressive Three Sisters rocks in the Blue Mountains National Park

Merriwa
Sights at a Glance Dubbo Gulgong
1 Blue Mountains National Park
pp172–5 Wellington MUDGEE
2 Windsor
3 Gosford Burrendong Rylstone Wo
Reservoir
W
Wollemi
4 Newcastle Hill End N Na
National
6 Barrington Tops Parkes Pa
P
Park
7 Armidale Orange
8 Gibraltar Range National Park Forbes Lithgow
9 Tenterfield Bathurst
0 Inverell Canowindra BLUE
TA
T
q Tamworth Cowra Trunkey M OUNTAINS
NATIONAL
w Mudgee Creek P PARK
PA
Grenfell
Tour
5 Hunter Valley Young t
Taralga a
West of the Divide Temora Boorowa Crookwell e
See pp184–5 r Bowral
Cootamundra G
e Dubbo Goulburn
Morton
r Lightning Ridge Coolamon Yass National
t Bourke Mildura Lake Park
y Broken Hill Gundagai George
u Willandra National Park Wagga Wagga Canberra
i Wagga Wagga Albury Batemans Bay
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