- Waterfall Way
Infobox Australian Road
road_name = Waterfall Way
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photo = Dangar Falls Dorrigo.jpg
caption = Dangar Falls at Dorrigo
length = 165
direction = West-East
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through = Ebor, Dorrigo, Bellingen
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exits =The Waterfall Way is a road and State Highway 78 in
New South Wales ,Australia . It runs east-west from the Pacific highway toArmidale . The route passes through some of New South Wales' most scenic countryside and has become well known as a tourist drive. It also provides one of the few road links between coastal and inland New South Wales, and is therefore more heavily trafficked than its condition might otherwise suggest.Starting from a junction with the Pacific Highway at Raleigh, midway between
Urunga and Coffs Harbour, it follows the south bank of theBellinger River , passing through Bellingen. situated near this village.Between Dorrigo and Ebor the road crosses the
Nymboida River and passes an intersection from where Point Lookout located 14 km east of Waterfall Way in theNew England National Park can be accessed. Between Ebor and Wollomombi the route passes by the 8,839 haCathedral Rock National Park . Further on, theWollomombi Falls are about 1 km south of the Waterfall Way. The 120,393 haWorld Heritage listedOxley Wild Rivers National Park is readily accessible from the Wollomombi Falls. From here the road passes close by the historical village ofHillgrove and the viewing platforms at Bakers Creek Falls and the Metz Gorge. There are also other more remote, interesting sites to visit on this Way to Armidale.The road is sealed but relatively narrow and has steep, winding sections. In recent years storms and associated
flash flooding have washed away sections of the roadway where it rises to the ranges, leading to traffic being limited to one lane until remedial work was completed.See also
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Highways in Australia
*List of highways in New South Wales References
*"National Parks of the Waterfall Way" by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
*"Waterfall Way" by Tourism Armidale; published by Cook, Green & Moore Advertising, Coffs Harbour.
* [http://www.bellingermagic.com Bellinger Magic - the official visitor guide to the Bellinger region]
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