- Bucketts Way
Infobox Australian Road
road_name = Bucketts Way
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caption = Former Pacific Highway route
length = 149
direction = North-South
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through = Tinonee, Gloucester, Stroud
route = [http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/Highways/Pacific/bucketts.htm Bucketts Way]
exits =Thunderbolts Way Bucketts Way is a country road linking Gloucester to Taree and Raymond Terrace, in
New South Wales ,Australia [ [http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/Highways/Pacific/bucketts.htm Bucketts Way - Formerly part of the Pacific Highway from 1928 until 1952] , "Ozroads: the Australian Roads Website". Retrieved onMay 15 2008 .] . It was named after the Bucketts, a prominent hillock near Gloucester. At the length of about 160 kilometres, it was the former alignment of the Pacific Highway between Raymond Terrace and Taree from 1928 until 1952.On the south, the Bucketts Way branches off the Pacific Highway a few kilometres south of Karuah. It then roughly follows the course of
Wards River northwards until Gloucester. The North Coast Railway line runs parallel with it from Stroud to Gloucester. At Gloucester, takingThunderbolts Way leads to the Northern Tablelands and various othernational park s and riverside camping reserves along the way. The Bucketts Way continues to eastwards to Krambach and then to Taree where it rejoins the Pacific Highway.It provides access to the
Barrington Tops National Park , and is used by tourists as a very scenic alternative to the Pacific Highway. The Bucketts Way travels through four council areas: Port Stephens, Great Lakes, Gloucester and Greater Taree.ee also
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Highways in Australia
*List of highways in New South Wales References
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