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New South Wales (NSW) is Australia's first and most populous state. Its capital, Sydney is the country's oldest, largest and most cosmopolitan city, centred on its spectacular harbour. The state's coastal areas offer endless sandy beaches next to sleepy coastal communities. The Great Dividing Range stretches the length of the state from north to south, including the world heritage listed Blue Mountains, much of its World Heritage listed Gondwana Rainforests, and the Southern Hemisphere's largest ski resorts in the Snowy Mountains. West of the range are the plains and the outback, gold mining, history and rural communities all the way to the red dust. Along the way you'll find Australia's premier wine regions of Mudgee and the Hunter Valley, the rainforests of the North Coast and New England, and hidden natural wonders to discover.
The capital of the state and largest city in Australia, and its suburban surroundings, forms its own vibrant region
Immediately to the west of Sydney, a region of heritage unique scenery and wilderness along the edge of Sydney
Located north of Sydney, a region of subtropical bush, waterways and expansive surf beaches with Gosford as the main commercial hub and gateway
Home to NSW's second largest city of Newcastle and some of the best vineyards in Australia
Just south of Sydney: beaches, bushwalking, and the coastal cities of Wollongong and Shellharbour
Beautiful coastal area, home to the cities of Nowra and Bomaderry, with sandy beaches, small communities, and rolling green meadows
A day trip or a weekend away from Sydney. Bushwalking, forests, country pubs and cafes, antiques, crafts and country communities.
Hotels and motels
Has 100 locations in NSW.
A chain with apartments available in most urban and regional cities in New South Wales.
By plane
Most air travellers to New South Wales arrive at Sydney Airport, near the Sydney central business district, which is Australia's largest airport.
By road
Travellers arriving overland will usually pass through the (near) border towns of Broken Hill from South Australia, Albury-Wodonga or Eden from Victoria and Tweed Heads from Queensland.
By rail
Sydney is one of the major hubs of rail services in Australia, and trains run from every mainland state capital city in Australia directly to Sydney. The interstate rail providers are as follows:
By sea
Road signage and visitor radio
There is standardised road signage for tourist attractions in NSW, that is a white text on a brown sign.
By plane
Most New South Wales cities are within a day's drive of each other, there are a number of airlines that connect cities in the state:
By car
Close to Sydney, there are dual carriageways and motorways linking Sydney with the cities to the north, south and southwest – only the west is not connected via a motorway.
By train
Trains in NSW are run by Transport NSW, and are divided into Sydney Trains that serve the Sydney metropolitan area, Intercity trains that serve the towns and cities close to Sydney and are integrated…
By bus and coach
The coach routes in New South Wales are more extensive than the train routes but share the same fundamental design: they take travellers to and from Sydney, or to the region's major hub.
By bike
Boxed bicycles can be taken on NSW Trainlink Regional trains as baggage for a small extra charge.
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the state capital and the largest city in Australia
centre of the Northern Tablelands region, a city with easy road access to several World Heritage-listed national parks.
a poetically named 'Wild West' mining town, right in the Outback, with a small thriving arts scene
a popular beachfront city for visitors and seachangers, with many accommodation options from the budget to resort.
located in the centre of the state, it's Australia's wildlife and animal capital
the second largest city in NSW is a coastal city and industrial capital of the Hunter Valley region, around 150km north of Sydney.
Australia's home of country music.
the largest inland city in New South Wales, on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River.
around 100km south of Sydney between the escarpment and the coast, natural beauty and heavy industry sit adjacent in the Illawarra region.
world heritage listed national park, and significant mountain to indigenous Australians
one of the largest Gondwana rainforests left standing today
some of the world's most finest karst landscapes and the oldest known caves on Earth
home to some of the world's whitest beaches
the tallest mountain on the Australian mainland
a world heritage-listed island some 550 km from the mainland and a popular getaway destination
home to the oldest modern human bodies outside Africa which belong to the world's oldest living civilization
a harbourside national park, home to a lot of WWII era military fortifications, beside one of the icons of Australia
the world's largest extinct volcano
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