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New South Wales
Welcome to New South Wales
Harbours and High Country
From the sails of Sydney Harbour to the eucalypt haze of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales packs the country's most iconic skyline, its oldest wine region, and more than 1,500 kilometres of Pacific coast into a single state. Base yourself in Sydney and the continent opens out: vineyards to the west, beaches to the north, snow country to the south.
Regions
Explore New South Wales by region.
22 regions to discover
Blue Mountains
7 places to visit
Broken Hill
6 places to visit
Byron Bay
6 places to visit
Coffs Harbour
6 places to visit
Dubbo
6 places to visit
Eden
6 places to visit
Hunter Valley
6 places to visit
Jervis Bay
6 places to visit
Newcastle
7 places to visit
Orange
6 places to visit
Port Macquarie
6 places to visit
Port Stephens
7 places to visit
Snowy Mountains
7 places to visit
Armidale
6 places to visitBathurst
6 places to visitBellingen and Waterfall Way
6 places to visit
Bowral
6 places to visitCentral Coast
6 places to visit
Goulburn
6 places to visit
Mudgee
5 places to visitTamworth
6 places to visit
Wollongong
6 places to visitNatural Wonders
Icons of the state.
Jenolan Caves
The Oldest Open Caves on Earth
Mount Kosciuszko
Australia's Highest Peak
Lake Mungo
Home of the Oldest Known Cremation on Earth
Royal National Park
The Second Oldest National Park in the World
Warrumbungle National Park
Australia's First Dark Sky Park
The Three Sisters
Three Sandstone Pillars at Echo Point, Katoomba
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Aboriginal rock art and bushland waterways on Sydney's northern edge
Myall Lakes
A chain of freshwater coastal lakes behind untouched ocean beaches
Stockton Sand Dunes
The largest moving coastal sand dunes in the southern hemisphere
Wollemi National Park
Ancient wilderness, living fossils
Bald Rock National Park
Climb Australia's largest granite monolith
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From the journal
Read more about New South Wales.
Guide · 3 min read
Australia's Best Lookouts, State by State
From sandstone escarpments to volcanic plugs and red-rock gorges, here are the lookouts worth the detour in every state, plus how to find the ones closest to you.
Guide · 2 min read
Whale Watching in Australia: Where and When
Tens of thousands of humpback and southern right whales travel the Australian coast each year. Here is where to see them from the cliffs and the boats, and the months that matter.
Guide · 4 min read
Indigenous Tourism Etiquette
Australia is home to the oldest continuous culture on earth. A little awareness goes a long way towards visiting responsibly, and supporting the communities whose country you are on.
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Other states and territories.
Hero image: New South Wales by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
