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Title: Newell Highway through NSW
Post by: Paul Mac on December 09, 2010, 01:30:06 PM

Can anyone tell me please whether the Newell is open ALL the way through.

I would ideally like to hear from anyone who has travelled the Newell in the past few days.

I know there are websites from RTA and NSW Govt advising road conditions but trying to navigate through some of the websites is a nightmare.

I am driving from Melbourne to Brisbane late next week. Hopefully some of the flooding will subside by then.

Thanks for any information.

Cheers

Title: Re: Newell Highway through NSW
Post by: morgue on December 09, 2010, 04:49:08 PM

Quote from: Paul Mac on December 09, 2010, 01:30:06 PM

Can anyone tell me please whether the Newell is open ALL the way through.

I would ideally like to hear from anyone who has travelled the Newell in the past few days.

I know there are websites from RTA and NSW Govt advising road conditions but trying to navigate through some of the websites is a nightmare.

I am driving from Melbourne to Brisbane late next week. Hopefully some of the flooding will subside by then.

Thanks for any information.

Cheers

Heard on local ABC, that Dubbo isn't too flash at the moment, Narandra will be copping Wagga's problems next week, so it may be touch and go through the southern parts of the Newell,  it is believed that the western slopes will be getting an hammering over the weekend with the Northern East of NSW and SWQ coping it from sunday through to tuesday.
You can check with the SES web site and NRMA, if desperate, the local council of the areas you are travelling through, also copy the local ABC radio guide of the ABC web site and tune in when travelling, if you have a smart phone, dial up web sites, BOM and Weather Watch, they have allerts as well.

Good luck and happy trails....

Title: Re: Newell Highway through NSW
Post by: Kit_e_kat9 on December 09, 2010, 04:53:54 PM

If NRMA are anything like RACQ, website wise, they'll have a road conditions section that you should be able to find this out from.  Updated by the local police, so the info should be good.

Kit_e

Title: Re: Newell Highway through NSW
Post by: ferret on December 09, 2010, 05:23:16 PM

http://www.racq.com.au/travel/Maps_and_Directions/road_conditions

Hey Paul, Try the above link it covers all of OZ.

Good Luck

Title: Re: Newell Highway through NSW
Post by: Paul Mac on December 09, 2010, 07:06:17 PM

Thanks swaggers for the information. Much appreciated.

Title: Re: Newell Highway through NSW
Post by: MrCruza on December 09, 2010, 07:15:13 PM

Try this one for NSW roads

http://livetraffic.rta.nsw.gov.au/ (http://livetraffic.rta.nsw.gov.au/)