Road Photos & Information: New South Wales
East Street, Angus McNeil Crescent, Crescent Head Road, Belmore Street, Loftus Road, Belmore River Right Bank Road, Barnard Street, South West Rocks Road, Gregory Street, Arakoon Road, Phillip Drive, Landsborough Street, Memorial Avenue, Livingstone Street, Plummers Lane & Macleay Valley Way (Tourist Drive 12)

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Located on the New South Wales Mid North Coast, Tourist Drive 12 is a circuitous route that services holiday and rural towns to the east and northeast of Kempsey. Undivided, and in some places narrow, the route provides access to some of the area's biggest natural and man-made attractions including Arakoon National Park, Hat Head National Park, Trial Bay Gaol and Smoky Cape Lighthouse.

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Reassurance Directional Sign:
Distance sign on Plummers Ln, Clybucca, February 2015.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directiona Sign:
ID sign at the corner of Plummers Ln and Summer Island Rd at Rainbow Beach, February 2015.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing Plummers Ln at Jerseyville, February 2015. TD12 becomes South West Rocks Rd at this location.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of South West Rocks Rd (TD12), Gregory St (TD12) and Arakoon Rd (TD12) at South West Rocks, February 2015. TD12 continues both straight and right as it runs in a loop around South West Rocks and Arakoon.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign facing Landsborough St in South West Rocks, February 2015. Note the missing TD12 shield.

Image © Rob Tilley

Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of South West Rocks Rd (TD12), Gregory St (TD12) and Arakoon Rd (TD12) at South West Rocks, February 2015. TD12 continues both straight and left as it runs in a loop around South West Rocks and Arakoon.

Image © Rob Tilley

Former Terminus:
ID sign facing Plummers Ln at the junction with Macleay Valley Way (Pacific Hwy (A1) when the photo was taken), February 2015. TD12 now turns left to meet the interchange with the Kempsey Bypass (current Pacific Hwy (A1) alignment).

Image © Rob Tilley

1 New South Wales Government, Roads & Maritime Services, Schedule of Classified Roads and Unclassified Regional Roads, April 2017
2 Kempsey Shire Council, Media Release, Major roadworks program ramps up, 6 Nov 2014
3 Kemsey Shire Council, Council Notices, 15 Jun 2016
4 Australian Government, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development, Projects, South West Rocks Road/Barnard Street, Gladstone - 062729-15NSW-RTR
5 Kempsey Shire Council, Council Notices, 12 Dec 2016

Last updated: 24-Dec-2019 11:32

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