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A stock route, also known as travelling stock route (TSR), is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another in Australia. The stock routes across the country are colloquially known as The Long Paddock or Long Paddock.[1][2]
A travelling stock route may often be distinguished from an ordinary country road by the fact that the grassy verges on either side of the road are very much wider, and the property fences being set back much further from the roadside than is usual, or open stretches of unfenced land. The reason for this is so that the livestock may feed on the vegetation that grows on the verges as they travel, especially in times of drought.[1]
The rugged remote stock route that follows the Guy Fawkes River through Guy Fawkes River National Park is part of the Bicentennial National Trail.[3]
- ^ a b "Touring route". The Long Paddock. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ 7.30 Report - Unlikely alliance to save the Long Paddock Retrieved on 2009-8-30
- ^ "NSW Wilderness Red Index". The Wilderness Society. September 1999. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 8 December 2008.