Thunderbolts Way

Thunderbolts Way

Bundarra Road

Warning sign on Thunderbolts Way
Thunderbolts Way is located in New South Wales
North end
North end
South end
South end
Coordinates
General information
TypeRural road
Length304.7 km (189 mi)[1]
GazettedAugust 1928 (as Main Roads 115 and 122)[2]
December 1934 (as Trunk Road 73)[3]
Major junctions
North end Gwydir Highway
Inverell, New South Wales
 
South endBucketts Way
Gloucester, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlementsBundarra, Uralla, Walcha, Barrington
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View from Carson's Lookout, Thunderbolt's Way, Gloucester
Monument commemorating the opening of a section of Thunderbolts Way

Thunderbolts Way (and at its northern end as Bundarra Road) is a 305-kilometre (190 mi)[1] country road located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia, linking Inverell via Bundarra, Uralla and Walcha to Gloucester[4][5] The road is sealed and passes through thickly forested mountain areas with many nearby national parks and nature reserves.

It is named after a local bushranger, Frederick Ward, alias Captain Thunderbolt, who roamed these parts in the 19th century.

  1. ^ a b "Thunderbolts Way" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1937". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 46. National Library of Australia. 25 March 1938. pp. 1222–3. Archived from the original on 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ 1:100000 topographic maps 9138 Inverell, 9137 Bundarra, 9136 Bendemeer, 9236 Armidale, 9235 Yarrowitch, 9234 Upper Manning and 9233 Gloucester. Retrieved 19 April 2010
  5. ^ "Gilgai". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 19 April 2010.