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The Northern Tablelands, also known as the New England Tableland, is a plateau and a region of the Great Dividing Range in northern New South Wales, Australia. It includes the New England Range, the narrow highlands area of the New England region, stretching from the Moonbi Range in the south to the Queensland border in the north. [ 1 ]
Point Lookout, New England National Park, NSW Rocky ridges like this are scattered across the New England landscape. The topography of the region is dominated by the Northern Tablelands plateau. The eastern side of the plateau is drained by the various headwaters and tributaries of the Clarence River, Hastings River and the Macleay River. The ...
Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. [2] Armidale had a population of 23,967 as of the 2021 census. [3] It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. It is approximately halfway between Sydney and Brisbane at the junction of the New England Highway and Waterfall Way.
In northern New South Wales, snow is recorded once or twice every few years in Guyra, Armidale and Glenn Innes on the Northern Tablelands, [1] and rather scantily, in Nundle (near Tamworth). Going further inland to Gunnedah, in the North West Slopes at just 285 metres (935 ft), the most recent snowfall occurred in 1984.
The Northern Tablelands have relatively milder summers and colder winters, due to their high elevation and inland location on the Great Dividing Range. The southeast coastal plain, which lies on the leeward side of the Great Dividing Range, experiences foehn winds, particularly between winter and spring, which can elevate fire danger. [11]
The Central Tablelands in New South Wales is a geographic area that lies between the Sydney Metropolitan Area and the Central Western Slopes and Plains. The Great Dividing Range passes in a north–south direction through the Central Tablelands and includes the Blue Mountains .
Northern Tablelands: New England: Includes the towns and districts of Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Guyra, Inverell, Armidale and Walcha. [9] [10] Northern Tablelands: Central Tablelands: Greater Blue Mountains Area: Generally that area west of the Nepean River and east of Lithgow, stretching to Capertee Valley in the north, and Wombeyan Caves in ...
Nowendoc National Park is a protected area on the southern end of the Northern Tablelands and west of Nowendoc, New South Wales, Australia.It is located approximately 70 km south of Walcha and about 375 km north of Sydney.