Waterfall Way: Armidale to Dorrigo

Waterfall Way crosses the New England tablelands from Armidale to Dorrigo: 123 km (76 mi) of long, sweeping bends, with a high point near 4,500 feet. The road is signed Tourist Route 17 between Armidale and Ebor, and it runs through a string of national parks, including Cathedral Rock and the Oxley Wild Rivers World Heritage area.

The first big stop is Wollomombi Falls, about 1 km from the road in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park; the NSW National Parks site says it has one of the state's highest drops. Farther east the highway passes Cathedral Rock National Park and its granite tors, then reaches Ebor, where Ebor Falls is about 100 m high and its lookouts are a few minutes' walk from the car park.

From Ebor the road drops toward Dorrigo, where rainforest takes over from the open tableland. The road is sealed and the curves are mostly long and sweeping, so the draw is the waterfalls and the change in scenery.