ADELAIDE TO SYDNEY
Via The Sturt Highway
The road between Adelaide and Sydney travels for much of the way along the banks of the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers and consequently, passes through many riverside towns developed when paddlesteamer trade along the river was the only way of marketing the bounties of the riverland soils.
The road passes through the Barossa Valley, the Riverland, Sunraysia, the Hay Plains, and the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.

The following summary of the road includes general information and links to some of the towns and attractions along the way

THE BAROSSA VALLEY:
The Barossa Valley is Australia's best known wine producing area and lies just south of the highway which goes right past the door of Mildara Blass at Nuriootpa.
WAIKERIE: Waikerie is the first of the Riverland towns you will encounter and is surrounded by thousands of citrus trees.

BARMERA Barmera is just across the Kingston Bridge and is a popular golf and holiday spot.
BERRI: Berri is the unofficial capital of the Riverland and is a wine and fruit growing area with a ferry across the river to Loxton.

RENMARK: Renmark and Paringa are twin towns on the Murray and the last south Australian towns before heading into Victoria

MILDURA: Mildura is the capital of the fertile Sunraysia area, one of Australia's largest producers of citrus, grapes and stone fruits. It is on the border of Victoria and New South Wales.

HAY: Hay is at the centre of the Hay Plains and at the junction of two highways to Sydney. It is a major stop for travellers along both roads with plenty of accommodation and lots to see and do.

NARRANDERA:
At the junction of the Newell and Sturt Highways on the Murrumbidgee River.
WAGGA WAGGA: Wagga Wagga is New South Wales Largest inland city. It is 56km from the Junction with the Hume Highway from Melbourne to Sydney.
WAGGA WAGGA TO SYDNEY

Gundagai, Yass, Canberra, Goulburn, Campbelltown.
From Wagga Wagga, the road joins the Hume Highway and travels through Gundagai and Yass to the turn off to Canberra and the A.C.T. the direct route by-passes canberra and continues through the large town of Goulburn and the Southern Highlands to Campbelltown and on to Sydney.