Fossickers Way
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Fossickers Way New South Wales |
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| Bridge over the Namoi River in Manilla | |
| Type | Highway |
| Length | 379 km (235 mi) |
| Route number(s) |
None Nundle – Tamworth  B95Tamworth – Warialda  B76Warialda – Glen Innes |
| Former route number |
 State Route 95 (?? - 2013) |
| North end |
 New England Highway (A15),Glen Innes, New South Wales |
New England Highway (A15) Oxley Highway (B56) |
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| South end | Nundle, New South Wales |
| Major settlements | Tamworth Bingara, Barraba, Manilla, Inverell |
The Fossickers Way is a series of country roads located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia that, when joined together, come to form a 379-kilometre (235 mi) scenic and tourist drive. The road's southern terminus is located in Nundle with its northwest terminus in Warialda; thereafter the road joins the Gwydir Highway and heads east to Inverell before reaching its eastern terminus in Glen Innes. The majority of the Fossickers Way is designated as B95.
The scenic route draws its name of Fossickers Way due to the many deposits of gold and the variety of gemstones that have been found in the area (mostly by Europeans) since the early 1850s. Prior to this time, local Aboriginal tribes such as the Werawai people of Nundle and its surrounds were known to use local minerals and stones for the purpose of making tools, such as axe heads. Fossickers Way transverses the western slopes of the Northern Tablelands and passes through some of the world’s richest gem areas. In these parts, sapphires, zircon, jasper, prase, rhodonite, crystals and even gold may be found. The highway passes through open wheat and grazing lands and deeply wooded slopes, through country towns rich in gold rush history.
Towns along the Fossickers' Way include Nundle, Tamworth, Manilla, Barraba, and Bingara, Warialda, Delungra, Inverell and Glen Innes. The Fossickers Way, a scenic drive that incorporates seven shires in northern NSW, is an alternate route between Sydney and Brisbane.
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