Granite Belt Tourist Drives

Granite Belt Drive: Tourist Route 3 — 12km

The route runs parallel with the New England Highway and access is gained from the Highway. The little farming villages between Dalveen, to the north of Warwick and Applethorpe to the south of Stanthorpe, form what is known as the Granite Belt Drive (formerly known as The Fruit Run). Along this route you will find farmhouses scattered among the orchards, a couple of wineries, fruit stalls and a lot of fruit storage sheds. In most cases, locally grown produce is available where farm gate signs identify producers who sell direct to the travelling public.

Armistice Way: Tourist Route 5 — 34km

The Granite Belt was part of the soldier settlement schemes for the returning heroes of World War I and it was considered as the perfect place for small farms, capable of supporting one man and his family. The veterans named their farms, and the roads linking them, after battles in which they had fought. Armistice Way, one of Stanthorpe’s principal tourist routes, takes drivers along Amiens Road through Amiens, Messines, Bapaume, Passchendaele, Bullecourt, Pozieres and Fleurbaix, which are named after World War I battlefields. The route is a memorial drive established to link these World War I returned soldier settlements.

Highland Drive: Tourist Route 6 — 31km

via Storm King Dam, Eukey and Ballandean.

Oracles Way: Tourist Route 7 — 64km

via Amosfield Road and the Mt Lindsay Road to Tenterfield.

Shearer’s Way: Tourist Route 8 — 90km

via Texas Road, Glenlyon Dam Road and Mingoola Road to the Bruxner Highway.