Editing Great Dividing Range (section)

==Features==
At some high hill passes the range provides cool sites appropriate for [[vineyard]]s.<ref name="nwa">{{cite book |title=New Wine Atlas: Wines and Wine Regions of the World |last=Clarke |first=Oz |author-link=Oz Clarke |year=2002 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |isbn=0-15-100913-9 |page=300 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSoxj_3e89MC |access-date=18 December 2011}}</ref>

===Railways===
[[File:Katoomba scenic railway track 1.jpg|thumb|right|A number of scenic railways, such as this one at [[Scenic World]], [[Katoomba, New South Wales|Katoomba]], climb various shorter routes along the range]]
The engineers of early rail passages across the Great Dividing Range needed to find low sections of the range to cross, as well as suitable, "low" gradient paths up the mountains on either side. Rail passages include:
* [[Great Northern Railway (Mt Isa line)|Townsville-Mt Isa]]
* [[Central Western railway line|Rockhampton-Winton]]
* [[Main Line railway, Queensland|Brisbane–Toowoomba]] (1867) (2.0% gradient)
* [[Main Northern railway line|Newcastle–Tamworth]] (c 1870), summit at [[Ardglen Tunnel]] (2073' HASL)
* [[Sandy Hollow-Gulgong railway line]] started in the 1930s to Maryvale ([[Main Western railway line]]), completed the 1980s to [[Gulgong railway station|Gulgong]], summit just west of [[Ulan, New South Wales|Ulan]] – (500M / 1640') The lowest, 4th & last crossing in NSW.
* [[Main Western railway line|Sydney–Lithgow]] (1869), crossing the range via the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]] (summit near [[Bell railway station, New South Wales|Bell]] 3507' HASL) (3.00% gradient)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nswrail.net/trivia/altitude.php|title=NSW Railway Altitude Highs and Lows|website=www.nswrail.net|access-date=29 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023101610/http://nswrail.net/trivia/altitude.php|archive-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>
* [[Main Southern railway line|Sydney–Goulburn]] (1869), though the divide is actually a few kilometres further west near the crossing with Parkesbourne Road near [[Cullerin railway station|Cullerin]]. The next 300&nbsp;km descending to [[Wagga Wagga railway station|Wagga Wagga]] was originally fast, but regrading in the 1920s introduced many curves.
* [[North East railway line|Melbourne–Seymour]], crossing the range near [[Heathcote Junction railway station|Heathcote Junction]] (1872) (2.08% gradient)
* [[Deniliquin railway line|Melbourne–Bendigo]], crossing the range near [[Woodend, Victoria|Woodend]] (1862) (1093' HASL)
* [[Serviceton railway line|Melbourne–Ararat]] (1875) via [[Ballarat]]

===Road transport===
Many of Australia's highways such as the [[Alpine Way]], [[Great Alpine Road]], [[Snowy Mountains Highway]], [[Hume Highway]], [[Illawarra Highway]], [[Northern Highway, Victoria|Northern Highway]], [[Melba Highway]], [[Maroondah Highway]], [[Midland Highway, Victoria|Midland Highway]], [[Pyrenees Highway]], [[Sunraysia Highway]], [[Monaro Highway]], [[Olympic Highway]], [[Newell Highway]], [[Lachlan Valley Way]], [[Barton Highway]], [[Federal Highway, Australia|Federal Highway]], [[Kings Highway, Australia|Kings Highway]], [[Great Western Highway]], [[Mitchell Highway]], [[Mid-Western Highway]], [[Castlereagh Highway]], [[Mulligan Highway]], [[Capricorn Highway]], [[Cunningham Highway]], [[Gore Highway]], [[Flinders Highway, Queensland|Flinders Highway]], [[Gregory Highway]], [[Peak Downs Highway]], [[Dawson Highway]], [[New England Highway]], [[Golden Highway]], [[Bruxner Highway]], [[Gwydir Highway]], [[Oxley Highway]], [[Warrego Highway]], [[Summerland Way]], [[Waterfall Way]], [[Thunderbolts Way]], the [[Calder Highway]], the [[Western Highway, Victoria|Western Highway]], and the [[Murray Valley Highway]] traverse parts of the range.

===Protected areas===
Much of the range lies within a succession of [[national park]]s and other [[Protected areas of Australia|reserves]]. Most of the national parks are listed below, and there are almost double that amount of state forests.<ref>''Melway'', Edition 35 2008, Touring Maps</ref><ref>''Brisway'', Edition 1, 2005</ref>
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* [[Alpine National Park]] – Vic
* [[Annan River National Park]] – Qld
* [[Apudthama National Park]] – Qld
* [[Bago Bluff National Park]] – NSW
* [[Bald Rock National Park]] – NSW
* [[Barrington Tops National Park]] – NSW
* [[Baw Baw National Park]] – Vic
* [[Bellinger River National Park]] – NSW
* [[Blackbraes National Park]] – Qld
* [[Blackdown Tableland National Park]] – Qld
* [[Blue Mountains National Park]] – NSW
* [[Border Ranges National Park]] – NSW
* [[Brindabella National Park]] – NSW
* [[Brisbane Ranges National Park]] – Vic
* [[Budawang National Park]] – NSW
* [[Budderoo National Park]] – NSW
* [[Bunya Mountains National Park]] – Qld
* [[Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park]] – Vic
* [[Cape Melville National Park]] – Qld
* [[Carnarvon National Park]] – Qld
* [[Cathedral Rock National Park]] – NSW
* [[Conimbla National Park]] – NSW
* [[Conondale National Park]] – Qld
* [[Cottan-Bimbang National Park]] – NSW
* [[Cunnawarra National Park]] – NSW
* [[Daintree National Park]] – Qld
* [[Dandenong Ranges National Park]] – Vic
* [[Deua National Park]] – NSW
* [[Dharug National Park]] – NSW
* [[Dipperu National Park]] – Qld
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* [[Forty Mile Scrub National Park]] – Qld
* [[Gibraltar Range National Park]] – NSW
* [[Girraween National Park]] – Qld/NSW
* [[Girringun National Park]] – Qld
* [[Goobang National Park]] – NSW
* [[Goulburn River National Park]] – NSW
* [[Grampians National Park]] – Vic
* [[Greater Bendigo National Park]] – Vic
* [[Guy Fawkes River National Park]] – NSW
* [[Hann Tableland National Park]] – Qld
* [[Heathcote-Graytown National Park]]- Vic
* [[Humboldt National Park]] – Qld
* [[Kanangra-Boyd National Park]] – NSW
* [[Kara Kara National Park]] – Vic
* [[Koreelah National Park]] – NSW
* [[Kosciuszko National Park]] – NSW
* [[Kroombit Tops National Park]] – Qld
* [[Kulla National Park]] – Qld
* [[Kumbatine National Park]] – NSW
* [[Kuranda National Park]] – Qld
* [[Lake Eildon National Park]] – Vic
* [[Lamington National Park]] – Qld
* [[Lockyer National Park]] – Qld
* [[Macalister Range National Park]] – Qld
* [[Main Range National Park]] – Qld
* [[Morton National Park]] – NSW
* [[Mount Buffalo National Park]] – Vic
* [[Mount Kaputar National Park]] – NSW
* [[Mount Lewis National Park]] – Qld
* [[Mowbray National Park]] – Qld
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* [[Mummel Gulf National Park]] – NSW
* [[Namadgi National Park]] – ACT
* [[Nattai National Park]] – NSW
* [[New England National Park]] – NSW
* [[Nowendoc National Park]] – NSW
* [[Nymboida National Park]] – NSW
* [[Oxley Wild Rivers National Park]] – NSW
* [[Oyala Thumotang National Park]] – Qld
* [[Paluma Range National Park]] – Qld
* [[Ravensbourne National Park]] – Qld
* [[Snowy River National Park]] – Vic
* [[South East Forests National Park]] – NSW
* [[Springbrook National Park]]- Qld
* [[Starcke National Park]] – Qld
* [[Sundown National Park]] – Qld
* [[Tapin Tops National Park]] – NSW
* [[Towarri National Park]] – NSW
* [[Toonumbar National Park]] – NSW
* [[Ulidarra National Park]] – NSW
* [[Undara Volcanic National Park]] – Qld
* [[Wadbilliga National Park]] – NSW
* [[Warrabah National Park]] – NSW
* [[Warrumbungle National Park]] – NSW
* [[Washpool National Park]] – NSW
* [[Werrikimbe National Park]] – NSW
* [[White Mountains National Park]] – Qld
* [[Willi Willi National Park]] – NSW
* [[Woko National Park]] – NSW
* [[Wollemi National Park]] – NSW
* [[Wollumbin National Park]] – NSW
* [[Woomargama National Park]] – NSW
* [[Wooroonooran National Park]] – Qld
* [[Yarra Ranges National Park]] – Vic
* [[Yengo National Park]] – NSW
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[[File:Mt hotham alpine range scenery.jpg|thumb|upright=2.68|center|The Great Dividing Range, as seen from near [[Mount Hotham]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]]]
[[File:Mt. Feathertop444 edit.jpg|thumb|upright=2.68|center|View from the peak of Mount Feathertop, facing north-east, showing the Fainters and other mountains]]