High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The New England Highway is a highway in Australia running from Hexham near Newcastle at its southern end to Yarraman near Toowoomba at its northern end. At its southern end it connects to the Pacific Highway and at its northern end it connects to the D`Aguilar Highway. It traverses the Hunter Valley and New England regions of New South Wales and the Southern and Darling Downs of Queensland. It is 887 kilometres (551 mi) long.