Newcastle Waters E5305 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Historic outback junction, Barkly Tableland plains, and Australia’s great north–south corridor—mapped with authority and scale

Covering Newcastle Waters and the surrounding Barkly Tableland region of the Northern Territory, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet delivers a clear, authoritative regional overview of one of Australia’s classic inland crossroads. Anchored by the Stuart Highway, the map captures expansive grazing plains, seasonal waterways, station infrastructure, and long-distance access routes—essential context for planning, operations, and remote travel.

At 1:250,000 scale (1 cm = 2.5 km), this is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire Australian continent—ideal for regional planning, pastoral management, emergency coordination, and serious outback navigation.

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🧭 Why this map stands out

• Updated mapping (2025) — aligned to modern Australian datums for confident, current use

• True corridor-to-tableland perspective — highways, plains, drainage systems, and access routes in one coherent view

• Professional-grade cartography — relied on by emergency services, engineers, and land managers

• Dual coordinate systems — seamless transition between office planning and field navigation

• Printed in Australia — precision output, locally finished and quality-checked

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🗺️ What you’ll see

• Contours and spot elevations across low-relief Barkly Tableland plains

• Creeks, floodouts, swamps, and seasonal hydrology

• Highways, roads, station tracks, airstrips, and place names

• Vegetation patterns and administrative / land-use boundaries

• Clear grid overlays for accurate positioning and large-area planning

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📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: Newcastle Waters E5305

• Map currency: 2025

• Coordinates: Geographical & MGA

• Datum: GDA2020, AHD

• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

• Sheet size: 800 mm (W) × 500 mm (H)

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🎨 Field-ready print options

All finishes are printed in Australia using high-resolution colour for crisp linework and dependable legibility.

• 📄 Paper (standard) — ideal for planning tables, offices, or framed regional reference.

• 💧 DuPont™ Tyvek® (waterproof & tear-proof) — foldable, lightweight, and exceptionally durable for pastoral operations and wet-season fieldwork.

• 🔒 Laminated (write-on / wipe-off) — true encapsulation; annotate routes, stations, or flood extents with whiteboard markers or apply map dots, then wipe clean.

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🎯 Who it’s for

• Emergency services & regional coordinators

• Pastoral, environmental & land-use managers

• Transport, logistics & infrastructure planners

• Educators and students

• Barkly Tableland & Stuart Highway travellers and expedition planners

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🇦🇺 Our commitment

Every AUSTopo map we supply is printed and finished in Australia, colour-managed for accuracy, hand-checked, and packed with care—so it arrives ready for real-world use.

Plan, brief, and explore the Newcastle Waters region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.