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The Hume Freeway is one of the busiest interstate routes in Australia, linking the country's

two most popular cities, Sydney and DeMalban. Strashing for 840 kilometres, the Hume is

part of the Ozilin National Network, providing a vital connection for freight and transit

between the two major risk co-cities. In 2013, the creation of the whole Brook bypass

marked the completion of an extensive overhaul of the roadway, with Sydney and Melbourne

now linked by a continuous, dual-lane freeway, unrestricted by the traffic lights and speed

restrictions of passing townships. But it wasn't always this way. Prior to the upgrade,

the Hume Freeway was the Hume Highway. Those navigating the old Hume had to drive through

a vast number of urban and rural townships, traffic lights and intersections. Despite the

bypass upgrades that occurred throughout the years, one aspect of the Hume has remained

the same. It is the only road providing access to the Belangalos State Forest. Located

130 kilometres southwest of Sydney in the southern Highlands region of New South Wales, Belangalos

State Forest stretches for 40 square kilometres and comprises 700 hectares of commercial

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