The temperature may have dropped, but a number of roads in the Southern Highlands and on South Coast remain closed.
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The Illawarra Highway between Sutton Forest and Moss Vale is open, but smoke in the area may limit visibility.
However, in that area, Yarrawa Road and Mt Broughton Road are still closed, as are sections of Exeter Road, Ellsmore Road and Sallys Corner Road.
Wingello Highland Way is also closed.
High Range Road, on the southern edge of the Green Wattle Creek fire also remains closed in both directions.
Moss Vale Road between Bomaderry and Fitzroy Falls has reopened.
On the South Coast, most of the Princes Highway is open, except for the stretch at Mogo between Tomakin Road and North Head Drive.
The speed limit on the highway between Batemans Bay and Falls Creek has been reduced to 80km/h.
Roads between Nowra Hill and Charleyong are still closed, as is Turpentine Road between the Princes Highway and Braidwood Road.
The Wool Road at Basin View is closed in both directions, as are Bendalong Road, Fishermans Paradise Road and Lake Conjola Entrance Road at Conjola.
At the southern end, Boardinghouse Road at Termeil is closed in both directions. as are the Kings Highway and Araluen Road.
Glen Humphries
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.
