NSW floods: major roads from Tamworth to east coast remain closed on Tuesday due to flood crisis and heavy rain

Some of Tamworth's main thoroughfares to the coast have been closed due to flooding and landslips after a week of bad weather.

The Oxley Highway has been closed between Walcha and Mount Seaview, near Mount Seaview Road and Brackendale Road, due to a landslip.

Thunderbolts Way between Walcha to Gloucester - the main route for destinations like Forster - is also closed in both directions due to flooding.

Waterfall Way between Dorrigo and Bellingen has been closed between Maynards Plains Road and Boggy Creek Road due to a landslip.

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At Krambach, the Bucketts Way is closed between Saxbys Road and Roys Road and Failford Road is closed between the Pacific Highway and the Lakes Way.

If you're headed to the Newcastle area from Tamworth, motorists are advised to be careful on the wet roads as rain continues to fall.

The Golden Highway is closed between Range Road and the New England Highway.

There are countless road closures on the coast in the Mid North Coast area, after the region copped a drenching in the past week and caused major flooding.

Anyone looking to head to Queensland from the New England North West also can't get through.

On Tuesday morning, the Carnarvon Highway and the Newell Highway from Moree to the Queensland border were closed, and the New England Highway was shut at Jennings, meaning no border crossing for the region.

Updates can be found on the Live Traffic website.

There are also significant road closures in the Sydney area, due to the prolonged rain.

Public transport to the coastal areas has also been affected by flooding rains, and buses are replacing trains on a main route between Newcastle and Sydney.

The Transport Management Centre confirmed buses are replacing trains between Newcastle, Maitland and Scone due to flooding.

The New England Highway has remained open throughout the flood crisis, but emergency roadworks to patch the surface are being carried out near Tamworth and Kootingal.

Motorists and public transport passengers in flood-affected areas of the state have been advised by authorities to avoid non-essential travel.

The latest update from the Transport Management Centre urged motorists to travel with "extreme care" and be prepared for conditions to change quickly.

Public transport passengers who need to travel are also advised to allow plenty of extra travel time.

Despite the devastation in other parts of the state, Tamworth itself has avoided the worst of the weather, so far.

Council crews and the State Emergency Service (SES) were keeping a close eye on local roads as rain settled in on Tuesday.

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