question: Thunderbolts Way briefly joins the 878 km highway that starts in what New South Wales town?
answer: Newcastle
context: Title: Bundarra, New South Wales
  Passage: Bundarra is a small town on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia.  The town is located on Thunderbolts Way and on the banks of the Gwydir River, in the Uralla Shire local government area, 563 kilometres (350 mi) kilometres from the state capital, Sydney.  At the 2011 census , Bundarra had a population of 404 and the surrounding area had 805 persons.
  Title: Silver City Highway
  Passage: The Silver City Highway is a 683 km highway that links Buronga, New South Wales to the Queensland border via Wentworth, Broken Hill, and Tibooburra, in the arid Far West region of New South Wales.  A short branch also connects to the Calder Highway on the Victorian border at Curlwaa.  This branch is also signed as the Calder Highway, despite legally being part of the Silver City Highway.  Parts of the highway north of Broken Hill are unsealed.
  Title: Uralla, New South Wales
  Passage: Uralla is a town on the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.  The town is located at the intersection of the New England Highway and Thunderbolts Way, 465 km north of Sydney and about 23 km south west of the city of Armidale.  At the 2011 census , the township of Uralla had a population of 2,388 people, while the larger gazetted locality of 193.5 km had a population of 2,754 people.
  Title: New England Highway
  Passage: The New England Highway is an 878 km long highway in Australia running from Hexham at Newcastle, New South Wales at its southern end to Yarraman near Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern end.
  Title: Bretti Nature Reserve
  Passage: The Bretti Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve located near the Barrington Tops in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.  The 2902 ha reserve is situated approximately 30 km north of Gloucester.  Flora includes wet sclerophyll eucalyptus forest and rainforest.  It is most often viewed on a drive along the Thunderbolts Way.  The locally rare wompoo fruit dove may be heard in rainforest areas.
  Title: Thunderbolts Way
  Passage: The Thunderbolts Way is a 290 km country road located in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.  The road links Gloucester to Walcha (where it crosses the Oxley Highway), Uralla, where it very briefly joins the New England Highway and, to Copes Creek, 16 km south of the Gwydir Highway intersection at Inverell.  The road is fully sealed and passes through thickly forested mountain areas with many nearby national parks and nature reserves.
  Title: Barrington, New South Wales
  Passage: Barrington is a small village on the Barrington River, 5 km north-west of Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia on Thunderbolts Way.
  Title: Walcha Shire
  Passage: Walcha Shire is a local government area located in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.  The Shire is situated adjacent to the junction of the Oxley Highway and Thunderbolts Way and is 20 km east of the Main North railway line passing through Walcha Road.
citations: Thunderbolts Way New England Highway