Drives
The best driving roads, weekend escapes, and touring routes across Australia. Route guides, road trip stories, and the destinations worth pointing the car at when the weekend hits.
Drives
The Omeo Highway: Victoria’s Best-Kept High Country Drive
Omeo Highway driving guide: 163km of sealed High Country road, the 110km fuel gap, motorcycle crash data, Bogong High Plains loop, stops and campsites.
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The Ultimate Tasmanian East Coast Road Trip Itinerary
Plan a Tasmania east coast road trip from Hobart to the Bay of Fires: sealed roads, the best detours, free camps, fuel and every EV charger. Read the guide.
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Mornington Peninsula Drive: Arthurs Seat, Cape Schanck and Point Nepean in One Day
A 98km day drive from Mornington to Point Nepean: the Arthurs Seat hairpins, Red Hill back roads, Cape Schanck and the tip of Port Phillip, with a route map, climb profile and day planner.
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Putty Road Drive Guide: 168km, 99 Corners and No Reception
Every guide to the Putty Road is written for motorcyclists. Search it and you get riding lines, lean angles and where the Highway Patrol...
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The Best Australian Road Trips for EV Drivers: Six Routes Chosen by Charger, Not Postcard
The most useful number for planning an electric road trip in Australia is not your car's WLTP range. It is 150. That is the...
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The Royal National Park (Nasho) Driving Guide: Avoiding the Fines
The answer to the headline is unsatisfying and completely reliable: do 60. Lady Wakehurst Drive is a 60km/h zone, Sutherland Traffic and Highway Patrol...
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Gillies Range Road QLD: 263 Corners in 19 Kilometres
Divide one into the other and the number stops being a fun fact. A corner every 72 metres. Hold a steady 60km/h and the...
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The Alpine Way in Winter: NSW’s Most Dramatic Mountain Drive Is at Its Best Right Now
The Alpine Way runs approximately 120 kilometres from Jindabyne to Khancoban, climbing through Thredbo and over Dead Horse Gap at 1,580 metres before descending...
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Mt Glorious vs Mt Nebo: Choosing Brisbane’s Best Weekend Driving Road
The ultimate Sunday morning debate isn't about the best coffee in town. It is about which direction you point the front wheels when leaving...
4WD Tracks
The Oodnadatta Track in a Hybrid: Is It Actually Safe Yet?
The Oodnadatta Track isn't the Canning Stock Route. But it has a nasty habit of breaking soft-roaders. With petrol-electric powertrains dominating Australian driveways, the...
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Great Alpine Road vs Great Ocean Road: Which is the Better Drive?
The Great Ocean Road gets the tourists, the international postcards, and the bumper-to-bumper holiday traffic. The Great Alpine Road gets the drivers. Both of...
