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1. Great Alpine Road
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5.0 based on 43 reviews
This 190-mile scenic road winds its way through mountainous country, from Bairnsdale to Wangaratta.
Reviewed By Crystalline4u - Traralgon, Australia
The Great Alpine Road is a country tourist road in Victoria, Australia, running from Wangaratta in the north to Bairnsdale in the east, and passing through the Victorian Alps. The road is Australia's highest year-round accessible sealed road. It passes through lofty mountain ranges, plunging valleys, and past rolling vineyards along the way to the sparkling waterways on Gippsland's coast. So.. I joined the road at Wangaratta... got sidetracked because I needed cheese from Milawa and rejoined the road at Myrtleford... followed the road through to Bright, staying overnight at Bright...going over Hotham the next day. The road is so diverse... it's beautiful and there is a distinct difference from the Gippsland side to the High Country side. Both sides are appealing... the High Country is more populated, whereas Gippsland has vast areas that are not populated. It's an amazing drive to make... the only bit of any concern is the Mt Hotham bit... it's a bit hair-raising at times... it's a very long way down if you make a mistake.
2. Great Tropical Drive
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
3. Great Ocean Drive
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5.0 based on 319 reviews
Reviewed By 226bryceb - Perth, Australia
Spectacular coastline and plenty of beaches to swim or just sit and contemplate life. Best to do (anticlockwise direction) from Pink Lake, Eleven Mile Beach then towards Esperance ...
4. Great Ocean Road
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5.0 based on 99 reviews
Reviewed By RobandMaryJean
This a bucket-list type of trip - but don't just visit the Twelve Apostles. See Loch Ard Gorge, London Bridge (now an arch), The Arch, the Bay of Martyrs, the Bay of Islands and Childers Cove - as well as Bells Beach, Lorne and other stops on the way to Port Campbell. Also, add in visits to the Grampians and Ballarrat if you can.
5. Yanchep Beach Road
6. Stuart Highway
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4.5 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By Crystalline4u - Traralgon, Australia
This is part of the outback experience... I love the changes in colour and landscape throughout the journey. We drove on it from Port Augusta to just shy of Three Ways. It's one of those iconic Australian things you should experience. There isn't much on this trip to stop at , but what is there... is authentic and worth stopping to look at. The highway is named after Scottish explorer John McDouall Stuart, who was the first European to cross Australia from south to north. The highway is approximately the route that he covered and IMAGINE for a moment what it took to cover that area without the road being there. Australia had been occupied by the British for nearly 100 years before these adventurers went out looking to see what was out there. Of course, the indigenous people always knew... it was their backyard, their home... and they travelled by foot. It's an amazing experience to travel this highway.
7. Cape Range National Park
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4.5 based on 140 reviews
Reviewed By GrannyAC
From all the beaches to visit, the excellent sandy beaches with some with rocks, the snorkeling is amazing. We really enjoyed Oyster Stacks, Turquoise Bay and Lakeside as our favorites. Lakeside and Turquoise Bay provided us with the opportunity to drift. We were able to see emus, kangaroos, all different kinds of birds, etc. and to hike. There is camping however, we had our base in Exmouth as we stayed in town. This Park is amazing and so beautiful.
8. Princes Highway
9. The Savannah Way
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
Stretching coast to coast, from Broome in Western Australia to Cairns in Queensland, the Savannah Way is an epic 3500 kilometre adventure through the heart of Australia's northern tropics.It snakes through some of the Northern Territory's best-known natural wonders and links to barramundi and Saratoga fishing hotspots and many iconic attractions.The Savannah Way is Australia's Adventure Drive, linking national parks, historic drives and outback Australian towns. There are sealed sections for caravan and two wheel drive travel and unsealed sections for four wheel drive explorers.
10. The Barry Way
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4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By rojpix - Muswellbrook, Australia
driving beside the Snowy River always a pleasure view from one of the lookouts led to a walk of discovery to a beautiful if some tiny canyon carved in the granite over the millenia... iconic drive, took my Hasselblad down there and got some great shots
