The Top 5 driving roads in Australia

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There are many great roads in Australia which• Mount Keira Road
are amazing to drive. Infact you can drive fullStarting from the south side of Mount Keira, this
circle around Australia to the point where aroad winds its way up the slopes of this 464
motorhome may be the best vehicle to have!metre high mountain located near Wollongong,
Sleeping almost anywhere is an amazing luxury toNew South Wales. Part of the Illawarra
have and should not be over looked. Road rulesescarpment, this was once an important coal
should always be observed when driving inmining region, and is now a great place to enjoy
Australia.the scenery and for nice views of the city of
• Great Ocean RoadWollongong. The mountain is covered with
Located on the south eastern coast, this roadeucalyptus and sub-tropical rainforest, except near
extends 243 kilometres from Torquay near thethe bottom where you meet the suburbs of the
Bass Strait in Victoria, westward to Warrnambool.city. Some of the attractions include an old coal
Formerly known as State Route 100, the roadmine, the Byarong park and a Scouts camp. At
was built by veterans as a memorial to theirthe summit of Mount Keira, is the Mountaintop
comrades killed in World War I. The scenery alongRestaurant, where you can have a good meal
this route includes the Bass Strait and thebefore heading to the Mt. Keira Summit Park for
Southern Ocean. There are many towns alonga look at the city. Among the wildlife that you
certain stretches of the road, and drivers canmight encounter include the wallaby and the Rusa
view spectacular limestone and sandstone cliffsdeer.
and formations including the stacks known as the• Snowy Mountains Highway
“Twelve Apostles.” There isAlso in New South Wales, this state highway
plenty of natural beauty and wildlife that can bestretches from Princes Highway near Bega
encountered from kangaroos and koala bears towestward to Hume Highway near Gundagai. It is
migrating whales.best to travel this road when it is not covered
• Great Alpine Roadwith snow, which will often require use of tyre
Stretching from Wangaratta in the northeast tochains. Attractions include the Yarrangobilly Caves
Bairnsdale in the east, in Victoria state, this roadin the Kosciuszko National Park, noted for
covers 308 kilometres. Its name comes from thestalactite and other limestone formations, and
fact that it passes through the Australian Alps,Kiandra, an abandoned gold mining town
and it is the mountainous counterpart to theconverted into a ski resort.
Great Ocean Road, which is located in theIf you are thinking about it is important to book
southern part of the same state. This windingearly to secure your vehicle. Due to the lengthy
motorway takes drivers though mountains andnature of some of these roads it is important to
valleys, which during the winter may be coveredplan ahead and have supplies in case the worst
with snow. In some cases, extreme weatherhappens.
may close stretches of this road. OneClick here for information on campervan hire
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• Black Spur DriveThis article is free for republishing
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through tall temperate rainforest. Giant ash trees
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