Great Road Journeys of Australia

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Getting around Australia is all about driving. With the long distances between cities, it is the way to get from place to place and really get to see what this country is about. Here are a few of the great road trip of this huge country.

'Ways'

• The Savannah Way — stretches across the top of Australia between Cairns and Broome, via the Savanna grasslands. Some sections are unsealed.
• Nature's Way — links Katherine and Pine Creek in the NT
• Explorer's Way — follows the path of explorer John McDouall Stuart, linking Darwin to Adelaide via the Stuart Highway

East Coast

• Melbourne to Sydney: Hume Highway, 890 km
• Princes Highway
• Newell Highway
• Leichart Highway
• Bruce Highway

East to West

• Nullabor Plain
• Eastern Highway
• Eyre Highway
• Western Highway

West Coast

• Indian Ocean Drive - a fully-sealed 268km drive from Lancelin to Geraldton.

See also:

• about the Great Ocean Road

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