Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Car & Motorcycle
Victoria has some fantastic touring routes for cars and motorcycles, and a lack of public transport in many areas outside
the metropolitan area means your own vehicle is often the best way to go.
TOP CAR-TOURING ROUTES
Great Ocean Road
(Torquay to Warrnambool)
Great Alpine Hwy
(Wangaratta to Bairnsdale)
Eildon-Jamieson Rd
(Eildon to Jamieson)
Grand Ridge Road
(Warragul to Korumburra)
Bogong High Plains Rd
(Mt Beauty to Omeo)
Grampians Tourist Rd
(Halls Gap to Dunkeld; Halls Gap to Wartook)
Around the Bay
(Melbourne to Melbourne via Sorrento, Queenscliff and Geelong)
Yarra Ranges
(Healesville to Marysville and Warburton)
Wilderness Coast
(Orbost to Mallacoota via Marlo and Cann River)
Goldfields Touring
(Castlemaine, Maldon, Maryborough, Dunolly, Bendigo)
Driving
Foreign driving licences are valid as long as they are in English or accompanied by a translation. If in doubt, pick up an
International Drivers Licence from your home country's automobile association.
Driving is on the left-hand side of the road. The speed limit in residential areas is 50km/h, rising to 70km/h or 80km/h
on some main roads and dropping to 40km/h in specially designated areas such as school zones. On highways the speed
limit is generally 100km/h, while on some sections of freeway it's 110km/h.
Wearing seat belts is compulsory, and children up to seven years of age must be belted into an approved safety seat.
Motorcyclists must wear crash helmets at all times. The police strictly enforce Victoria's blood-alcohol limit of 0.05%
with random breath testing (and drug testing) of drivers.
Toll Roads
Melbourne's
CityLink
( 13 26 29;
www.citylink.com.au
)
tollway road system has two main routes: the Southern
Link, which runs from the southeastern suburb of Malvern to Kings Way on the southern edge of the city centre; and the
Western Link, which runs from the Calder Fwy intersection with the Tullamarine Fwy south to the West Gate Fwy.
A CityLink 24-hour pass costs $14.90 and is valid for 24 hours from your first entry through a tollway. A 24-hour
Tulla Pass is $5.30 and a weekend pass is $14.90. The easiest way to buy a pass is with a credit card online or by tele-
phoning CityLink.
If you accidentally find yourself on the CityLink toll road (and it's very easy to do), don't panic - there's a three-day
grace period in which you can arrange payment. Passes are not required for motorbikes.
