Best Winding Roads In Melbourne Area

[elfalcon96]

Just want to know where the best winding roads in Melbourne are.

So far im familiar with:

Black Spur
Reefton Spur
Great Ocean Road
The Boulevard (Chandler Hwy Exit)
Kangaroo Ground / Warrandyte

Anyone else know where some good runs would be that are windy Cheers

Research - Kinglake

[left]

Kinglake-St Andrews Road.

Kangaroo Ground to Yarra Glen

beach Road from Mordialloc to St Kilda (not so much but still nice)

Mt Dandy tourist road

[stackaj1]

Another good drive is the Great Alpine Rd from Bairnsdale to Wangaratta.
I always go via Beechworth Bakery

[Valid8]

Ya gotta love Beaconsfield-Emerald- Monbulk-Olinda to Upper Fern Tree Gully.

[Franco Cozzo]

Mount Macedon.

Its about an hour out of Melbourne but meh, its awesome anyways. 10 minutes for me

[Cheese3]

The back roads to Lorne via Deans Marsh is better than the Great Ocean Rd IMO

[left]

Originally Posted by Cheese3

The back roads to Lorne via Deans Marsh is better than the Great Ocean Rd IMO

100% true and little known fact :

[Brute6]

Originally Posted by left

100% true and little known fact :

Absolutely! The G.O.R has been killed by over zealous cops and the reduced speed limit. Sight seeing - yes, enjoyable drive - not anymore. That back road is fantastic, very flowing!

[ford man xf]

The selby road just from silvan is great windy road

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Brute6

Absolutely! The G.O.R has been killed by over zealous cops and the reduced speed limit. Sight seeing - yes, enjoyable drive - not anymore. That back road is fantastic, very flowing!

+1 again. Forget the GOR...........blanket 80kph speed limit was introduced a few years ago and that was just about curtains for it as a drivers road. Throw in a few campervans towed by people who evidently never notice the line of 300 cars backed up behind them, and well, you get the picture.

The Dean's Marsh rd is much better. Some good flowing stuff through the foothills (watch those mid-corner bumps!), then tightens considerably through the twisty mountain stuff when you gain some altitude. For god's sake though, keep to your side of the road. In my last trip I twice had to almost put 2 wheels in the dirt to avoid clowns who drifted around bends. Not sliding, just not paying attention.

[RG]

The road from Ballan - Greendale - Trentham to Tylden and Woodend.

[mrbaxr6t]

I found one by accident it joined the hume to the great ocean rd over the mountain range was incredible I loved it to bits!

[GUTLES]

Originally Posted by COOGES

Ya gotta love Beaconsfield-Emerald- Monbulk-Olinda to Upper Fern Tree Gully.

For sure, I learnt to drive on these roads

In the same area I like going Army Road, Cockatoo road, up through Monbulk etc.. My mother inlaw just moved to Mt Evelyn & I re discovered these roads again, will have to take the XR8 there one visit..

[yanknbank]

Tooboorac to Lancefield. Maybe Ken Lay was taking a run through here when he got pinged.

[rodderz]

Black Spur and the St Andrews Rd's very good- but very bare now due to the fires, also the Chum Creek rd from healesville to Toolangi.

The road from Romsey to Tooborac is also great, perhaps the Harkaway Rd over near Upwey as well

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by RG

The road from Ballan - Greendale - Trentham to Tylden and Woodend.

Then go from Woodend up to mount Macedon, have lunch at the little cafe at memorial cross ;)

[mrbaxr6t]

why not put all these to a vote and have a forum based cruise on the chosen best road?

[rocketscientist]

Originally Posted by RG

The road from Ballan - Greendale - Trentham to Tylden and Woodend.

Nice drive, so nice I get to drive it every day.

[michael_ozzie]

Warrigal - Noojee - Yarra Junction - Warburton - Marysville.

And Mt Macedon for the regular short trip to keep me sane.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

If you don't mind a little gravel-based stuff, then it has to be the Grand Ridge Road between Warragul and Willung South.

[JTFG]

Awesome thread, makes me wanna try some of these roads right now

[bArNsY]

Definitely the GOR but from Apollo Bay to the 12 Apostles.
the back way into Lorne and Apollo Bay.

[Watto_Cobra]

Originally Posted by stackaj1

Another good drive is the Great Alpine Rd from Bairnsdale to Wangaratta.
I always go via Beechworth Bakery

Is the whole of Great Alpine Rd sealed? Google maps doesn't zoom in enough in remote areas. Looks like a great road.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by Watto_Cobra

Is the whole of Great Alpine Rd sealed? Google maps doesn't zoom in enough in remote areas. Looks like a great road.

Yep, sealed the whole way. Best parts (IMHO) are from Bruthen to Ensay, and then Mount Hotham to Harietville. Harietville through to Wangaratta is pretty broing.....

[left]

Originally Posted by Watto_Cobra

Is the whole of Great Alpine Rd sealed? Google maps doesn't zoom in enough in remote areas. Looks like a great road.

Am hoping to drive this next month on the way back from Sin City. has anyone actually done it yet (it only 'opened' mid last year iirc)? Autumn would be the preferable - and more beautiful - time to drive it imo.

[redman]

Originally Posted by michael_ozzie

Warrigal - Noojee - Yarra Junction - Warburton - Marysville.

And Mt Macedon for the regular short trip to keep me sane.

+1 for the Noojee - Yarra Junction bit.

Also have some good fun on Loch - Wonthaggi. for a real blast, try Cape Paterson - Inverloch at dawn.

[WarNerve]

its not very long but my fave road is lysterfeild road.
thay are putting in traffic lights at the wellington road intersection there hahaha

lets just say i dont behave ton that road but i ahve never got a fine there.

[foxtrot3]

Hi. Humevale ( Just north of Whitelsea) up to Kinglake West then down to Flowerdale was a lovley bit of road years ago but I hate to think of what it would be like now after the fires. Cheers MD

[jamesson1980]

Mountain Highway, Sassafras - The Basin.. short but fun.