Australia, Victoria
The Great Ocean Road and the Black Spur are the two obvious runs, both world class.
First instinct from Melbourne: head south west to the Great Ocean Road.
Scored roads in range
3
Nearest great road
104 mi
Best rated nearby
9.3 / 10
Shortest full loop
11 hr 15 min
Checked by the Drivers Atlas desk
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Last reviewed 7 April 2026
150 to 400 km from the centre
Leave early, take the long way back and make a day of it.
Roughly 15 hr 26 min of driving if you string the lot together and come back the way you came.
104 mi away · Victoria
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243 km · 151 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
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Australia's highest sealed road, a long alpine climb over Mount Hotham.
110 km · 68.4 mi · Atlas rating 9.3 / 10
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A granite plateau climb of clean hairpins used by Australian hillclimbers for a century.
30 km · 18.6 mi · Atlas rating 8.9 / 10
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