Fang this lot with a babe riding shotgun.
Phillip Island
Ok, so it’s not a public road. But there’s still no finer piece of hotmix in Australia than the Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit. It can get bloody wet down there, but no other track or road offers the same level of
high-speed pant-stains – or the possibility of notching up some serious penguin roadkill.
Great Ocean Road
Australia's most picturesque driving road, taking in landmarks such as the Twelve Apostles, is also probably its most famous. Which means that every caravan-towing nan and pop wants to crawl along it at walking pace. Shame, as it’s a bloody fun if you luck into a clear run. Which is usually about 3am. Bummer.
Snowy Mountains Highway
The big daddy of fast-blast touring roads is this alpine highway, 370 kays of flowing and twisting fun between Gundagai in the north and Cooma in the south. In summer, it’s the best spot in Oz to stretch the legs of any serious performance car.
Reefton Spur/Black Spur
In the middle of Victoria’s recent horror bushfires and linked by the decimated township of Marysville, the Reefton Spur/Black Spur combo is legendary among petrolheads. No other Aussie road can match it for twisty,
white-knuckled thrills.
Mt Panorama
For driving excitement, this scores a zero ’cos it’s a public two-way road, heavily policed and speed limited. But it’s also hallowed ground, with history oozing from the asphalt – and the ghosts of the 13 race
drivers
who’ve carked it on the track. Even cruising around the circuit at the 60km/h limit is worth doing.
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