The legendary Bonang Road from Orbost to Delegate River on the NSW border in either direction is the most challenging of all these roads, though thankfully it is no longer a logging road. It’s fully sealed now (though they’re just doing the second sheeting on the final 10kms between Goongerah and Bonang which has a lot of loose gravel presently), but it’s a bit rough south of Goongerah to Sardine Creek which is earmarked for repair once the second sheet is completed on the new section. The Mitta Mitta pub or the Anglers Rest pub on the Mitta Mitta run are good lunch options. It’s worth taking a run up to Mount Buffalo for the historic Chalet and spectacular views, though it’s a slow, tight climb. A good list you’ve complied overall … 🎉
Must do Bonang again now it’s fully sealed! Thanks for sharing guys, your encyclopaedic knowledge of riding roads is incredible and I can’t wait to ride with you again!
You've got it pretty right. I wouldn't argue with any of that. If you're looking for more, it'll be minor back roads. Let's see... in the Strathbogies, there's Highlands Road between Seymour and Caveat. Polly McQuinn Road. Harry's Creek Road (bit cut up these days). Ruffy - Longwood East Road. Euroa-Mansfield Road. In the Yarra Valley, there' Buttermans Track, Kinglake-Glenburn Road, the run up Donna Buang from Warburton. Further north, there' Myrtleford-Stanley Road and bits of Buckland Gap. Mount Buffalo Road is a ripper. Lockhart's Gap. Up near the Murray, George's Creek Road, Talgarno Gap and most of Murray River Road. In the east, Buchan-Orbost Road through Bete Bolong when it's clean. Cassilis Road is a good alternative to the Great Alpine. That's keep you busy for a while.
Thanks for this - very much appreciated. A few there I definitely don't recognise so we'll make the effort to check them out. 👍 (I gave Highlands Rd a big wrap in one of our videos, do like Butterman's Track, Donna Buang is OK when not too busy, see the potential in Mount Buffalo Rd if we rode it not in January [so much traffic], was disappointed in Georges Creek Rd [was expecting more], Lockharts Gap always too busy, still that's the route we take, Murray River Rd is always nice!)
Just rode the Buchan-Orbost Road on Tuesday. Never again. Very slow run and sketchy surface at times. Also did the Cassilis earlier that day from Omeo. The road surface is just too bumpy, and I’ve got new Ohlins. Would rather faster, open sweepers personally. Agree on the Murray River road from Walwa to the Granya Pass, which is a good run …
Great line up and totally agree with your number 1. I also agree that when “they” drop the speed limits down, it actually becomes more dangerous because time that should be spent looking at the road, is spent looking at the speedo. I remember a few years back riding in VIC with my wife on the back and getting an earful because I kept looking at my GPS - I wasn’t looking at the GPS I was looking at the speedo. And she was absolutely correct, I was looking at it WAY more than could be considered safe but then VIC has stupidly tight tolerances on their cameras and radars…..
This is such good research material. Thanks so much for making it. I've been looking at doing some of these rides for ages. Also, I'm pretty local to Sth Gippsland. Some amazing rides around there, as you say. Happy to provide any info.
G'day, I'm originally form Victora but have been living in WA for 29 years, I'm heading over to Vic to ride the high country with a couple of mates soon and found your Video very interesting, I have been to many of the roads in your top 30 but many that I have not so thanks for the info. Cheers.
Did Vic High Country 2019 and covered 4 of the top 5 plus a few of the others. Your list is now forming the basis of our Vic 2024 “soft” trip with plenty of brewery stops 😂 and we have planned to do your entire list all on this run. Will take 3 days to get from Perth to Horsham and kick off at the Grampians and into Otways. Thanks for your vids 👍🏼
This video is definitely in the save folder. It seems Vic and Tassie are the places to ride with so many roads close together that are reasonably able to be accessed, You and Toni certainly have experienced many great roads. Thanks for all the good tips.
Great video, the only problem I see is it's like telling everyone your favourite fishing spot. I live in the Yarra Valley and know a lot of these roads. Now we are going to get a lot more weekend warriors from the Burbs who think they are Moto GP riders. A lot of them only know how to ride suburban streets.😢
Thanks. I hope that's not the case. Another way of looking at it is, those that travel to the Vic roads, might spread-out to different roads instead of just doing the same ones all the time. You're 'lucky' to live in such a wonderful area.
Hi mate ,well covered have done most of theses roads wouldn’t ride the Reefton spur on weekends to many people cutting corners Reefton pub great place to stop for the night cheers
Just back from 5 days of riding many of the roads you mentioned. I certainly agree with your top 2. One other contender would be the road up Mount Buffalo (near Bright). Traffic can be a problem in busy times. 😊
Yes - Mount Buffalo Rd. I thought about that and know it can be a lot better than when we've ridden it - usually in January (or December). The traffic is terrible then, but still rode up to the Horn Lookout. That said, I think you're right - it's got distance and surface quality too.
Thanks again. Swampy Plains Creek Rd up to Cabramurra etc is NSW isn’t it. Fantastic ride! 👍 Victoria has enough great roads without stealing that one from NSW. 😀
Excellent video! Look forward to a similar video for NSW. Would love to spend 5-7 days in NSW and explore the best (sealed) roads over there later this year.
Thanks. I think NSW has a lot more riding between great roads as it's a much bigger state with plenty of great gravel roads. You can certainly do a big chunk of NSW best in 7 days though.
Incase you're interested, we posted a NSW list a few years back. I’d make a few changes now, but there wouldn’t be very many (to NSW which has 3-pages). The VIC page is way out of date. facebook.com/share/zHczPXBT64i6cri4/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Thanks. I actually list that road at the beginning of the video. Sort of added that list because I forgot a few roads which I had no footage on or just wasn’t sure. It’d be better than a few - should have done a top 40. 😀 👍
There was one or two I'm not sure if I've ridden on your list but would agree with them all. Order is a subjective thing, although I do agree with what I've known as the Mitta Mitta Rd being no.1. Have a look at roads around Pyalong NW of Broadford as there are some beauties there (I now live in Bendigo). I'm not sure if it should be no.31 but the Walhalla rd is also a good one, although leaf litter and tourist traffic particularly on weekends can be a downer. There are also a couple of other roads around the Grampians that are worth a good explore as well, and as I write, the road to and from Wilsons Prom can be a lot of fun. Thanks for your list.
Thanks for your comment and I'm also agreeing with everything you said. 30 seconds into the video I also list a bunch of roads that won't be mentioned and they included Wilsons Prom, Highlands Rd (near Pyalong), Tyers Rd (Walhalla), though I didn't mention Walhalla Rd nor Thomson Dam Access Rd also near Walhalla which is also great. 👍 Damn Victoria, there's just too many great roads. 😀😀
Great reviews, I am in south eastern Melbourne and will have to do Skyline again as last time I did it there was still gravel sections. I did Licola road as a first longer outing on my FJR1300 a couple of weeks back as part of a nearly 600km day and it was fantastic.
Thanks. Licola is better known by Victorians (one tipped us) so I don’t hear too many people riding it. Such a fabulous ride! We topped it off by doing it from Jamieson which was spectacular over the mountains.
Mate! Video is exceptional! Thank you!.. "... And there it was... the key!!..." Headed over feb!!... WSBK... Thanks again!..hope to see you on the road Mate!...
I have ridden most of the roads that you have mentioned in your video. Other than the ones in the Gippsland region. But roads I think your missing and I think I know the reasons they are missing. 1. Mt Buller Rd. (Speed limit ) 2. Mt Buffalo Rd. (Speed limit) 3. Whanregarwhen Rd near Alexandra 4. Yarck Rd. 5. Harry's creek Rd. 6. Euroa- Merton Rd 7. Acheron way Just to name a few but love the video.
Thanks - great comment. 😀 Hindsight tells me I should have mentioned Mt Buffalo (great rd without the peak season traffic, or very hot temperatures literally melting the bitumen on corners) and Euro-Merton Rd (great 100km/h rd, surface and twisties). There'd be heaps more to mention, some we've ridden and lots we haven't. We are always looking for new roads and now-days, gravel too, whilst a lot of people tend to do the same roads over and again. Mt Buller - long straights to get to a nice climb as an out-and-back. Haven't done Whanregarwhen or Yarck and couldn't find Harry's Creek to know if we've done it. Archeron Way (in the middle of the gold mine of roads) isn't sealed (unless that's happened recently). Interestingly, I didn't mention Baw Baw either, but that's because we didn't get inspired by it. Thanks again for the tips.
Reefton Spur is f@#$ked at the moment which is a real shame. There are some great roads in there and some awesome dirt tracks which run off those roads too!
@@CRFLAus Just the rain and storms have left it with some pretty bad potholes and rough sections. It's similar to how Gembrook-Launching Place Road is. Thankfully, that is being repaired slowly.
That's a real shame. Some friends rode it a couple of weeks ago and didn't mention that. The dirt roads off these great roads is now something we are very interested in and find a lot of it harder to research. We've done a bit, but always looking...
80 kmh more dangerous than 100kmh. 100%. Need to be looking where you are going, not the speedo. Also overtaking you are on the wrong side so much longer.
I've done maybe 80% of these roads, l like your list.....But, you rank some roads because they can have traffic on them, mmm, ok. You think it is safer to do 100, instead of 80 in the twisties, surely 150km would be safer. You say some roads have debris on them after bad weather, I'll make sure l don't ride those roads. Lastly, maybe it's just the camera, but you seem to be very close to the rider in front coming into corners. Just my point of view.
To clarify, I believe some roads can be safer with a higher speed limit so a rider can concentrate on the road rather than regularly checking their speedo, making sure they’re not going 85 in an 80 for example. The Omeo Hwy is a fine example of this - just because it’s a 100 limit, doesn’t mean you’ll go that fast, you can’t in most places. I’m not fussed on busy roads so traffic is a major consideration. I’ve ridden Reefton Spur & Eildon-Jamieson with so much debris on them, you couldn’t see any bitumen - this matters to me and I definitely would not ride them again in those conditions. Otherwise, they’re great roads. I know I’m too close to my wife when I am videoing her - I do need to fix this, thanks.
You're a nonger chilly2711...you don't sound like a rider who knows much about riding to be frank...if you were, you wouldn't say such things because you would know. Do some real riding
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The legendary Bonang Road from Orbost to Delegate River on the NSW border in either direction is the most challenging of all these roads, though thankfully it is no longer a logging road. It’s fully sealed now (though they’re just doing the second sheeting on the final 10kms between Goongerah and Bonang which has a lot of loose gravel presently), but it’s a bit rough south of Goongerah to Sardine Creek which is earmarked for repair once the second sheet is completed on the new section. The Mitta Mitta pub or the Anglers Rest pub on the Mitta Mitta run are good lunch options. It’s worth taking a run up to Mount Buffalo for the historic Chalet and spectacular views, though it’s a slow, tight climb. A good list you’ve complied overall … 🎉
Thanks and thanks for the Bonang update. Yeah maybe Buffalo needed a mention, we've done a video on the Horn Lookout - it's excellent.
Bonang from delegate to Orbost has to be one of the best roads in the country. Legal racetrack.
I agree with the number 1 ride
Must do Bonang again now it’s fully sealed!
Thanks for sharing guys, your encyclopaedic knowledge of riding roads is incredible and I can’t wait to ride with you again!
Would be very much looking forward to that!
You've got it pretty right. I wouldn't argue with any of that. If you're looking for more, it'll be minor back roads. Let's see... in the Strathbogies, there's Highlands Road between Seymour and Caveat. Polly McQuinn Road. Harry's Creek Road (bit cut up these days). Ruffy - Longwood East Road. Euroa-Mansfield Road. In the Yarra Valley, there' Buttermans Track, Kinglake-Glenburn Road, the run up Donna Buang from Warburton. Further north, there' Myrtleford-Stanley Road and bits of Buckland Gap. Mount Buffalo Road is a ripper. Lockhart's Gap. Up near the Murray, George's Creek Road, Talgarno Gap and most of Murray River Road. In the east, Buchan-Orbost Road through Bete Bolong when it's clean. Cassilis Road is a good alternative to the Great Alpine. That's keep you busy for a while.
Thanks for this - very much appreciated. A few there I definitely don't recognise so we'll make the effort to check them out. 👍 (I gave Highlands Rd a big wrap in one of our videos, do like Butterman's Track, Donna Buang is OK when not too busy, see the potential in Mount Buffalo Rd if we rode it not in January [so much traffic], was disappointed in Georges Creek Rd [was expecting more], Lockharts Gap always too busy, still that's the route we take, Murray River Rd is always nice!)
Just rode the Buchan-Orbost Road on Tuesday. Never again. Very slow run and sketchy surface at times. Also did the Cassilis earlier that day from Omeo. The road surface is just too bumpy, and I’ve got new Ohlins. Would rather faster, open sweepers personally. Agree on the Murray River road from Walwa to the Granya Pass, which is a good run …
Brilliant work! I’ll be back in a jiffy😎
Thanks, enjoy...
Great line up and totally agree with your number 1. I also agree that when “they” drop the speed limits down, it actually becomes more dangerous because time that should be spent looking at the road, is spent looking at the speedo. I remember a few years back riding in VIC with my wife on the back and getting an earful because I kept looking at my GPS - I wasn’t looking at the GPS I was looking at the speedo. And she was absolutely correct, I was looking at it WAY more than could be considered safe but then VIC has stupidly tight tolerances on their cameras and radars…..
Thanks and I totally agree... 👍
Best resource on RUclips for road research (even if researching for fun on four wheels rather than two!
Thanks, glad it might be useful. 👍
Well done! You've certainly done your homework.
Thanks. And we just like to share stuff that might be useful to people. That’s what the YT and FB page are about.
Gembrook - launching place…great little close to Melbourne ride
Thanks, I agree but although I've mapped to do that road as part of a Mirboo loop ride from Healesville, we still haven't done it. 😕
A great resource, thanks!
Great to hear, thanks.
I remember having a blast on the road from Halls Gap down to Dunkeld. The high speed sweepers at 100kph (😉) were great!
We actually missed that road as we planned to do it on the way back from Adelaide. Thanks for sharing. 👍
I certainly agree with number 1. Ive said it a million times ;)
You and many others it seems.
This is such good research material. Thanks so much for making it. I've been looking at doing some of these rides for ages.
Also, I'm pretty local to Sth Gippsland. Some amazing rides around there, as you say. Happy to provide any info.
Thanks. Victoria does have some of our best roads - sealed & unsealed. We’re always open to further advice 👍.
G'day, I'm originally form Victora but have been living in WA for 29 years, I'm heading over to Vic to ride the high country with a couple of mates soon and found your Video very interesting, I have been to many of the roads in your top 30 but many that I have not so thanks for the info. Cheers.
Thanks, have a great ride...
Did Vic High Country 2019 and covered 4 of the top 5 plus a few of the others.
Your list is now forming the basis of our Vic 2024 “soft” trip with plenty of brewery stops 😂 and we have planned to do your entire list all on this run.
Will take 3 days to get from Perth to Horsham and kick off at the Grampians and into Otways.
Thanks for your vids 👍🏼
Now that sounds like a great trip! Enjoy.
Totally agree with choice of number one
👍 It'd be hard to dispute that one 😀.
This video is definitely in the save folder. It seems Vic and Tassie are the places to ride with so many roads close together that are reasonably able to be accessed, You and Toni certainly have experienced many great roads. Thanks for all the good tips.
Thanks. It's pretty exciting stuff, so we're very happy to share and hope it's useful...
Love the Omeo hi way!
It’s so good!
I have driven most of these in winter with the heater on.😅 Great video.
Thanks. That's the only season we avoid. 😀
Great video, the only problem I see is it's like telling everyone your favourite fishing spot. I live in the Yarra Valley and know a lot of these roads. Now we are going to get a lot more weekend warriors from the Burbs who think they are Moto GP riders. A lot of them only know how to ride suburban streets.😢
Thanks. I hope that's not the case. Another way of looking at it is, those that travel to the Vic roads, might spread-out to different roads instead of just doing the same ones all the time. You're 'lucky' to live in such a wonderful area.
Fantastic resource. Great voiceover and presentation. Thanks mate.
Thanks, hope it is useful 👍.
Hi mate ,well covered have done most of theses roads wouldn’t ride the Reefton spur on weekends to many people cutting corners Reefton pub great place to stop for the night cheers
Thanks. Lots of great roads out there. Haven't stayed at the Reefton Pub - will keep that in mind 👍.
Skyline Rd is one of my favourites.. the lookout is awesome.
Glad to hear - I know a few of the Melbourne groups ride it but it doesn't get many mentions. 👍
Thankyou for putting up such a great video, this acts as an reference for our group every time we plan a weekend ride.
Thanks, that’s fantastic. There is so much great riding in Victoria, still plenty more to do 😀.
Just back from 5 days of riding many of the roads you mentioned. I certainly agree with your top 2.
One other contender would be the road up Mount Buffalo (near Bright). Traffic can be a problem in busy times. 😊
Yes - Mount Buffalo Rd. I thought about that and know it can be a lot better than when we've ridden it - usually in January (or December). The traffic is terrible then, but still rode up to the Horn Lookout. That said, I think you're right - it's got distance and surface quality too.
Buchan - Orbost Rd either way is a must great sealed road.
Also Khancoban up swampy plains rd to Kiandra a must ride
Thanks again. Swampy Plains Creek Rd up to Cabramurra etc is NSW isn’t it. Fantastic ride! 👍 Victoria has enough great roads without stealing that one from NSW. 😀
Yes you are right 🤟
Excellent video! Look forward to a similar video for NSW. Would love to spend 5-7 days in NSW and explore the best (sealed) roads over there later this year.
Thanks. I think NSW has a lot more riding between great roads as it's a much bigger state with plenty of great gravel roads. You can certainly do a big chunk of NSW best in 7 days though.
Incase you're interested, we posted a NSW list a few years back. I’d make a few changes now, but there wouldn’t be very many (to NSW which has 3-pages). The VIC page is way out of date.
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Would have to agree with number one completely.
Thanks so much for the video. A great overview that will help me to research further areas to ride.
Thanks - glad you might find it useful. There's plenty of great riding out there.
Buchan-Orbost rd either from Orbost or buchan fully sealed great ride either way
Thanks. I actually list that road at the beginning of the video. Sort of added that list because I forgot a few roads which I had no footage on or just wasn’t sure. It’d be better than a few - should have done a top 40. 😀 👍
There was one or two I'm not sure if I've ridden on your list but would agree with them all. Order is a subjective thing, although I do agree with what I've known as the Mitta Mitta Rd being no.1. Have a look at roads around Pyalong NW of Broadford as there are some beauties there (I now live in Bendigo). I'm not sure if it should be no.31 but the Walhalla rd is also a good one, although leaf litter and tourist traffic particularly on weekends can be a downer. There are also a couple of other roads around the Grampians that are worth a good explore as well, and as I write, the road to and from Wilsons Prom can be a lot of fun. Thanks for your list.
Thanks for your comment and I'm also agreeing with everything you said. 30 seconds into the video I also list a bunch of roads that won't be mentioned and they included Wilsons Prom, Highlands Rd (near Pyalong), Tyers Rd (Walhalla), though I didn't mention Walhalla Rd nor Thomson Dam Access Rd also near Walhalla which is also great. 👍
Damn Victoria, there's just too many great roads. 😀😀
Great reviews, I am in south eastern Melbourne and will have to do Skyline again as last time I did it there was still gravel sections. I did Licola road as a first longer outing on my FJR1300 a couple of weeks back as part of a nearly 600km day and it was fantastic.
Thanks. Licola is better known by Victorians (one tipped us) so I don’t hear too many people riding it. Such a fabulous ride!
We topped it off by doing it from Jamieson which was spectacular over the mountains.
Great list, I bought my MT-10 for the Reefton.
Thanks. Great reasoning 😀. Now that'd be fun.
Mt-10 for reefton??? why would you need a heavy 1000c bike for such a narrow road
Mate! Video is exceptional! Thank you!..
"... And there it was... the key!!..."
Headed over feb!!... WSBK...
Thanks again!..hope to see you on the road Mate!...
Glad you enjoyed it, VIC roads have a lot to offer.
Great video thanks
Thanks, hope it's useful...
Have you tried Lake Glenmaggie to Licola in Gippsland? Along the Macalister River.
You answered this yourself 👍. Loved it.
fantastic video t hank you!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
I should do it. I live in Stratford.
Absolutely! You can scroll through our videos and you’ll see a dedicated video on just that ride. Then you’ll do it 👍.
Chum crk Rd is absolutely fabulous
I agree. Just gets a little bit busier than Myers Creek. Fabulous area. 👍
I used to live in Doreen and go through Kinglake and do laps of Chum crk Rd Healsville then Myers crk Rd midweek days...to much fun😊
I have ridden most of the roads that you have mentioned in your video. Other than the ones in the Gippsland region.
But roads I think your missing and I think I know the reasons they are missing.
1. Mt Buller Rd. (Speed limit )
2. Mt Buffalo Rd. (Speed limit)
3. Whanregarwhen Rd near Alexandra
4. Yarck Rd.
5. Harry's creek Rd.
6. Euroa- Merton Rd
7. Acheron way
Just to name a few but love the video.
Thanks - great comment. 😀 Hindsight tells me I should have mentioned Mt Buffalo (great rd without the peak season traffic, or very hot temperatures literally melting the bitumen on corners) and Euro-Merton Rd (great 100km/h rd, surface and twisties). There'd be heaps more to mention, some we've ridden and lots we haven't. We are always looking for new roads and now-days, gravel too, whilst a lot of people tend to do the same roads over and again.
Mt Buller - long straights to get to a nice climb as an out-and-back. Haven't done Whanregarwhen or Yarck and couldn't find Harry's Creek to know if we've done it.
Archeron Way (in the middle of the gold mine of roads) isn't sealed (unless that's happened recently).
Interestingly, I didn't mention Baw Baw either, but that's because we didn't get inspired by it.
Thanks again for the tips.
Would’ve to know what type tyres your running as in 50/50 60/40 70/30 ?? Mittas ? What.
They're E07+ which are 50/50. Pretty good on tar and gravel and reasonably quiet on the road. 3rd rear, still on the first front.
Reefton Spur is f@#$ked at the moment which is a real shame.
There are some great roads in there and some awesome dirt tracks which run off those roads too!
I haven't been up there in a while. What's up with it? I've been riding the Reefton for 25 years and it goes through good and bad stages.
@@CRFLAus Just the rain and storms have left it with some pretty bad potholes and rough sections.
It's similar to how Gembrook-Launching Place Road is. Thankfully, that is being repaired slowly.
That's a real shame. Some friends rode it a couple of weeks ago and didn't mention that.
The dirt roads off these great roads is now something we are very interested in and find a lot of it harder to research. We've done a bit, but always looking...
What are you doing man!
Bike roads are like fishing spots.
Don’t go telling everyone.
Glad you missed my favourites .
@@harryshaw3760 There's plenty for everyone. In fact, I'm on your favourite roads right now. Whatchya gonna do about it? 😀
My bad, I hadn't got that far in the video.
All good.
80 kmh more dangerous than 100kmh. 100%. Need to be looking where you are going, not the speedo. Also overtaking you are on the wrong side so much longer.
I've done maybe 80% of these roads, l like your list.....But, you rank some roads because they can have traffic on them, mmm, ok.
You think it is safer to do 100, instead of 80 in the twisties, surely 150km would be safer.
You say some roads have debris on them after bad weather, I'll make sure l don't ride those roads.
Lastly, maybe it's just the camera, but you seem to be very close to the rider in front coming into corners. Just my point of view.
To clarify, I believe some roads can be safer with a higher speed limit so a rider can concentrate on the road rather than regularly checking their speedo, making sure they’re not going 85 in an 80 for example. The Omeo Hwy is a fine example of this - just because it’s a 100 limit, doesn’t mean you’ll go that fast, you can’t in most places.
I’m not fussed on busy roads so traffic is a major consideration.
I’ve ridden Reefton Spur & Eildon-Jamieson with so much debris on them, you couldn’t see any bitumen - this matters to me and I definitely would not ride them again in those conditions. Otherwise, they’re great roads.
I know I’m too close to my wife when I am videoing her - I do need to fix this, thanks.
You're a nonger chilly2711...you don't sound like a rider who knows much about riding to be frank...if you were, you wouldn't say such things because you would know. Do some real riding