who the hell decided to stripe a bike lane on a motorway?? 😭

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There’s one stretch of pacific motorway that changes speed limit depending on weather and one bit further north on woy woy road central coast 80km normally but 60 when wet

Big mistake, you should have stopped at Penno hotel for a meal and beers than hit the metal. What car are you driving?

Not sure if a bypass is a real bypass if they go to all that cost and there’s absolutely zero duplication so you can get past the truck or caravan in front of (aka Scone).

Having done this drive about a thousand times now, I still appreciate the vast changes in scenery that you go through - in good seasons when it's all green; in poor seasons when it's all greys and brown, and after fires when it's still a smoking wreck. It's got some wonderful scenery - and if you know where to turn off here and there, some epic waterfalls! A slightly longer but equally scenic alternative is to drive north of Armidale to Guyra and head to Ebor from there - the rest remains the same.

Thank you for the video and thanks for driving like a competent person. Driving not always in the right lane showing you are obviously better than most drivers these days. Nice work! 🙏😁

Imagine all that metro, busways and railways you could have built with that funding, ressources and engineers. Just one more lane won´t fix traffic.

It looks like you are driving 🚗 too fast 😮 where the cops 👮‍♂️ 🤣 , 🚗 🚓 🚓 🚓 🚓 🚓 🚓 🚓 , 😂😂

This has to be a joke. What scenery? Just bare grass hills. Straight road for miles, single lane each way, few overtaking sections and 110kms at 100kmph! Even worse on a motorcycle with NSW police cars catching ACT drivers and riders to gain state revenue.

15:51 if your wondering why the traffic lights aren’t on is because the road isn’t that busy and only used for if the m1 motorway get closed down

1967 to 1973 our annual 2 weeks Christmas holidays at Thompson street Toowoon Bay. with my parents. Long Jetty, Toowoon bay and The Entrance as a 5 year old to 11 year old. The carnival at The Entrance, trampolines, swimming at the Entrance rock pool, Toowoon bay and prawning with large drag nets and hire paddle boats at Long Jetty, my first a garfish at the jetty at the end of Pacific street but beware of the pelican itch! 🤣 Roller skating at the Long Jetty roller ring. My first movie was the Sound of Music at The Entrance cinema, all the moving lights prawning in the lake. Central coast will always hold a place in my heart but so many things have changed.

00:20 the penno pub take me back to the 1970s

If somebody told u or not but being a member from p platters u are really amazing person sir. Thank u 🙏

Looking at the comments am I the only one that thinks some of those speed limits are ridiculous - 60 kmph.

I have to say only small parts of that drive were spectacular. You want a nice drive go from Byron Bay to Midginbil NSW. Well worth it.

Wow... love your videos... very relaxing. A lot of diversity in this one.

No Great Apostles. Unimigagiable on a drive along the Great Ocean Road.

Such a beautiful basin wasted on all those politicians!🙄 Why the six-month lag between filming and posting? Is it a normal thing?

Never been down this way in summer. Looks much nicer, pretty gloomy and brown in winter.

Just want to say that guy in the grey Nissan Pathfinder at 2:00 is a shit driver. Empty left lane but moves the right brake checks you then when you move left he speeds up cuts you off to exit off the highway.

Wow😂

Nice! The first 7 minutes particularly familiar as for several years I worked in Civic and commuted from Theodore. And many years before that madcap Friday night runs to the snowfields! Agree with you about the scenery, especially the mountains out of shot in the West.

We rode through there in 88 for the Bicentennial Bike ride and some local was trying to explain how Monaro is Aboriginal for a plain or something when from the back an Italian called Tony Farciano piped up and and said no its Italian for fast car.

One of my personal symbols of home is the poplar trees that early settlers planted in the region around Canberra. They are becoming less obvious on the Barton and Federal highways as they keep being upgraded but there are still plenty along the Monaro. There is a huge stand near Michelago.

Used to do the Sydney - Gippsland round trip a few times a year and drove this road a fair bit... 25 years ago now, damn OK now I feel old! I miss it. Such beautiful countryside.

Great drive! Are you aware that Transurban operates the 495 and 95 Express Toll Lanes in the US state of Virginia?

That grass on Northbourne av looks so fugly, let's just hope the trees will eventually look as majestic as they did before the light-rail

The scenery south of canberra is beautiful

The 2000s songs bring me back to when I played Burnout Paradise and just cruised around the city

canberra only three hour drive from Me

Great video mate! I remember travelling alot on this road when I was little, definitely one of the most scenic roads in NSW! Although it does get quite congested at times, even in the summer. I hope it will get upgraded to dual carriageway someday in the future…

Will you be going towards Bombala/Victoria on the Monaro or Bega on the Snowy Mountain for Park 2?

I guess experience plays a large factor here. As a L plater who decided to give this route a shot at night, especially after after the various winding roads leading up the Peats Ridge Road. Scenery would be a lot better during the day I suppose, late at night on these near empty roads was a nightmare 😅

Thank you so much for putting this up , gave lots of confidence to make the trip .

I thought when you said it was a 5 lane each way freeway that it would stay like that. It went to 3 lanes pretty quick 😅

Maate! You didn't mention the Pole House at 20:07. :) The first thing my family would look for on a drive to the 12 Apostles.

I went on a roadtrip to Melbourne earlier this year and we checked out pakenham as my mum grew up there in the 80s and hasn’t been back since

Great memories...was driving this road after getting license in 64. Always loved the bendy Hawkesbury section. Surface was concrete and largely single lane. Tht was prior to the Calga Freeway section and then the F3. Would become very choked on Sundays with few double lanes, Thanks for posting.

Such a good drive now not having to go through Maclean and Woodburn. Those places had the worst local traffic.

Jack and the m1

Great video. I've done this road many times between Sydney and SE Qld. It's good for some variation compared with doing the full New England highway. Just be careful not to fry your brakes heading from Nowendoc turnoff down to Gloucester. And some of the turns are blind and they are pretty tight too.

why australia has so little motorways? for example why did M4 end straight at Penrith? Why not extend it to Orange? or M15? At least Victoria is doing something to expand its motorway network...

I'm surprised Melbourne have this amazing wide backbone stretch of freeway.

i have now watched a lot of your trips, which I too have done, so very special memory... The GOR - Great Ocean Road was fantastic... I nearly got car sick!!... I love that trip and do it regularly,,, but of course not at the speed!!! eheheh love your work.. I would love to know the elevation of the places you go through too...

I was wondering if I'd see the huge old Oak Milk Bar on this drive, but I doubt it's still around. I think it was up in Peats Ridge anyway but I can't recall, I was too young.

Wish you would have a playlist on this channel

Im courios do you drive Auto or Manual?

Goat track 😢

Watch for potholes! Pothole highway!