Australia by Road - The 1 to Follow

This hole in the rock is in the shape of Australia, and you'll come across it in Narooma on Highway 1, the Princes Highway, on the New South Wales South Coast.

But you don't need to simply look at the map of Australia — etched out of a rock or drawn on paper — you can, if you wanted to, take Australia's circumferential Highway 1 all around the continent with side trips to your destinations of choice.

Of course, there's no need to take the whole circle route but it's easy enough to travel convenient sections of it.

Unless you go inland, you'd miss the nation's capital, Canberra, which isn't on Highway 1. You'd also miss Tasmania across Bass Strait but you'd have the option to catch the ferry from Melbourne.

• Narooma: 'Land of Many Waters'
• Around Australia on Highway 1
• Australia by Train
• Take the Ferry to Devonport

Photo: Australia Rock at Narooma © Larry Rivera licensed to About.com, Inc