- Australia's circumferential Highway 1 takes you all around the continent, generally following a coastal route. Here's the Highway 1 (Princes Highway) route from Melbourne to Adelaide.
Travel west, then southwwest, on Highway 1 from Melbourne to Geelong.
Just outside Geelong, you may decide to leave the Princes Highway and instead take the scenic Great Ocean Road from Torquay to Apollo Bay and on to the Twelve Apostles.
Rejoin the Princess Highway just before Warrnambool.
Side trip
- A side trip is to take the route north from the intersection between Warrnambool and Port Fairy and head to Grampians National Park.
West into South Australia
Back on the Princes Highway, travel west past Lower Glenelg National Park and cross the border to South Australia.
From Mt Gambier just across the Victorian border, head northwest into Adelaide.
Side trips
- Interesting side trips on this section of Highway 1 include visits to the Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island south of Adelaide.
Next page: Adelaide to Perth
Around Australia on Highway 1
- Sydney to Melbourne
- Melbourne to Adelaide
- Adelaide to Perth
- Perth to Darwin
- Darwin to Brisbane
- Brisbane to Sydney
Melbourne Sightseeing
- Melbourne's Top 10 Free Attractions
- Free City Circle Tram
- Free City Tourist Shuttle
- Federation Square
- Melbourne Museum
- Royal Exhibition Building
- Melbourne's Southbank
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