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can any1 recommend me a good website where it'll show a detailed journey to melbourne from sydney? coz i found 1 before, but i cannot remember the actual website. also, which highway would u recommend ? hume or prince ? i want to get there in the shortest time possible.

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Go the Hume

you cant get lost......

fill up in sydney ( liverpool ) then head towards canberra, do not take the canbera exit.

livo - albury is about 550km can fill up along the way at truck stops.

albury petrol is expensive.

once you past Albury, its a very long straight road. becarefull of cops sitting in the divided behind bushes.

hey hey, done this a fair few times both in the R32 and in the ceffy and a few other cars.

check tyre pressures (most important), change engine oil and radiator fluids (if you have to) and then head out towards liverpool, jump on the hum and follow the signs that say melbourne.

In an R32 you'll want to fill up once in Gundagai, and then maybe top up if you want in Albury-Wodonga (but stop at the maccers n get something to eat). Then keep driving, and you should be able to stop on the hume at Cragieburn (outer limit suburb of melb) and grab something to eat.

That's what I do anyways, usually the trip takes me about 8 hours with stops. I try and avoid weekends as trucks seem to use that time frequently. Its best to drive in the daytime as you see the wallabies on the freeway, pieces of tyre, and front fenders (yes I swerved to avoid a front grille off a semi trailer once) on the highway. Always stay behind a truck, try and avoid staying on the side of one for too long, unless you like the peppered effect on the side of your car.

I'd also reccomend a car bra, but if you can't afford one, some thick plastic stitched onto some cotton cloth (thanks mum) with holes and ziptied to the bumpers n fenders do the trick for me.

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