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Hey guys and girls,

I'm interested in seeing what all your favourite roads to drive through are.

GOR and the dandenongs are pretty obvious places.

I like Yarra Bend Park, which i came across yesterday much to my delight :)

Alexandra Avenue is alright too :D

~Sam

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Euroa-Merton rd for us country lads, Tolmie-Whitfield rd is great, only been there in the work van, have always meant to go back, it would easily rival the great ocean rd for bends, without the traffic. The black spur heading out of Melbourne is another, where do you stop?

rrrage: is the yarra bend Park the one near chandler exist of eastern freeway? the one where you have an awesome view of the city at the top of the hill? Be very careful as their is sometimes a big police presence around their as those roads were made for racing!! my bro got picked up on his motorbike scraping his knee around a corner he was that low.

great bit of road though!

I agree with the dandenongs, not bad up past marysville aswell. Some roads around vineyards of mornington peninsula are very good aswell, near arthurs seat chairlift and sh*t.

Enjoy.

Paradizzle.

yup that's the one. there were a group of bikers there too.

i talked to my uncle about it today. he told me how when he was younger he'd go there with his friends at midnight and have a hoon... but now the speed limit is 50 and the cops patrol it. ahwell.

Still definately worth a hoon dude. good sideways corners, providing road is not that busy. Alot of the time its pretty good and u can go nuts, but wen u least expect it the boyz in blue r their to bend u over. Good place to test any suspension set up.

paradizzle

greg: where abouts in eltham are you talking about??

I love the kinglake/whittlesea road, but becareful of the black ice in winter... kangaroo ground panton hill is fun too, used to be 100k limit around there but now it's 80. Going out to warrandyte from research, or kangaroo ground has some fun twisties also.

greg: where abouts in eltham are you talking about??

I love the kinglake/whittlesea road, but becareful of the black ice in winter... kangaroo ground panton hill is fun too, used to be 100k limit around there but now it's 80.  Going out to warrandyte from research, or kangaroo ground has some fun twisties also.

yeah, i do that run and surrounding areas a bit, very nice drive... some of the roads, cant remember what one exactly, have been resurfaced lately :(

Mountain Hwy and and Mt. Dandenong Tourist Rd (off Canturbury Rd) both heading up the mountain at about 3am on a nice crisp night, nothing beats an uphill fang :(

geez Adz, thats my favourite haunt and time.. i used to fang the corolla around there all the time. Might seeya up there in the 'line sometime. I get there by belgrave-hallam road, starts off *real* steap, heh

mike

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