Australian highways guide
What are the main highways in Australia, where do they go and what are the best stops on the way? Check out our Australian highways guide to find out.
Australia is joined up by several very, very long roads. The highway system is the skeleton of the country, with many of the roads crossing through remote outback territory.
Australia Travel Questions is putting together guides to some of the most important highways for visitors. This is very much a work in progress, so check back here for more guides in future.
The completed guides at the moment, with their start points and end points, are as follows.
Guides to Australian highways
Arnhem Highway: Bees Creek on the Stuart Highway, about 35km south of Darwin, to Cahills Crossing in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory.
Augusta Highway: Port Wakefield to Port Augusta, South Australia.
Barkly Highway: Threeways Roadhouse on the Stuart Highway, Northern Territory to Cloncurry, Queensland.
Barrier Highway: Nyngan, New South Wales, to Giles Corner, South Australia.
Calder Highway: Melbourne to just over the New South Wales border north of Mildura, Victoria.
Capricorn Highway: Rockhampton to Barcaldine, Queensland.
Cunningham Highway: Ipswich to Goondiwindi, Queensland
Dukes Highway: Tailem Bend, South Australia, to the Victorian border.
Eyre Highway: Norseman, Western Australia to Port Augusta, South Australia.
Federal Highway: Canberra to Goulburn, New South Wales.
Forrest Highway: North Yunderup to Bunbury, Western Australia.
Glenelg Highway: Ballarat, Victoria to Mount Gambier, South Australia.
Gore Highway: Toowoomba to Goondiwindi, Queensland.
Great Eastern Highway: Perth to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
Great Western Highway: Sydney to Bathurst, New South Wales.
Gregory Highway: Springsure to Clermont, Queensland.
Gwydir Highway: Grafton to Walgett, New South Wales.
Hume Highway: Sydney to Melbourne.
Kamilaroi Highway: Near Quirindi to Bourke, New South Wales.
Landsborough Highway: Morven to Cloncurry, Queensland.
Lasseter Highway: Erldunda Roadhouse on the Stuart Highway to Yulara near Uluru, Northern Territory.
Leichhardt Highway: Goondiwindi to Westwood, Queensland.
Maroondah Highway: Melbourne to Mansfield, Victoria.
Mid-Western Highway: Bathurst to Hay, NSW.
Mitchell Highway: Bathurst, New South Wales to Augathella, Queensland.
Monaro Highway: Canberra to Cann River, Victoria.
Newell Highway: Goondiwindi, Queensland to Koonoomoo, Victoria.
Olympic Highway: Cowra to the Hume Highway at Table Top, New South Wales.
Palmerston Highway: Innisfail to Millaa Millaa, Queensland.
South Gippsland Highway: Dandenong to Sale, Victoria.
Sturt Highway: Tarcutta, New South Wales to Gawler, South Australia.
Western Highway: Melbourne to the South Australian border.
