If you plan to drive from Sydney to Melbourne, you can choose from two main routes to follow.
You can follow Princes Highway (Highway 1) along the coastal route, or take the shorter inland route on the Hume Highway.
Sydney to Melbourne on the Princes Highway is 1037 kilometers, and on the Hume 873 Highway. Please note that road changes, detours, and highway construction on these two motorways may have affected the distances mentioned, but are he hopes that they have been relatively and proportionally maintained. – accurate.
The name of an explorer
- The Hume Highway is named after the Australian explorer Hamilton Hume (1797-1873) who pioneered the Sydney to Melbourne route in 1824 with fellow explorer William Hovell.
If you like to take a scenic drive from Sydney to Melbourne, the Princes Highway is the route for you. For those who just want to get there quickly, but still have time to discover attractions along the way, Hume is the highway of choice.
Arriving at the Hume
From Sydney city center, follow George St south and turn right on Railway Square onto Broadway, which leads west onto Parramatta Rd. Watch for the turn signals for Liverpool or the Hume Highway. Turn left from Parramatta Rd at the indicated intersection onto Liverpool Rd, which is the beginning of the Hume Highway.
M7 and M5
The Hume is Highway 31, so you can follow the numbered route. But when you arrive in Liverpool, the Hume Highway becomes part of the M7 in the Sydney Metroads network.
Follow the M7 route until you reach Crossroads, a major intersection on the outskirts of Liverpool, and turn left following the signs for Campbelltown and Canberra. This road leads to the South Western Freeway (M5), which is the Hume Highway that exits the greater Sydney area. You will find that the highway is now marked 31, indicating that it is part of the Hume.
The highway bypasses several cities along the old Hume Highway route, so if you want to enter any city along the way, you will need to exit the highway and rejoin the other end of the city.
Southern highlands
- If you wanted to visit the Southern Highlands, about an hour from Sydney, you would have to exit the highway at Mittagong and travel inland, perhaps to Bowral, where the Don Bradman Museum is located and where the Tulip Time Festival is held. annually. and other cities in the highlands.
There will be many signs to show you the way.
After Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands, the Hume Highway can only have sections of highway.
Passing the town of Goulburn, which you can overlook (via the bypass of course), make sure you don’t turn left onto Federal Highway leading to Canberra.
Gundagai and a famous dog
- Roughly west-southwest of Goulburn you will find, between Coolac and Tarcutta, the town of Gundagai, on the outskirts of which you will find the dog in the popular Tuckerbox. Some time after Tarcutta, you will find Holbrook with his submarine on the mainland.
Continue following the Hume Highway to the border towns of Albury (New South Wales) and Wodonga (Victoria). Between these two cities is the detour to the Hume Highway that will take you to Melbourne.
Ned Kelly’s last post
- Between Wangaratta and Benalla, you’ll find Glenrowan, known as the place where the bushranger Ned Kelly was captured. Ned Kelly was later tried, convicted and eventually hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
The Hume Highway should take you straight to Melbourne’s gate. There you have it, from Sydney to Melbourne!
