This is a massive drive that I have always wanted to do - the Hume Highway/Freeway/Motorway* between Melbourne and Sydney.

*Yes, confusingly this one road carries all three designations at certain points. Victoria seems to think it's section is entirely a 'Freeway' despite all of the at-grade intersections. New South Wales gives it a broader 'Highway' status right up until it becomes a fully controlled-access 'Motorway' around 130km from Sydney.
Either way, it's odd in both states that the hard shoulder is a designated bicycle lane, which in my mind makes neither jurisdiction's section a full Freeway or Motorway.

But anyway, this epic drive was completed in one day. We started in Geelong at 6:30am, drove through the outskirts of Melbourne, headed straight up the Hume, took a detour to see Canberra for the first time via Barton and Federal Highways, then back onto the Hume for the final leg to Sydney, where we arrived at around 8:30pm.

0:00 Leaving Geelong & Melbourne
5:27 Melbourne to Albury-Wodonga & NSW/Vic border
19:35 Albury-Wodonga to Canberra
42:30 Canberra to Sydney

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Recorded March 2024.

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