Sydney to Adelaide - Which way to go

I did Watsons Bay, Sydney to Adelaide in 11 Hours once.

My normal Sydney Adelaide route was West to Bathurst along the mid western highway, Cowra, West Wyalong, GoolGowl, Hay, then 4 km short of Balranald turn left to Tooleybuck, Piangil, Oyen, Pinarroo, Lameroo, Tailem Bend, Murray Bridge and Adelaide.

Cheers

Pete

try travelmate.com.au

look here

but that's if you want the "quickest" route

"best" route? that would be the one with the most dirt, least traffic lights, least people, most bush. :)

Mate....i would go Waga waga , hay, turn left b4 Bal...good roads
...2 servos sold me short litres on the way.....The shell at Gundagai, and the main roadhouse at Hay...stay away from the ripoffs...
Andrew

Don't forget to take into account where you are coming from and which of the motorways you will have access to ... they can make a hell of a difference.

Depends where you are coming from but with the M2 connecting to the M7 and then Hume Hway you will be in Wagga in no time with no traffic lights from Lane Cove. Fuel economy will be good too because your wallet will be about $8.00 lighter!

You can also go via Nyngan, Cobar and Broken Hill. There is less than 100K difference in all of the routes mentioned so it gets down to the kind of driving you want to do. IMHO if you juts want to get from Sydeny to Adelaide with no fuss, go Wagga. If you want to go via some outbackish scenery go Broken Hill. The West Wyalong route save some distance and gives you more rural driving but will be slower to Hay.

Going to Alice next week myself..via Wagga.

OT

If you decide to go the most direct way (thorugh Hay) take a good book to keep you awake while you drive across the Hay plains.. even the Nullabour seems enterntaining compared to that stretch of road..

Been to Adelaide stacks of times when the Grand Prix was on there and tried all the different ways.

Without a doubt, the quickest is the Hume to the Wagga turnoff.
Sturt Highway west to just short of Balranald.
Then down to the Murray at Tooleybuc.
Manangatang, Ouyen to Pinnaroo (pick up half an hour at the border)
Tailem Band and on the freeway into Adelaide.

Agree with Michael O,

Done the trip too many times to count, definatly the best, safest and easiest way.

Being an Adelaide'en I'm not sure what it's called but the new ring route freeway thingimee was awsome at xmas on the way the Lake Macquarie for a sailing regatta. Saved heads of time and was heaps easier than towing the yacht through Sydney. It was free then as it was just open, not sure what the toll is now?

We don't have tolls in SA, coz it'd be political suicide!!!

Drive safely
Clayts

Agree with Macca: Wagga, Hay, Mildura, SA Riverland, Truro (great pasties and the best kitchener buns you will ever eat), Elizabeth, Adders. We do it often and have tried all the rest.

Also Balranald has a bakery with great vanilla slices.

This is a deceptively long trip, I recommend you stay somewhere overnight; the second day recently I had one of those eye flicker moments and was on the wrong side when Jenny said Look Out. Luckily she was awake.

Safe travels Jason: RayJen

go one way, come back the other.

I found the Wagga/Hay path an easier drive, so would probably come back that way.

I used to do the trip from Adelaide to Wollongong many times and return.

Agree that Hume is best toward Wagga and then via Hay and Balranald.

Few years ago I found that a short cut exists around the top of Wagga. As you head down the Hume you turn right on Burley Griffen Way at Bowning and go west through Harding, Temora, and Griffith and then head down rejoin the Sturt hwy and then across to Hay. Much less traffic and it avoids going through the long 80km/h stretch at Wagga. Highway Patrol is also very diligent around Wagga!

Once at Balranald the best way is to go south to Tooleybuc and via Ouyen and into Pinaroo, Lameroo, Tailem Bend and then into Adelaide on the South East Freeway.

Cheers
Muddy