Originally Posted by thadocta
Problem with that is that you don't get to see a lot of the countryside, particularly if you take the Hume, since it is now mostly dual carriageway bypassing major towns and so on.
Also, you can't stop off at a pub for a few cleansing ales - the Highway Patrol are LETHAL along there.
Although it's a bit annoying to have to go from 110 to 100 to 50 km/h all the time in the stretch between Albury and the turnoff for Canberra. Made me miss home, where I can drive from Chicago to Memphis (roughly same distance as SYD-MEL) without even adjusting the cruise control on a good day.
The police are certainly out in force there...they had a random alcohol screening point set up at 1pm on a Wednesday (!) when my wife and I were going MEL-SYD 2 weeks ago.