When travelling between Sydney and Melbourne, the main alternative to flying is to take the unspeakably tedious journey down the Hume Highway for nine hours. This is usually a surefire way of boring yourself into insanity, while picking up a speeding fine or two for good measure.
So why not turn it into a road trip instead, zigzagging around the Hume, and stopping at places that are genuinely worth visiting instead? Here are ten places to drop by if you turn the Sydney to Melbourne inland drive into a genuinely excellent road trip.
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Bowral, Southern Highlands
Sure, there are lovely gardens and national parks around Bowral, but any cricket tragic has only got one destination in mind – the Bradman Oval. One of the world's most picturesque cricket grounds, it also plays host to the International Cricket Hall of Fame. As sports museums go, this is really well put together. Archive footage and talking head video interviews will appeal to the obsessives while interactive field-setting games should keep novices entertained. See internationalcrickethall.com