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May 25, 2025
'Take the long way home'
Our favourite drives through North East Victoria and the
Southern Riverina
Lifestyle motoring on the border
Writers: Bill Buys | Chris Riley | Darryl Starr | Paul Murrell
Photo: 2025 Subaru WRX AWD RS
NORTH East Victoria and the Southern Riverina region of New South Wales - Australia's premier inland playground - boasts thousands of kilometres of highways and byways, where every road trip begs you to 'take the long way home'.
The region has some of the best driving roads - and attractions - in the country, plus there are so many other interesting back roads through awe-inspiring scenery to choose from. So, what are you waiting for? Fill your tank/charge your battery and hit the road.
Content : Our Top 6 regional drives | Road test | Motoring yarns
ROAD TEST | BITS & PIECES
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I STILL remember the launch of the first Hyundai Santa Fe back in the year 2000, the year that was going to change everything. Twenty-five years later and now in its fifth generation, the latest version of the family-sized SUV has come a long way since those early days. - Chris Riley reports . . . more
Back words: ‘No longer another glorious Australian failure’ . . .
I WAS reading a copy of Classic & Sports Car from the early 2000s (I really don’t like the term 'the noughties') and had to laugh when the Leyland Force 7 Coupe was quoted as ‘no longer seen as just another glorious failure – like Gallipoli’.
A reader wrote in and declared that nearly all Australian automotive failures were either English, or English-derived.
He then explained that his parents always carried a can of WD-40 in BMC front-wheel drive vehicles, Triumphs were the victims of a disastrous fuel injection system, and Jaguars would begin to rust after a year. The Leyland P76 and Force 7 Coupe had significant potential, ruined by under-capitalisation and disastrous industrial relations. And perhaps someone should point out that the Gallipoli farce was the result of decisions made far from Australia (and by people who weren’t Australian). - Paul Murrell - seniordriveraus.com