The Country Driver

Driving North-East Victoria and the Southern Riverina

LATEST ROAD TRIP | REVIEW

A place called Lurg

APPROACHING Winton Motor Raceway from the west along the Winton-Glenrowan Road is a signpost pointing south to Lurg. What's there? Where did the name come from? We took a 2020 Honda Civic hatch VTi-LX to Lurg to get some answers ... more

CLASSIC SUNDAY DRIVES

ADVENTURE | FOOD | FUN

RURAL based thecountrydriver.com introduces you to not only a desirable - and affordable - new vehicle you might like to own, but also explores great roads, towns, cities, historic sites and out of the way places across the region, Australia's premier inland playground. 

HISTORY, High Country, rivers, lakes, valleys, wine and gourmet regions, agriculture, interesting villages, towns and cities, North-East Victoria and the Southern Riverina region of New South Wales has all the things to do to make your life or visit just that more special

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Fernando returns 'home'

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ALBURY-WODONGA

ABOUT us, tourist information, distances from here to there

TWIN cities the regional hub and the gateway to everywhere

LOCAL MOTORING HISTORY E-BOOKS

'The Thomson Diary', 'A spirit of progress - 110 years of motoring in Albury-Wodonga', and 'Are we there yet, Mr Holmes?', are popular local motoring history e-books that are free to read online.

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