Bonang Highway
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Bonang Highway New South Wales–Victoria |
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| Type | Road |
| Length | 161 km (100 mi) |
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| South end | |
| Major suburbs | Orbost, Bonang |
Princes Highway (A1)
The road known as the Bonang Highway (also the Old Bonang Highway) is a rural, C class, road in south-eastern Australia, running generally south-north. It links the Gippsland region coastal town of Orbost, Victoria and the highland Monaro region town of Bombala, New South Wales.
Denoted as rural route C612, it passes through the settlements of Nurran, Goongerah, and Bonang Coordinates: 37°11′S 148°43′E / 37.19°S 148.72°E in Victoria and the town Delegate in New South Wales in the Snowy Mountains of the Great Dividing Range. The road runs through valleys to the east of the Snowy River, that flows through Orbost. However, the Princes Highway crosses the river at Orbost and the Bonang Highway begins on the river's eastern bank, running parallel to it for only about 500 metres (550 yd).
As of January 2015, the surface of the 161 kilometres (100 mi) Bonang Highway is asphalt except for two sections of well-maintained gravel totaling approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi). These are an 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) section between 3 and 14 kilometres south of Bonang and a section of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length between the New South Wales-Victoria border and Delegate. Due its patially unsealed surface and its narrow, twisting route, following steep sides of ridges and creeks, the road provides a slower journey (nearly 3 hours, as opposed to 1.75 hours) compared with the equal distance of the Princes Highway (A1 - Orbost to Cann River) and Monaro Highway (B23 - Cann River to Bombala) route. The loop from Orbost to Bombala and returning via the Monaro Highway is well known to motorbike riders as a scenic but difficult ride.
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