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Melb to Canberra route

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  1. dann0

    dann0 Karting

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    Hi guys.

    I'm very excited to say I've just bought my first ferrari... a sweet black F12! I'm in Canberra and the car is in Melb... thinking it deserves to be driven home! There's the standard route but am wondering if you have a preferred route that is more "entertaining"?

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  2. Arvin Grajau

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    How many days have you got ? And style of road you enjoy?
     
  3. wrxmike

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    Congrats on your first Ferrari, F12 is pretty epic.
    One interesting route is:
    Melbourne / Albury / Corryong / Dead Horse Gap / Thredbo / Jindabyne / Cooma / Canberra

    BTW Auto Italia is on the 11th of April - meet some other Ferrari owners.
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  4. Arvin Grajau

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    great drive , just keep of the roads after about 3.30pm?

    To get there you could do .

    Yarra Glen ,Yea,Mansfield , King valley, Myrtleford, Bruarong , Tallangatta , (thus by passing Albury to get to Corryong.)

    735ks from Yarra Glen to Canberra .
     
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  5. Arvin Grajau

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    or another some great roads down Gippsland , overnight at Metung .

    Then Metung to Cann River , Cooma and onto Canberra . 447km

    Happy to suggest the roads from Melbourne to Metung , NO need to drive down the Princess hwy .
     
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  6. Maranello550

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    Congrats on a V12 proper Ferrari! Post some pics...We’d love to see it...
     
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  7. robbo mcs

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    I'd second this. Khancobhan to Dead Horse gap is a great bit of road.
    If you have more time, going to stretch over 2 days, then stop overnight in Thredbo or Jindabyne. Then rather than going back through Cooma, the drive out the the Snowy Mountains Highway Adaminaby, Tumut, Gundagai is also a good drive. More a flowing road.

    All of these roads are daylight only roads in a nice car, unless you want to pop a bullbar and some spotties on the F12:p
     
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    Yep The Snowy is one the great drives .
     
  9. Its328

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    Congratulations!!
    What a car Danno, jealous much :)
     
  10. Gizzi

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    Congratulations!!!
    And welcome to the true enthusiasts club!
     
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  11. simon klein

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    Agreed! Anyone who is looking for the road less travelled has already worked out what a 'proper ' car is all about! :D
     
  12. DMWC

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    Congratulations on the new purchase - sweet black F12 sounds like a wonderful thing
     
  13. psw

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    Congrats on the purchase, I would also recommend this route, I just did 2 weeks ago the Tumut to Khancobin to Thredbo in one direction & then returning after some great Vic high country driving I left Falls Creek & then back to Sydney this way & did it comfortably in a day, definitely better imo then the Jindabyne, Cooma route.
     
  14. kerrari

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    Why not do the whole Alpine route - Bairnsdale, Omeo on the Vic side and Thredbo Jindabyne etc on the NSW side. I did this in my 308 many years ago and had a fabulous time!

    The road from Cann River to Bombala (eastern Vic up into NSW) is also a fabulous driving road.
     
  15. Arvin Grajau

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    In the near future ,I'm doing Cann River to Cooma/Canberra , I'll let you know what the road is like ,as it can carry cattle grazing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Some great townships along the way to have an Ice~~~`Cream at .:D
     
  16. moretti

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    I'll borrow my mates Cobra again :p
     
  17. Arvin Grajau

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    To bad its not around where you last drove it .
     
  18. dann0

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    So you should be excited !!!!!!!!

    I'd be down there NOW waiting for them to finish polishing it :)

    Stunning colour for an F12
     
  21. moretti

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    There's an understated aggressiveness to an F12 , you just know it means business :)
     
  22. dann0

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    I always thought I'd be a red ferrari guy, but when i finally decided on the F12 ( and its been a long journey from 458 through 488 to v12land), I just reckon darker colours on the f12 make it even meaner looking. My kids aren't taking too me though... they think I've broken some Italian code of ferrari ethics not choosing rosso...

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  23. jmillard308

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    Congrats - looks great!

    And.................this would be a bonus :D -

     
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  25. Maranello550

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    Gorgeous!....I always think of Clarkson trying to explain the power of the F12 on the tennis court...What a first Ferrari to own!...
     
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