FAQ's |
Frequently
Asked Questions |
| Who
Own's this Web Site? | This
website is owned by Australia 4 Wheel Drive Rentals an Australian registered business.
Australian Business Number. No: 54 561 356 425
Australia 4 Wheel Drive Rentals
is ABN G.S.T. Registered.
Australia 4 Wheel Drive Rentals is registered as
a Northern Territory Travel Agent License: NT094
Australia 4 Wheel Drive Rentals
is registered as a full member of Tourism Top End |
| Routes
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| 40
Mile Beach Road |
Located between two of Queensland's tourist attractions, Noosa and the World Heritage-listed
Fraser Island. The 40 Mile Beach Road is a designated government road which is
actually part of the beach, stretching north of Noosa Heads to Rainbow Beach (where
the ferry departs for Fraser Island).
* It is a gazetted road, but is rarely
marked on maps
* It has very little upkeep
* The width of the road varies depending on the time of day |
| Rest Areas on the Northern
Territory's national routes | Rest
Areas on the Northern Territory's national routes
External Links: http://www.nt.gov.au/transport/ntroads/roadside/restareas/index.shtml
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|
Northern Territory Highways | Welcome
to Northern Territory, the Outback State or the Top End. Under the Control of
Roads Act and the Local Government Act, the Northern Territory Government, through
the Department of Planning and Infrastructure, is responsible for 21,700km of
roads in the Northern Territory. (Source: Department of Planning Infrastructure
and Environment, 2002, Roads and the Environment). |
| List of active Northern Territory
Highways | List of
active Northern Territory Highways -
Arnhem Highway
- Barkly Highway
- Buchanan
Highway
- Buntine Highway
- Carpentaria
Highway
- Kakadu Highway
- Lasseter
Highway
- Plenty Highway
- Roper
Highway
- Ross Highway
- Sandover
Highway
- Stuart Highway
- Tablelands
Highway
- Victoria Highway
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| List of decommissioned
Northern Territory Highways | List
of decommissioned Northern Territory Highways - Duncan
Highway The Duncan Highway was largely a Western Australian highway, however the
creation of the Ord River dam (Lake Argyle) in the 1970s necessitated the realignment
of Duncan Highway into the western extremity of Northern Territory.
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Queensland Highways | Welcome
to Queensland, the Sunshine State. Queensland has about 180,000km of roads across
the state, ranging from the eight-lane Pacific Motorway to unformed tracks in
the west and north of the State. Of these roads, the Main Roads Department is
responsible for approximately 34,000km under the Transport Infrastructure Act
1994. |
| |
Queensland Highways (equivalent to formerly declared
State Highways under the Road Plan of Queensland)
- Balonne Highway
- Barkly
Highway
- Barwon Highway
- Brisbane
Valley Highway
- Bruce Highway
- Bunya
Highway
- Burnett Highway
- Carnarvon
Highway
- Capricorn Highway
- Captain
Cook Highway
- Castlereagh Highway
-
Cunningham Highway
- D'Aguilar Highway
- Dawson Highway
- Flinders
Highway
- Gregory Highway
- Gold
Coast Highway
- Isis Highway
- Kennedy
Highway
-
Landsborough Highway
- Leichhardt
Highway
- Mitchell Highway
- Moonie
Highway
- Mount Lindesay Highway
- Mulligan
Highway (to be gazetted in near future)
- New
England Highway
- Pacific Highway
- Palmerston
Highway
- Peak Downs Highway
- Warrego
Highway
- Wide Bay Highway
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| | Developmental
Roads (equivalent to formerly declared Developmental Roads under the Road Plan
of Queensland) it has been apparently a clear intention of the Queensland Department
of Main Roads (QMR) that once Developmental Roads are constructed to highway standard
that they are upgraded to Highway status. What you see as the current Developmental
Road system is really the future Highways of Queensland. - Birdsville
Developmental Road
- Bowen Developmental
Road
- Bulloo Developmental Road
- Burke Developmental Road
- Cooktown
Developmental Road
- Coopers Creek
Developmental Road
- Dawson Developmental
Road
- Diamantina Developmental Road
- Eyre
Developmental Road
- Fitzroy Developmental
Road
- Gregory Developmental Road
- Herveys Range Developmental Road
- Kennedy Developmental Road
- Karumba
Developmental Road
- Gulf Developmental
Road
- Surat Developmental Road
- Suttor
Developmental Road
- Thomson Developmental
Road
- Wills Developmental Road
- Peninsula
Developmental Road
- Carnarvon
Developmental Road
- Lecihhardt Development
Road
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|
Victoria Highways | Welcome
to Queensland, the Sunshine State. Queensland has about 180,000km of roads across
the state, ranging from the eight-lane Pacific Motorway to unformed tracks in
the west and north of the State. Of these roads, the Main Roads Department is
responsible for approximately 34,000km under the Transport Infrastructure Act
1994. |
| The
Road Report Websites |
| Road
Conditions is an essential service for all road users within Australia. This website
provides up to date road condition information on all Government controlled roads
including graphical representations of restrictions on regional maps. |
| Northern Territory | http://www.roadreport.nt.gov.au/ |
| Strzelecki/Birdsville Tracks | http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/quicklinks/northern_roads/area1.asp |
| Oodnadatta Track | http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/quicklinks/northern_roads/area2.asp |
| Gawler Ranges | http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/quicklinks/northern_roads/area3.asp |
| Flinders Ranges | http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/quicklinks/northern_roads/area4.asp |
| Association
External Links |
| Australian
Government | This Is An
External Link:
http://www.australia.gov.au/
|
| International
Driving Permit | This
Is An External Link:
http://www.aaa.asn.au/touring/idp.htm
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| Western
Australia Road Conditions | http://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au |
| Northern Territory Road Conditions |
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| South Australia
Road Conditions | http://www.transport.sa.gov.au/quicklinks/roadworks.asp |
| Australia's
road rules. | Overseas
tourists who intend to drive in Australia should take the time to get know Australia's
road rules.
This Is An External Link:
Link:http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/rulesregulations/downloads/overseas_visitors.pdf |
| Road Users Handbook
| The Road Users Handbook,
written by the Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales, explains the main
rules which apply to all road users. PDF versions of the handbook are available
for download in English, Arabic, Chinese, Croation, Serbian, Turkish, Spanish,
Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean and Greek. This
Is An External Link:
Reference Section 3 - Road Safety.
Reference Section 4 - Safe Driving
Reference Section 5 - General Road Rules
Reference Section 7 - Penalties
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/licensing/downloads/gettitestsdrivieduca_dl1.html
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| Drivers
Licence | This
Is An External Link:
http://www.austroads.com.au/overseas.html |
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has no affiliation with any state or national road authority. All opinions represented
on this site are those of the webmaster only, unless otherwise explicitly stated.
While all effort is take to ensure the information on this site is correct, no
responsibility is taken for errors. The
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of any products or services described in this page is at your own risk. Any
maps featured in this website and distances suggested are or may not be to scale
and should be used as a guide only. Please note these links are supplied only
as a link for information our company has no affiliation some of these links.
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