Why this ride
Out of Melbourne and back again: 276 km, roughly 4 h 03 in the saddle. On the way it passes Dandenong and Phillip Island. Long stretches are under trees.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dandenong Ranges Coffee Loop + Phillip Island Coast Ride
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 276 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 03
- Journey
- Loop
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Back to Dandenong Ranges → Phillip Island Coast Ride fuel gate
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 59 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 59 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Melbourne
Melbourne rewards anyone who stops long enough to get lost in it. The grid of the central city, laid out in the 1830s on the north bank of the Yarra River, hides a maze of laneways full of cafes, street art and tiny bars, and the coffee here is taken more seriously than almost anywhere on earth. Around the centre spread leafy inner suburbs, parks and the great sweep of Port Phillip Bay, and the city's character owes much to waves of migration from Greece, Italy, Vietnam and beyond.
2. Dandenong
3. Phillip Island
Phillip Island is a granite and basalt island at the mouth of Western Port, joined to the mainland by a bridge at San Remo, and for motorcyclists it carries a name that needs no explanation. The Grand Prix circuit on its southern coast has hosted the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix for most years since 1989, and it is loved by riders for its fast, flowing layout and the way the main straight seems to plunge towards Bass Strait. On non-event days the circuit has a visitor centre, and sometimes ride days or go-karts, so it is worth checking ahead if you want to see more than the gate.
4. Melbourne
Return visit. Read the place description above.
More motorcycle rides nearby
- Phillip Island Coast Ride · 277 km