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Road data

Australia's best road segments

Contour scored 1.41 million road segments. Every 300-500m stretch is ranked across 40+ intelligence signals. These are the ones the algorithm keeps finding.

Victorian Alps
1.41M
segments scored
33,000 km
exceptional (9.0+)
228,000 km
worth driving (7.0+)
21
standout segments, 7 states

Only 3.3% of WA road segments reach the exceptional threshold.

Each card is a single 300-500 metre stretch of road, scored 0-10 across 40+ signals. Not a route or a journey - one segment of tarmac. These are the highest-scoring out of 1.41 million.

2 roads

Channybearup Road

Western Australia

9.84
curviness 188elev 157m/kmsealedtertiaryYear-round

Sealed tertiary in the Pemberton region of southwest WA. Curviness 188, elevation 157m per kilometre - one of the few WA roads scoring 9.84. Only 3.3% of WA segments reach the exceptional threshold; this is one of them.

Charles Knife Road

Western Australia

9.84
curviness 356elev 105m/kmsealedtertiaryApr–Oct

Sealed tertiary climbing Cape Range near Exmouth in northwest WA. Curviness 356, 105m elevation per kilometre. Remote, high terrain, no traffic - an exceptional score a very long way from anywhere else on this list. Run April to October.

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33,000 km of exceptional roads found

The top 3% of Australian roads, filtered by state and vehicle type.