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Victoria Alpine Stages

9 stages

9

Stages

~250

Total km

Victoria

State

Targa Events Australia

Organiser

2005

Since

October 2026

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All 9 Victoria Alpine Stages stages

9 stages across Victoria

The roads

Nine stages through the Victorian High Country, from fast valley roads to tight mountain climbs with views across the Alps. The stages made famous by Targa High Country are some of the best-scoring roads in the country - and they are all there waiting year-round.

The event

Targa High Country runs each year through the mountains northeast of Melbourne, taking in the Mansfield and Jamieson areas. The event is one of Australia's most popular tarmac rallies, drawing competitors from across the country to test production cars on roads that combine tight technical sections with high-speed alpine sweepers.

9 stages

Jamieson

SS 1 - Jamieson

92 km7.8
Jamieson

The longest stage in the Victorian Alpine collection. 48 kilometres along the Eildon-Jamieson Road, skirting Lake Eildon National Park through relentless corners with a fast middle section.

Mount Buller Climb

SS 2 - Mount Buller Climb

16 km7.6
Mount Buller Climb

The most famous hill climb in Victorian motorsport. 16 kilometres from the Mirimbah gate to the village, gaining nearly 1,000 metres through forest, exposed alpine terrain and the tight final hairpins.

Merrijig Road

SS 3 - Merrijig Road

22 km6.8
Merrijig Road

The valley road between Mansfield and the Mount Buller turnoff. Flowing paddock-country driving with the Alps as backdrop and the Delatite River appearing and disappearing alongside.

Mansfield to Bonnie Doon

SS 4 - Bonnie Doon

31 km6.8
Mansfield to Bonnie Doon

Lake Eildon's back road. A faster stage through mixed farmland and state forest with the lake appearing on both sides as the road crosses the Howqua Hills.

Eildon to Marysville

SS 5 - Eildon to Marysville

50 km7.6
Eildon to Marysville

The connector between the lake country and the forest country. A varied 50-kilometre stage from the western shores of Eildon through the Yea River valley and the Black Range into rebuilt Marysville.

Mansfield to Tolmie

SS 6 - Tolmie

27 km7.6
Mansfield to Tolmie

A pastoral High Country stage to a tiny settlement on the road to the King Valley. Rolling country, mostly empty, with the Alps visible to the east throughout.

Whitfield

SS 7 - Whitfield

7 km5.8
Whitfield

A short King Valley stage dropping from the elevated position of Whitfield into the valley through linked sweepers with good surface and long sightlines.

King Valley

SS 8 - King Valley

7 km4.9
King Valley

The valley floor stage of the Victoria Alpine collection. Long straights connected by sweeping open bends through cleared agricultural land with the Warby Ranges visible to the west.

Devils River

SS 9 - Devils River

10 km6.1
Devils River

The wildest stage in the Victoria Alpine collection. 10 kilometres from Merrijig into the Devils River valley where the road narrows, the river appears and disappears, and the stage ends at a dead end.

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Victoria Alpine Stages