Old Hume Highways Route 31 is our piece of history THE drive from Sydney to Melbourne may soon become a “trip down memory lane” for motorists with a new organisation aiming to bring the Old Hume Highway back to life. Old Hume Highway 31 represents 40 bypassed towns along the Hume Freeway, aiming to bring these communities together to preserve and market the former road as a touring route, similar to the famous Route 66 in the United States. Dysons North East regional manager Brett Drinnan is a committee member and is a Wodonga spokesman for the group. He said they wanted to get people reacquainted with history by getting them off the freeway and onto the old roads. “Dysons owns Cobb & Co Coaches and they were one of the first runners up and down the old highway,” Mr Drinnan said. READ MORE
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:17:25 +0000