Road Photos & Information: Victoria
Midland Highway, Calder Highway, McIvor Highway, Northern Highway, Midland Link Highway, Maroondah Highway, Maroondah Link Highway, Goulburn Valley Highway and Melba Highway (A300 / B300)
Statistics:
- Length:
- 581 km (Bendigo to Ballarat: 121 km)
- Termini:
- Eastern: Lilydale-Montrose Rd (C401), Maroondah Hwy (MR43) and Anderson St, Lilydale
- Western: Corio-Waurn Ponds Rd (A10), Geelong West
- Suburbs, Towns & Localities Along Route:
- Golden Square, Kangaroo Flat, Ravenswood, Ravenswood South, Harcourt, Castlemaine, Campbells Creek, Yapeen, Guildford, Mt Franklin, Daylesford, Eganstown, Blampied, Newlyn North, Newlyn, Springmount, Creswick, Waubra Junction, Mt Rowan and Ballarat
Route Numbering:
- Current: A300
- Multiplexed with: M79 A79 B180 C291
- Former: 149
- Road Authority Internal Classification: 1
- 6590 (Geelong West to Harcourt)
- 6530 (Harcourt to Bendigo)
General Information:
A300 / B300 is one of the longer routes in Victoria, acting almost as a loop covering several regions of country Victoria. It's a mix of single carriageway rural highway and divided highway. The route services industrial, commercial, residential and rural zones, and also passes through mountainous bushland terrain at it's eastern end.
- M79, for 2 km, between Harcourt and Ravenswood.
- A79, for 21 km, between Ravenswood and Bendigo.
- B180, for 1.5 km, Castlemaine.
- C291, for 1 km, Creswick.
History:
- 2006: Installation of traffic signals and pedestrian facilities at the intersection of Barker Street (Midland Highway) and Lyttleton Street in Castlemaine. 2
Bendigo to Ballarat
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign on the roundabout with Midland Hwy (Howe St) (A300) and Vincent St (C138 and C141), Daylesford, December 2025.
Image © Stuart Fox
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of Central Springs Rd and Bridport St, Daylesford, December 2025. This sign should be prefixed with 'To'.
Image © Stuart Fox
Distance Sign:
RD sign at Golden Square, April 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign at Golden Square approaching the intersection with Golden Square-Long Gully Rd (C323) and Golden Square-Quarry Hill Rd (C353), April 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
End Overdimensional Routes:
Sign denoting the end of Overdimensional Routes 16 and 17, April 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of Midland Hwy (A79 / A300) and Bendigo-Maryborough Rd (C277) at Kangaroo Flat, April 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
Trailblazer:
A79 / A300 trailblazer at the corner of Midland Hwy and Crusoe Rd in Kangaroo Flat, April 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
Distance Sign:
RD sign at Harcourt after Calder Hwy (A79), October 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign in Castlemaine approaching Duke St (Pyrenees Hwy (B180)), October 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Sturt St (C805) in Ballarat, December 2006.
Image © Rob Tilley
Ballarat to Bendigo
Advance Directional Sign:
AD sign on Sturt St (C805) in Ballarat approaching Midland Hwy (A300), December 2006. Note the missing C803 from the top panel of the sign.
Image © Rob Tilley
Intersection Directional Sign:
ID sign at the corner of Midland Hwy (A300) and Sturt St (C803) in Ballarat, December 2006. Note the old timber fingerboard for Colac.
Image © Rob Tilley
2 VIC Government, Minister for Public Transport, Media Release, Funding for Safety Improvements in Castlemaine, 18 August 2006.