Melbourne to Gold Coast return

[a30guy]

My wife and I are planning a trip in the MX5 to the Gold Coast in July.
We'll have three days travel time on the way up and four on the way back, so I'm looking for some interesting roads to explore, rather than the Hume/Pacific or the New England highways.
I guess for her comfort it doesn't have to be all twisty, so a mix of highway and fun is ok.
I've made a note of the road's in ManiacLachy's thread.
One road that is on my list on the way up is the Waterfall Way through Dorrigo. On the way back I'd like to travel the Sea Cliff Bridge route, maybe as far as Bateman's Bay and then through to Canberra. How practical is travelling through the Snowy Mountains from Canberra to Albury via Thredbo at that time of year - is it likely to be too slippery for an MX?

I'd welcome any suggestions to help us plan the route.
Thanks
David - Hobart

[RBH58]

The Hume is a boring as batshit, and they've lowered (stupidly) the former 110kph limits to 100kph, just to make it even more soporificly boring and dangerous. It's now line ball between taking the coast road and taking the Hume where the Hume used to be a couple of hours faster. Honestly, I'd fly...but if you must drive, go the coast. At least there is more to look at.

[DTH]

I would recommend the road between Bairnsdale and Wangaratta or the reverse in Victoria. I read about it in a car mag AFTER i took the other road from Cann River thru Cooma & home to the Gold Coast hinterland SEQ after i bought my MX5 in Traralgon. It sounds a great road and should be clear in July. Another MX5 road is between Moss Vale and Nowra thru Kangaroo Valley in NSW. Enjoy whatever you choose. David

[a30guy]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll get onto Google Maps and check them out. The route for the way up is pretty well sorted out now, but i have no firm ideas for the way back.
The plan for day 1 is in the link below. I've stayed on the Hume to Wangaratta to get out of Melbourne as quickly as possible.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/?link=https://www.google.com.au/maps/dir/Station%2BPier,%2BWaterfront%2BPl,%2BPort%2BMelbourne%2BVIC%2B3207/Wangaratta%2BVIC/Beechworth%2BVIC/Corryong%2BVIC/Tumbarumba%2BNSW/Tumut%2BNSW/Yass%2BNSW/@-36.2834367,144.6071551,7z/data%3D!3m1!4b1!4m46!4m45!1m5!1m1!1s0x6ad667bc6c0302c9:0x1d04567609f5b320!2m2!1d144.9317951!2d-37.8426357!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b26db97f22cde03:0x50579a430a0d350!2m2!1d146.3172149!2d-36.3682777!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b26ac599f7be39b:0x40579a430a04be0!2m2!1d146.6877247!2d-36.3533015!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b2319dfd617cfbf:0x40579a430a04ea0!2m2!1d147.9023498!2d-36.1966523!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b22c04616ae0ecb:0x40609b49043ef00!2m2!1d148.0057003!2d-35.7694861!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b181ad3b7ed965d:0x50609b490443240!2m2!1d148.2325033!2d-35.3207508!1m5!1m1!1s0x6b17195152ce04ef:0x40609b49043e480!2m2!1d148.9143182!2d-34.8261106!2m1!2b1!3e0?utm_source%3Dapp-invite%26mt%3D8%26pt%3D9008%26utm_medium%3DSIMPLE%26utm_campaign%3Ds2e-ai%26ct%3Ds2e-ai&apn=com.google.android.apps.maps&amv=703000000&isi=585027354&ibi=com.google.Maps&ius=comgooglemapsurl&utm_source=app-invite&mt=8&pt=9008&utm_medium=SIMPLE&utm_campaign=s2e-ai&ct=s2e-ai&invitation_id=493454522602-d93b48ff-8493-4ab5-a936-c8811f265889

Cheers
David

[93_Clubman]

planning a trip in the MX5 to the Gold Coast in July.

would recommend the road between Bairnsdale and Wangaratta or the reverse in Victoria.

Given planning for July, snow should be a consideration: http://www.nevictoria.com/gar.htm

[DTH]

I bow to local knowledge, thanks 93.