Saturday Extra

Do you have a favourite old road that you like to drive or walk along? Roads often hold an important place in the history of a country and in the memories of individuals. A couple of months ago we heard on Saturday Breakfast about Australia's first major road, the Great North Road, built by convicts, linking Sydney with the Hunter Valley. Historic roads can also be great places to get away from it all, like the spectacular terrain of the Great Ocean Road, along the south coast of Victoria. It was recently voted, by the travel magazine Conde Nast, first in the world of 'must do' great drives. Geraldine Doogue talks to past RACV president and author Dr Max Lay and Dan Marriott, from Washington DC, who's also written several books on the conservation of historic roads. They are participants in Australia's first national conference, held in Melbourne, on the conservation of roads.

Publication

Title: Saving Historic Roads: Design and Policy Guidelines
Author : Paul Daniel Marriott
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, NY 1998

Title: Ways of the World: A History of roads and the vehicles that used them
Author : Maxwell G Lay
Publisher: Primavera Press, Sydney 1993

Title: From Miles to Mile-Markers: Understanding historic roads
Author : Paul Daniel Marriott
Publisher: American Byways Resource Centre, 2004

Title: Melbourne Miles: the Story of Melbourne's Roads
Author : Maxwell G Lay
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne 2003

Title: Source Book for Australian Roads, Melbourne
Author : Maxwell G Lay
Publisher: Australian Road Board 1985

Guests

Daniel Marriott
Author Preservation of historic roads consultant

Dr Max Lay
Past President of RACV Professorial Associate at Uni of Melbourne Author Consultant to road construction industry

Further Information

Historic Roads Conference
Held at RACV Club 501 Bourke St, Melbourne 25th to 27th November 2005
http://www.corrugations.net.au