Let's face it, there's only so many times you can drive your car around a track before you get very bored. You can't drive it properly on the road because the fun police and the revenue raisers (aka speed camera operators) don't find that sort of behaviour as amusing as you and I do.

But there are two very good states that are mostly car-person friendly. The Northern Territory has two stretches of roads with no speed limits. There is 200km from south of Barrow Creek to north of Alice Springs and a 72km stretch of road on the Stuart Highway.

Which brings us to the alternative, Tasmania. Lonnie (Launceston) local David Cuff has set up Freedom Driving Tasmania to open the Apple Isle's roads to tarmac lovers who are seeking some of the world's greatest drives with minimal traffic.