Potholes in Cardinia

Cardinia Shire Council

Hit a pothole in Cardinia? Put it on the public record — a photo, the location and the date, in about 30 seconds and with no account. We work out which authority owns that stretch from where you pin it, so a report on a state arterial does not sit in a council queue that was never going to action it.

Report a pothole in Cardinia

Roads in Cardinia that are not Cardinia Shire Council's

29 roads through this council area are managed by the Department of Transport and Planning. Reporting a defect on one of them to the council is the most common reason a pothole report goes nowhere — it was never theirs to fix, and the clock that matters for a damage claim never starts.

Ballarto Road
Bass Highway
Beaconsfield-Emerald Road
Beaconsfield-Nar Nar Goon Road
Beaconsfield-Nar Nar Goon Road Of
Beaconsfield-Nar Nar Goon Road On
Belgrave-Gembrook Road
Berwick-Beaconsfield Road
Cardinia Road
Emerald-Monbulk Road
Gembrook-Launching Place Road
Gembrook Road
Healesville-Koo-Wee-Rup Road
Koo-Wee-Rup-Longwarry Road
and 15 more

Source: DTP Managed Roads, State of Victoria, CC BY 4.0.

Roads already documented as bad

Published assessments by other organisations, quoted with their source. These are not reports on this register and cannot support a damage claim — they are where to look.

Princes Freeway reported repaired
0 km
About 30 vehicles damaged in one morning at Bunyip. DTP said emergency repairs were finished the same afternoon.
Source: ABC News · August 2026
Princes FreewayNar Nar Goon to Warragul
139.3 km
Described as deteriorating again after repairs.
Source: Melina Bath MP, via VFF blitz coverage · July 2026
Bass HighwaySan Remo to Wonthaggi
52.2 km · 14.2 km from Cardinia
RACV and the AAA assessed 19,800 km of regional Victorian roads against AusRAP criteria and shortlisted 52 highway sections. 64% of survey respondents named potholes and rough surfaces as their top safety concern.
Source: RACV My Country Road 2026 · June 2026
South Gippsland HighwayFoster to Leongatha
68 km · 17.1 km from Cardinia
RACV and the AAA assessed 19,800 km of regional Victorian roads against AusRAP criteria and shortlisted 52 highway sections. 64% of survey respondents named potholes and rough surfaces as their top safety concern.
Source: RACV My Country Road 2026 · June 2026
Maroondah HighwayAlexandra to Healesville
90.9 km · 19.7 km from Cardinia
RACV and the AAA assessed 19,800 km of regional Victorian roads against AusRAP criteria and shortlisted 52 highway sections. 64% of survey respondents named potholes and rough surfaces as their top safety concern.
Source: RACV My Country Road 2026 · June 2026
Melba HighwayColdstream to Yea
66.7 km · 19.8 km from Cardinia
Most-nominated road in the 2024 survey.
Source: RACV My Country Road 2024 results · October 2024
Melba HighwayYea to Dixons Creek
63.7 km · 21.8 km from Cardinia
RACV and the AAA assessed 19,800 km of regional Victorian roads against AusRAP criteria and shortlisted 52 highway sections. 64% of survey respondents named potholes and rough surfaces as their top safety concern.
Source: RACV My Country Road 2026 · June 2026

On the register in Cardinia

Nothing yet — nobody has filed a report routed to Cardinia Shire Council. The register publishes only what somebody actually photographed, so this says something about how new we are rather than about Cardinia's roads.

If a pothole in Cardinia damaged your car

Victoria's Road Management Act sets a threshold below which a road authority has no liability at all. For 2026-27 it is $1,681, assessed against the financial year the damage happened in. What that means for a claim.

Suburbs in Cardinia

62 gazetted localities. Each one lists its own roads and who maintains them.