Potholes in South Gippsland

South Gippsland Shire Council

Hit a pothole in South Gippsland? 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 South Gippsland

Roads in South Gippsland that are not South Gippsland Shire Council's

22 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.

Barry Road
Bass Highway
Boolarra South-Mirboo North Road
Buffalo-Tarwin Lower Road
Drouin-Korumburra Road
Fish Creek-Foster Road
Foster-Promontory Road
Inverloch-Venus Bay Road
Korumburra-Inverloch Road
Korumburra-Warragul Road
Korumburra-Wonthaggi Road
Lang Lang-Poowong Road
Meeniyan-Mirboo North Road
Meeniyan-Promontory Road
and 8 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.

Bass HighwayWonthaggi to Leongatha
52.7 km
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
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
Strzelecki HighwayLeongatha to Mirboo North
39.7 km
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
Bass HighwaySan Remo to Wonthaggi
52.2 km · 2.1 km from South Gippsland
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 HighwayYarram to Sale
83.9 km · 7.3 km from South Gippsland
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
Princes FreewayNar Nar Goon to Warragul
139.3 km · 12.4 km from South Gippsland
Described as deteriorating again after repairs.
Source: Melina Bath MP, via VFF blitz coverage · July 2026
Princes Drive
0 km · 18.3 km from South Gippsland
Photographed potholes drivers must swerve to avoid.
Source: Latrobe Valley Express · July 2026
Princes Freeway reported repaired
0 km · 21.2 km from South Gippsland
About 30 vehicles damaged in one morning at Bunyip. DTP said emergency repairs were finished the same afternoon.
Source: ABC News · August 2026
Alexanders Road
0 km · 22 km from South Gippsland
Photographed as part of the same report on Latrobe Valley road condition.
Source: Latrobe Valley Express · July 2026

On the register in South Gippsland

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

If a pothole in South Gippsland 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 South Gippsland

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