Potholes in Nilma
Baw Baw · 4.1 km²
Hit a pothole in Nilma? Put it on the public record — a photo, where it is and the date, in about 30 seconds and with no account. That record is what shows a road authority was on notice, which is what matters later if it damages someone's car.
Who to report a pothole in Nilma to
Local streets in Nilma are Baw Baw Shire Council's to maintain and repair.
These roads are not the council’s
They are maintained by the Department of Transport and Planning, not by the local council. A pothole on one of them reported to the council can sit unactioned because it was never theirs to fix.
- Bloomfield Road
- Drouin-Warragul Road
- Princes Freeway East
Source: DTP Managed Roads, State of Victoria, CC BY 4.0. Pin the pothole on our report form and the authority is worked out from the location, so you do not have to.
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 FreewayNar Nar Goon to Warragul
139.3 km
Described as deteriorating again after repairs.
Source: Melina Bath MP, via VFF blitz coverage · July 2026
- Princes Freeway reported repaired
0 km · 23.9 km from Nilma
About 30 vehicles damaged in one morning at Bunyip. DTP said emergency repairs were finished the same afternoon.
Source: ABC News · August 2026
On the register in Nilma
Nothing yet. That is not a claim that Nilma's roads are fine — it means nobody has filed one here. This register only ever publishes what somebody actually photographed, so an empty suburb says something about us, not about the road.
If a pothole in Nilma 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, not the year you claim in. What that means for a claim.