Travelling south along the Heritage Highway, Highway 1, also known as the Midlands Highway, from Ross, take in:
- Tunbridge > Woodbury > AntillPonds
- Oatlands historic town > Jericho
- Melton Mowbray (Alternate route from Jericho to Melton Mowbray is via the Lower Marshes and Apsley)
- Kempton historic village (once known as 'Green Watering Holes' and 'Green Ponds'
- Then back onto the Highway, past Dysart, to Bagdad.
- From Bagdad visit Chauncy Vale Wildlife Sanctuary, the setting for the children's classic adventure story They found a cave, written by Nan Chauncy. Turn into Chauncy Vale Road and follow the signs.
- Once back on the Highway continue south to Mangalore and on into Pontville and Brighton (Alternate route from Kempton to Brighton is via Elderslie and Broadmarsh.)
- In Brighton a turn along the Tea Tree Road takes you into the wine region of the Coal River Valley, to Aampania (and then north to Colebrook); or to Richmond.
