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The ___MASK28___ Gippsland Highway is a partially divided highway in ___MASK56___ , Australia which connects the city of Melbourne with the ___MASK28___ Gippsland region of ___MASK56___ , ending in the town of Sale . The highway begins without a route number ( formerly State Route 180 ), until the junction of Greens Road where it carries State Route 12 to Pound Road , then continues until the ___MASK28___ Gippsland Freeway / Western Port Highway interchange where it becomes the M420 . The M420 continues through and until the Bass Highway turnoff , at which point the road is then designated A440 onwards to Sale . From the Bass Highway junction , the highway is undivided . The ___MASK28___ Gippsland Highway is the gateway from Melbourne to many attractions including Wilsons Promontory and Phillip Island as well as being an important road for farmers in Gippsland . ___MASK58___ is the capital and ___MASK50___ populous city ___MASK90___ the Australian state ___MASK90___ ___MASK56___ , and the second - ___MASK50___ populous city in Australia . The name " ___MASK58___ " refers to an urban agglomeration spanning which comprises the broader metropolitan area , as well as being the common name for its city centre . The metropolis is located on the large natural bay ___MASK90___ Port Phillip and expands into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon mountain ranges , Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley . ___MASK58___ consists ___MASK90___ 31 municipalities . It has a population ___MASK90___ 4 , 529 , 500 , and its inhabitants are called Melburnians . Phillip Island is an Australian island about ___MASK28___ - southeast ___MASK90___ Melbourne , ___MASK56___ . Named after Arthur Phillip , the first Governor ___MASK90___ New South Wales , Phillip Island forms a natural breakwater for the shallow waters ___MASK90___ the Western Port . It is long and wide , with an area ___MASK90___ about . It has ___MASK90___ coastline and is part ___MASK90___ the Bass Coast Shire . Meeniyan is a small country town on the ___MASK28___ Gippsland Highway between Leongatha and Foster . ___MASK28___ Gippsland Freeway is a short freeway linking Dandenong in Melbourne ' s ___MASK28___ - east to other ___MASK28___ - eastern destinations , including the Mornington Peninsula and the Gippsland region . The freeway bears the designation M420 . Western Port Highway ( formerly Dandenong - ___MASK13___ ___MASK80___ ) is a highway in ___MASK56___ , Australia , linking the south - eastern fringe of suburban Melbourne to the western coast of Western Port Bay , after which the highway is named , at the Port of ___MASK13___ nearly 30 km to the south . It runs from the end of the South Gippsland Freeway at Lynbrook firstly as a dual carriageway and later as an undivided road to Frankston - Flinders ___MASK80___ at ___MASK13___ . ___MASK3___ , officially the Commonwealth ___MASK90___ ___MASK3___ , is a country comprising the mainland ___MASK90___ the Australian continent , the island ___MASK90___ Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest country by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . ___MASK3___ ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . Gippsland is an economic rural region ___MASK90___ ___MASK56___ , Australia , located in the south - eastern part ___MASK90___ that state . It covers an area ___MASK90___ , and lies to the east ___MASK90___ the eastern suburbs ___MASK90___ Greater Melbourne , to the north ___MASK90___ Bass Strait , to the west ___MASK90___ the Tasman Sea , to the south ___MASK90___ the Black - Allan Line that marks part ___MASK90___ the Victorian / New South Wales border , and to the east and southeast ___MASK90___ the Great Dividing Range that lies within the Hume region and the Victorian Alps . Gippsland is generally broken down into the East Gippsland , South Gippsland , West Gippsland , and the Latrobe Valley statistical divisions .