Denoted as rural route C612, it passes through the settlements of Nurran, Goongerah, and Bonang in Victoria, and the town Delegate in New South Wales in the Snowy Mountains of the Great Dividing Range. The road runs through valleys to the east of the Snowy River, which flows through Orbost. However, the Princes Highway crosses the river at Orbost and the Bonang Highway begins on the river's eastern bank, running parallel to it for only about .