 The Monaro Highway begins at the Princes Highway in Cann River in the East Gippsland region . After leaving the town , it heads north along a relatively flat area following the Cann River upstream through a locality known as Noorinbee . To the west is farmland between the road and river and a mountain range beyond and to the east are some smaller hills . The land to the east is largely part of Drummer State Forest . As the sides close in at the northern end of this wider valley area , the highway crosses to the west bank of the river highway and enters the Noorinbee North locality . Continuing north , the terrain is more hilly and forested and the alignment more closely parallels the winding river upstream to the area of Weeragua . At this point , the land to the west of the river is part of Buldah State Forest , and to the east is Coopracambra National Park . The road has now entered the Chandlers Creek locality and at Weeragua , the road crosses the west branch of the Cann River and continues further north along the east branch through a small farmland area . From here , it follows the river through more forest before coming to another small farmland area and crossing Chandlers Creek itself . The road once again enters forest as it follows the Cann River east branch to its upper end at the confluence of Fiddlers Green Creek and Flat Rock Creek , the latter of which the road follows through Coopracambra National Park to the New South Wales border . 
