The Guardian claims to take a look at Australia’s best road movies, but they don’t even mention Roadgames, so how seriously can we take them? And there’s another Australian movie that prominently features cars and driving…it’s on the tip of my tongue…Mel Gibson…dog…leather…oh yes, a little something called The Road Warrior. Seriously, The Guardian, what are you trying to pull here?

OK, in fairness, the accompanying slide show does feature The Road Warrior (or Mad Max 2 as the Aussies insist on calling it), but still…no Roadgames. Instead writer Anneli Knight brings the love for The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and its director Stephan Elliott, whose latest film is another road tripper, Easy Virtue. “The beauty of a road trip is that you get to pass through so many different stories. Your standard Australian films are set around the kitchen sink but in a road movie you can visit, cause chaos and then move on,” Elliott says.

Novelist Nikki Gemmell (Cleave) sees the pitfalls of the Outback road trip. “Always in Australia you've got to be careful because there is not only the Wolf Creek scenario, there is the Walkabout scenario - you get lost. You have engine trouble, your car breaks down, particularly as you head up into Coober Pedy and head into roads in the NT. It could be days before a car comes past."

There’s also the Roadgames scenario…but alas. No love for it here.