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starlagurl	Apr 7 2008, 12:01 PM Post #1
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	If you're planning on doing an Australia road trip, Venere has a few itineraries for you. http://www.venere.com/blog/australia-road-trips/ Anybody ever done one? Is Australia too big to drive around? How long does it take? -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

lizallen	Apr 7 2008, 03:03 PM Post #2
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 10-June 07 Member No.: 60288 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Best thing ever We drove ~8000 km in 18 days. I recommend taking Larapinta Drive around the Western MacDonnell Ranges nr Alice Springs. I particularly liked the drive from Sydney down the coast to Jervis Bay/Batemans Bay and then inland through the mountains to Canberra. Ahhhhhhh man, I miss Australia!

starlagurl	Apr 7 2008, 03:05 PM Post #3
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Wowie wow! That's a lot of driving. Have you ever seen that movie Wolf Creek? It makes me think of that...I would not want to leave my car alone for very long after seeing that movie! Ai yi yi! -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

lizallen	Apr 7 2008, 03:15 PM Post #4
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 10-June 07 Member No.: 60288 Nominate me as a Local Expert	Yeah, thank god I only watched that after I got back! Funny though cause thats what it was like - not seeing anyone for miles and miles.

starlagurl	Apr 7 2008, 03:16 PM Post #5
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Ohhhhhhhh my goodness, creepy jeepy! I shouldn't talk though, I'm going on a crazy-person road trip to the Northwest Territories this summer! -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

sianeth	Apr 7 2008, 03:28 PM Post #6
Jet Setter Group: Local Expert Posts: 2643 Joined: 9-June 07 From: Edinburgh, Scotland Member No.: 60100	Oh crap, that was me lol - on my mum's computer and it had her signed in, oops! Road trips are the best, I love 'em. How far away is NW Territories?

starlagurl	Apr 7 2008, 03:30 PM Post #7
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Haha funny, I don't know how far! There's no real directions on Google Maps, but I know a highway goes there... Here's the map Google comes up with: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&...ie=UTF8&z=5 -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

sianeth	Apr 7 2008, 03:39 PM Post #8
Jet Setter Group: Local Expert Posts: 2643 Joined: 9-June 07 From: Edinburgh, Scotland Member No.: 60100	Wow - have fun with that! The thing I found was that driving in England is such a stress because there's so much traffic and its all nasty, ugly roads, whereas I could drive all day in Australia and not get bored or annoyed. It was kinda like driving on autopilot and just admiring the scenery.

starlagurl	Apr 7 2008, 03:44 PM Post #9
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Oh I see, yeah driving in Canada is a lot like that, just scenery and nothingness. Canada and Australia are a lot alike in terms of those types of things. Not climate, but lots of other things... -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

andrea	Apr 11 2008, 04:34 PM Post #10
Globetrotter Group: Members Posts: 253 Joined: 2-September 03 Member No.: 2 Nominate me as a Local Expert	I did it in WA and it was one of the best experiences of my life! A friend and I bought a car in Perth and we drove it up the coast and across the top to Darwin. It was amazing - we got to all the little known places and slept at the beach. We would go miles without seeing another soul. I am writing my travel blog years after the fact here: www.travelpod.com/members/andrea

starlagurl	Apr 14 2008, 08:54 AM Post #11
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Wow, did the car ever break down? That's what I would be afraid of... -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

rbisset	Apr 14 2008, 09:50 AM Post #12
Planet Pioneer Group: Local Expert Posts: 2215 Joined: 3-May 06 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 692	I bought a car and ragged it senseless for 10000k's Nothing like driving through the outback in a fully loaded car (and I mean fully loaded, probably around 500kg's extra weight including 4 passengers, luggage and camping gear!) at over 180km/hr for 5 hours straight!! -------------------- My Travelogue Rich

starlagurl	Apr 14 2008, 01:06 PM Post #13
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	180 km/hr what kind of car did you have?! Where were the police??? Was your car falling apart while going that fast?!?! -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

rbisset	Apr 15 2008, 03:27 AM Post #14
Planet Pioneer Group: Local Expert Posts: 2215 Joined: 3-May 06 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 692	No police, no speed limit outside urban areas and no towns for hundreds of km's! It really is amazing. The car was a 4 litre Ford Falcon saloon. I drove from Tennant Creek (Which really was like Wolfe Creek! Check it here!) to Katherine. 708km's in 5 hours. Those 5 hours included stopping for petrol 3 times and for 30 mins to eat a meat pie -------------------- My Travelogue Rich

starlagurl	Apr 15 2008, 09:05 AM Post #15
Rolling Stone Group: Local Expert Posts: 14509 Joined: 5-November 07 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 103914	Holy, I had no idea.... I wonder if it's the same in northern Canada. I will be there this summer, and I will report back... -------------------- My most recent blog: A trip to Toronto that turned into a trip to Niagara

Worldramblings	Apr 15 2008, 03:47 PM Post #16
Drifter Group: Members Posts: 34 Joined: 15-January 06 Member No.: 454 Nominate me as a Local Expert	all this talk of long distance driving in Australia / Canada... .... is exactly why the Wright brothers invented airplanes! -------------------- "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." (Mark Twain) *Worldramblings*

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