Aside from going camping and 4 wheel driving as much as we possibly can, we also enjoy the long journeys around Australia!
3 years ago, almost exactly, we drove for (I think) 12 days, and we did Sydney - Barossa Valley - Adelaide - Mount Gambier - The Great Ocean Road - Melbourne - Yarra Valley - Sydney, and it started a mission to drive all around Australia.
I would really love to head out of a trip and do it all in one go (like 6 months or a year or more), but we just don't have that kind of opportunity right now. Which means we have to take what we can get, and do smaller trips (which also means driving the tedious drive to and from Sydney every time, but what can you do). So far we have done 3 trips, with a 4th one coming up in June of this year.
1. Listed above (The Great Ocean Road Adventure)
2. Sydney - Broken Hill - Peterborough - Port Pirie - Murray River Town Tour - Kangaroo Valley - Sydney (The Practice Uluru Trip)
3. Sydney - Broken Hill - Lake Hart - Coober Pedy - Oodnadatta Track - Flinders Ranges - Mildura - Sydney (The Uluru - Flinders Ranges Adventure part one and two)
4. Tassie Trip! (Destinations TBC)
There are SO many things to consider when you're going on a trip, especially somewhere as large as Australia. You might know, you might not, but the UK fits into Australia about 31 times. It takes 5 hours to FLY from Sydney to Perth. The time difference between Sydney and Perth is 3 hours (we have 3 time zones!). You can drive for literally hundreds of kilometres and for hours without seeing another car or town.
Oh. And we have some of the most deadly animals in the world!
This entry has been on my list for a while, but there are just so many things to talk about! I was going to do one large blog, but it just isn't going to cut it.
Here it is now, your introduction to the Australian Roadtrip Series.
I will start with each trip; where we went and what we did etc. The first one is mostly going to be photos, because I don't remember all of the details, but the others I kept a diary so that I can remember everything!
I will then move on to detailed entries about fuel, camping, animals and safety. When I have been researching trips, I have found lots of forums with people asking questions, but there is no definitive answers, and there are few websites that cover the points in detail. So that's what I am aiming for - a one stop shop for Australian travel (by car). As we go on more trips, there will be more questions answered :).
Join me every Sunday at 5pm, (Sydney time), starting 4th March to read about the next adventure.
I am excited for this series - hope you enjoy too!
Hx
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