Around Australia in two weeks - Completed
Submitted: Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 20:37
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adoyle
I posted a little message about an up and coming trip around our great country which can be found at:
http://www.exploroz.com/Forum/Topic/80560/Around_Australia_in_two_weeks.aspx?ky=Around+australia+in+two+weeks&p=%2fForum%2fDefault.aspx%3fs%3d1%26ky%3dAround%2baustralia%2bin%2btwo%2bweeks%26pn%3d1
I have now completed this trip, and many thanks to all of you who had positive comments or suggestions from my previous post.
We travelled 13694km over 15 days with one fulll day off in the middle.
Our route, in order of our stops each night are as follows:
Sydney to
Adelaide via
MelbourneCeduna
Fraser Range
Yanchep via Kalgoorlie
Carvarvon
Eighty Mile BeachQuondong Point 50km north of
BroomeCockburn near
KununurraDarwinAttack Creek 50km north of the Three Ways near
Tennant CreekHughendenYeppoonBallina then
Sydney
It was a brilliant trip and I would do it again in a heart beat. We didn't have any problems, apart from a minor chip in the windscreen. Didn't even use any oil in the trusty Hilux.
For anyone who thinks it can't be done or that it an accident waiting to happen, get out there and have a go. Plan
well and enjoy it. What a great country to see by road with some mates.
Cheers, AD.
Reply By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 20:40
Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 20:40
Did you manage to doc your trip on video. Good to see all went
well.
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Toyocrusa (NSW) - Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 20:41
Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 20:41
Congartulations and
well done. Hope you can see a bit more at a slower pace next time. Regards,Bob
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Reply By: Member - Norm C (QLD) - Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 21:11
Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 21:11
Well done. I had not seen your original post before the trip, but have now read it. I'm glad to see most people a few exceptions, but less than I would have expected) were supportive of your plan. You had a plan, a reason to do it and had obviously done a fair amount of research.
Now you have successfully and safely completed the plan. How good is that. Many people spend a whole life without even having a grand idea - let alone implementing it.
Now start planning the next trip around. Give yourself a year or two at least to do it
well.
Congratulations on the trip. Hope you have lots of kids and grand kids to tell stories about it to.
Norm C
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Follow Up By: adoyle - Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 23:37
Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 23:37
No kids or the like on the way for me. It was a trip I wanted to do and the months of planning were perfect.
I have my next one already on the planning table which I will be doing by myself.
Thanks though mate. AD
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Reply By: PradoMad - Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 21:37
Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 21:37
well done! looking forward to see some photos soon.
JS.
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Follow Up By: adoyle - Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 23:30
Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 23:30
Thanks JS but I don't know how to upload pics on here Any help would be appreciated.
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Reply By: Joe Grace Doomadgee - Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 23:11
Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 at 23:11
well done guys, really
well done, man you did do some
miles between stops, i often think that is what i should do so i know where to go when i do get enough time to spend going slow but make the most of a trip ..... trust me i would far rather be with you guys in the passenger
seat than with some of the idiots going past us and they are towing vans ...
Did you end up stopping in
Darwin ???
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Follow Up By: adoyle - Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 at 21:55
Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 at 21:55
Joe
Thanks mate. Yes we did stop in
Darwin and actually took a full day off there.
It was a great place and I can't wait to go back. The big war
memorial park in the CBD was the highlight for me. Brilliant.
Cheers AD
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Reply By: OzTroopy - Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 00:09
Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 00:09
Of course you did it easy ..... You used to live in Parkes ...
You had those years of practicing, boring, long distance driving on the Newell .....
Those
miles and that time frame ... with three drivers .... easy run.
Good to see you had an uneventful trip .... and hope you plenty of
unofficial sponsors.
Theres them that can .... and theres them that cant ..... clock up the
miles nonstop without having ... or causing issues.
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Reply By: Member - Carl- Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 09:49
Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 09:49
Looking forward to a more detailed post of the trip with some pictures.
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Follow Up By: Bazooka - Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:34
Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:34
Absolutely agree. Did you do any phishing on your day off AD?
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Follow Up By: adoyle - Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 at 21:57
Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 at 21:57
I didn't get any fishing in, but I'm no good at it at the best times. I'm much better at eating the results and they were great cooked on the fire with perfect countryside around us and a few tunes. Bloody hard to take I can tell you.
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Reply By: bruce - Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 15:27
Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 15:27
Well done , glad to hear you completed the trip without any hassles...and I was one of the knockers , but , you really did not see much at all...compared to what is out there. We just got back from a 14568km 93 day trip up the centre from Vic and through a few
places in W.A and back
home to Vic, that we had not seen before and I consider that we did not see much...admittedly we did have 2 weeks in
Darwin and some other
places 2-3 days...but ..see Australia...you may
well seen some or all of the
places you visited...but little else....cheers
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Follow Up By: adoyle - Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 at 22:02
Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 at 22:02
Cheers Bruce. I always knew there was no way we would see as much as you could in 6-12 months etc. But that wasn't the point to it in a way.
I'm relatively
young for this kind of travel and I certainly saw enough to know where I want to go back to and the areas that I wasn't so impressed in.
I am planning to do a similar trip (although shorter and slower) each year work permitting, so that when it comes to retire, I have an intensive list of
places to really explore. I do (very) amateur photography so it will be a good way to reaseach
places to visit again.
Thanks for the post, and hopefully I'll see you out there one day.
AD
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Reply By: Wild100 - Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 15:40
Monday, Aug 30, 2010 at 15:40
Congratulations on a successful two week trip
back in August 2003 I did the same thing, my wife stayed
home and I went off for a drive around Australia by myself, was a fantastic trip, I covered 17,879Kms in 16 full days, averaged about 1150 kms per day
I just need to get time now to do it again, although this time taking several months or more
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