Rough time to travel 10000km

We do road trips most xmas school holidays we average 7 weeks, we average about 13000 km per trip.

We plan our trip to spend quality time at certain destinations, if we need to we can do up to 1000 km per day to reach the next, I understand this is not everyone's cup of coffee, but we enjoy our time together regardless.

Xmas 2012 we went from Mackay to Alice in 3 1/2 days, as we had been to most places on route before, this enabled us more time to do heaps around the area we hadn't done before, so the long drive days in between wasn't a problem to us.

So I would think 10000 km in three months you will have heaps of time, have fun and enjoy.

Phil

Great news! Everytime I look over my itinerary- I pick more places I'd like to visit! I wish I could afford more time- so many places to see, and I'm an eager beaver to see them all now!

Hi Lee,

Yes in general 3 months is OK to do 10,000km. For example our trip last year was about 12,000km and took 8 weeks - and we don't like to travel either fast or far and we stop whenever we see something interesting. But we do travel most days, maybe once a week we have a rest day somewhere. Have a look at some of our blogs to see what I mean - we have done a number of trips that have taken us 10,000km or more, each lasting 2 to 4 months.

We are east coast based so if doing a trip to WA there are 5 or 6thousand kms just getting there and back, and we do those relatively quickly, leaving more time for exploring closer to the main area that we want to visit. But you just have to bear in mind that you will not see everything there is to see, and to do that return visits will be required.

Cheers

Val

It's one of those questions only you can answer and you should be the only one answering it!...... if you want to stop and camp for two to three weeks at a time then no it's not enough time but if you only want to stay for a few days then thats plenty of time.

If you average 100k per day every day then you will make it....... if you want to camp for three days at one spot every fourth day then you will have to cover 400k on that fourth day.....

As olcoolone has said, only you can realistically answer your own question. Many people enjoy racing from one site to another. Will you? There is a lot to see out there, and for me, 3 months to see half Australia is like a 60 second ride in a billycart. A Claytons experience.

But that distance is easy to do if you don't mind managing the stresses involved. Have you factored possible breakdown, medical issues and the like in, or are they non existent?

Or are you doing it in a Gulfstream?

Hi LeeJ
Grab a map roughly plot your trek then, mark all the things you want to see, allocate a time per place this will give you an idea of how many days will be spent sightseeing be sure to add a few extras for the unexpected, whats left is your driving time
Driving time is the hardest to estimate if its bitumen i allow average 80 to 90 k/h and dirt 70 k/h (this allows for a bit of slow traffic 60k zones etc) for 10000 k your driving time will be between 110 & 140 hrs driving give or take. Average 5/6 hrs per day (allows for short stops, sightseeing and setting up camp etc) you will spend 25 days driving the rest you can allocate to being a tourist ie 2 or 3 days in one place
This has always worked well for me and is the way i plan big trips
Cheers Kev

As many have said, it is more than enought time. You haven't said which way you are heading, or what you want to see or experience, so unsure if you have a plan or not. But here is the thing, head off with the intention of covering the distance if that is what you want to achieve, but be flexible enough to change that plan.

If you find a place you like and want to stay in for a while than that is what you should do...there is much to see, and you'll never know what you'll find, so be flexible!

Cheers...The Landy