Quickest way from port hedland to Sunshine Coast in December

Hi Tony,

"what would the quickest way from port hedland to Sunshine Coast in December be?"

Google doesn't answer Turbo's question, it only shows roads, not conditions. Sometimes you can save 100km going one way over an alternative, but you may be adding 4 hours to your trip going the shorter way rather than the longer alternative.

There again, the shorter route can also be quicker sometimes.

I'm guessing that's why Turbo asked - he's looking for people with experience driving his planned route to reply with the quickest way, as against the shortest way.

:=)

Not too sure but for me the quickest was to fly.
followed by a long drive heading East

Thanks Motherhen will start to plot a route!

Yes checked google maps came up with 3 options ranging from memory about 5300 to 5800 ks, any short cuts I can take I will but I am worried about weather conditions ill have to play by ear and keep monitoring the weather , ill ask another question I wonder how much livestock and animals would be on roads at night probably heaps ?

Yes KevinE I'm looking for the quickest route ,

Slide show....

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Under 5,000k I reckon, but Google maps doesn't know about roads out there.

Cheers,
Peter

Could not access photos on iPhone, id hope to do the drive in 5 days buy myself ,or If I have another driver mayby we could drive at night if not to much animal life which would cut alot of time of the 5 days

I wouldn't drive at night :O

You only need to meet one camel and it could be all over.

Mh

Bad enough meeting a cranky camel in the daytime if he decides he doesn't want to get out of the way!

Cheers

Sure is Rocco; they will step out right in front of your vehicle and stop in broad daylight, or just amble slowly down the road in front of you. Meeting one like that at night would not end well.

Mh

Turbo - I'll go with Burnt Damper. Australia is a darn big place to drive across, and I've done it many times. I went from Perth to Cairns and back in my Cruiser, and did it like this.

There are routes where the car carriers will give you "backload" prices, where they run very lightly loaded because all the car-carrying is mostly one-way.
We threw the Cruiser on a car carrier in Perth, and got it to Adelaide for little more than fuel cost if we had driven. Perth-Adelaide is a backload, Adelaide-Perth is full price.

We flew to Adelaide and picked up the Cruiser and had an enjoyable "touristy" drive to Cairns. Once we finished touring, we threw the Cruiser onto the car-carrier and had it backloaded to Adelaide for little more than Cruiser fuel cost for the same drive.
We flew Cairns-Adelaide and picked up the Cruiser and had an enjoyable drive back across the Long Paddock to Perth.

I'd suggest you check the price to put your Tojo on a car carrier to Perth, then to Adelaide, and then fly to Adelaide from Pt Hedland, and pick it up and drive it home to the Sunshine coast.

You may have to use two different car carriers to achieve the best result, many truckies travelling Perth-Hedland-Perth will do cheap backloads by forklifting your Tojo onto a flat top semi. I can put you onto one who could give you a good deal on this route.

Across the Long Paddock, you will probably find a dedicated car-carrier will give you the best deal on a backload.

Cheers, Ron.