Round trip in 15 weeks

WOW that distance in that amount of time. You will basically spend all the time travelling, eating, drinking and sleeping. "Undue hast" hmmm not plausable. Anything is possible, just depends on what you wan to see and do, and what your main interests are. Last time I did it took us 18 months.

completely agree as above, i went round on a motorcycle a few years ago, stopped to work for only 5 weeks, whole trip took me seven months and i could not go everywhere i wanted to cause it was a roadbike. To go "round" would not be comfortable in 15 weeks (though i understand the record is 7 days on a Kawasaki Z1300 - basically speeding and not stopping except for fuel, feed and sleep). though if you took shortcuts - ie, went up the centre of Qld and down the Plenty highway into NT and then up the Tanami into WA and down the coast on the bitumen you could theoretically do "NSW/QLD/WA" in about four weeks but you would see bugger all coast or none of the main attractions of the regions other than from on the tracks.

Hi Adrian,

Haven't done THE BIG TRIP yet, but have travelled most of the main treks and lived in 4 states. You couldn't do the trip you are planning in 15 weeks without haste. Theoretically, of course you can cover the distance but you'd have to forgo the leisurely stopovers and late breakfasts :o( Remember too, that once you get off road your travel pace will go down (well, it should) so there'll be days when you won't get far on the map. Just a suggestion, why don't you skip those places closer to home and use this 15 weeks to cover the further places. Then you can get back to the one's you skipped when you get annual leave etc.

Regards, Melissa