What to do in only 4 months?

You can see the whole country (drive all the way around it) in 4 months - but it will all go past in a blur and it's not worth doing.

Do stuff further from home - it's easier to to the east coast stuff when you have a shorter holiday.

I'd recommend going to Uluru, the Olgas, then up to Kakadu, up to Darwin, across to the Kimberley and down the Western Australian coast. Come back across the Nullabor and through the Flinders Ranges.

You should be able to go through Broken Hill/Silverton and Oodnadatta on the way to/from Sydney - weather would determine which way you go and come.

We did half of this in 2 weeks from Melbourne - but that included 36 hours straigh driving on the way home - not recommended and you don't see much at that pace except petrol stations.

Mind you after 10000k's of scrub you may find petrol stations are a good thing. At least they're a different colour.

Damien, My suggestion would be do Cape, Gulf, Kakadu, Kimberley, and maybe down through Tanami, to Ayers Rock, Alice etc.
From other response, you can do heaps in that time. Safe travels. Hooroo....

I would take a month to drive along the south coast to Perth. Then drive up the Canning(North) and down the West coast via the KImberley for the second month. Then drive across the Central Road to Uluru, Alice Springs and Environs taking as many back tracks as possible for the third month. In the fourth month drive up to Darwin via the Territory Explorer tracks and visit the Top End. Leave a week to return to Sydney from there via the Gulf Track, Birdsville, Innamincka, Cameron Corner, White Cliffs etc. About a third of this trip will be sealed road...the rest gravel. Leave home at the beginning of April. Take plenty of money with you as fuel will probably be $1.50 per litre in populated place and $2.00 per litere in the outback :-) Enjoy........Cheers, W

Hi Damien,

The wife and I are heading off from Melbourne on a 4 month trip on 1st May. We decided not to include any places that were in adjoining states (we're from Melbourne) as we can get back there with shorter trips. So our plans are to transit up to Cairns and basically follow the coastline via Darwin to Perth.

After months of planning we decided to drop the Centre so we could spend the extra time in the Kimberleys and around the south of Perth. This should allow us to spend as much time as possible as far removed from civilisation.

Enjoy the planning,
Rohan.

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GA,DAY DAMIEN .
When are you going , the war ofice & i are planing a trip in Aurgst here in the west if interested . Forge.

GA,DAY DAMIEN .
When are you going , the war ofice & i are planing a trip in Aurgst here in the west if interested . Forge.