What to do in only 4 months?
Submitted: Friday, Feb 28, 2003 at 04:07
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Damien
G-Day all ! Can anybody please enlighten me as to what I can expect to see and do in only 4 months. Work commitments don't allow any longer time unfortunately. I'm planning a trip early next year (as far away from
Sydney as possible). I would like to see the whole country but I know that miracles take a little longer! Perhaps I can do it in two trips. Any suggestions?
Reply By: Suzuki Viagra - Friday, Feb 28, 2003 at 08:42
Friday, Feb 28, 2003 at 08:42
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.
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Reply By: Bob Y. - Friday, Feb 28, 2003 at 13:32
Friday, Feb 28, 2003 at 13:32
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....
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Follow Up By: Member - Melissa - Friday, Feb 28, 2003 at 14:51
Friday, Feb 28, 2003 at 14:51
don't forget Arnhem Land and
Litchfield. Both would fit in very nicely with the route Bob has suggested.
:o) Melissa
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Follow Up By: Suzuki Viagra - Saturday, Mar 01, 2003 at 02:33
Saturday, Mar 01, 2003 at 02:33
Litchfield was good - I thought better than
Kakadu really.
Steering clear of Northern/Central Queensland might be a wise move this time around though - the huge amount of rain we've had might make slow going on any of the highways (and especially the developmental roads) even if they're not completely impassable.....
Litchfield isn't a problem on either path.
If you want to go to more than the usual touristy bits - you need to know both when and where you're going. Many of the
places worth a look off the main roads will require permits from the relevant Aboriginal owners....
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Reply By: Member - Willem- Saturday, Mar 01, 2003 at 05:16
Saturday, Mar 01, 2003 at 05:16
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
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Reply By: Member - Rohan - Saturday, Mar 01, 2003 at 20:03
Saturday, Mar 01, 2003 at 20:03
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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