Toyota Hiluxes

30,000 is a lot of KlMs..

your not planning to stay anywhere for a day or 2 to see what there really is??

Dont waste your time and do a Chevie Chase to Wally World, set times and stuff...

Just head out and take ya time...

Nicko,
Well......it is about 17,000km around Oz on Highway One. Lets say you do 20,000km at 8km/l. That is 2500 litres at average $1.15 litre. That is $2875. Now you need $150 a week for tucker and booze. Thats $1800. So now you are up to $4675. Throw in another $2000 for incidentals. Lets say $7000 all up on a frugal budget. The more kilometres you do the more you spend. Happy travels.
Cheers, Willem
Never a dull moment

Hi Nicko,
We did the round Oz oddysey in 2000 in a 2.0 petrol 84 twin cab Hilux, 23000 kms in 3 months, $4500 in fuel, 1 blown diff, 1 set of universal joints, 1 voltage regulator added to the bill, We spent about $12000 + maybe another $3500 on Visa roughly all up, including a couple of joyflights, 1 over Lake Eyre, 1 over the Buccaneer Archapelego. We did spoil ourselves in the odd 5 star every now and then though...and ate and drank good food and grog...hell, its not everyday you get to let your hair down for so long!Was told by more than 1 traveller that we were going the wrong way round, we went clockwise and had headwinds 90% of the way, go anticlockwise and set your spinaker!! The trip was definately rushed, but time wasn't on our side and we were more than enthusiastic about such a trip, and thouroghly enjoyed ourselves. Only problem with such a rushed trip, as Truckster mentioned is just that, not long enough in any one spot. The other thing was that after a while, you get a bit tired of 'yep, another gorge, another waterfall' syndrome, but on the brighter side, we know exactly where we would like to go back to to spend a decent amount of time at.
Have a bloody good holiday, prepare properly and you'll see why we got the bug to do it all again, and again, and again...!!
Cheers

Thanks Guys,
Its good to hear how other trips have gone. I live in Brisbane and would like to spend most of the trip in Western Australia and Northern Territiory.

I think I may have to extend the trip and spend a bit over two months in WA/NT to really enjoy it.

Time to start saving!

Thanks again...

Nicko, had 2 months in 1991 from Perth to Mlb over the top in a sigma!!!! got to Darwin in 1 month and that was rushed. Darwin to Melbourne 2nd month via townsville. I perfered the WA coast as no crowds, remote (as far as a sigma can get). Was traveling too often but had no Kids then. In that time frame maybee you should do 1/2 oz from which side of the contry your on, go to the other side. ex if you live in WA go explore the East & centre get my drift? Explore Oz tips say $100/day self drive camp per 2 adults.Around Oz 06/2004

Nicko,

In our experience, we find $100 a day including all expenses is good. You can (and we have) travelled for less, say $80 a day so allow somewhere in between. This budget allows us money for food, fuel, 3 or 4 nights accom per week (unpowered sites) depending on where we are, occasional meal out at a pub, cafe or take-away, incidentals, very occasional tour and a few small souveniers (eg. cap, stubbie holder etc). Also covers minor repairs like a flat tyre. It doesn't cover major repairs which we always hope won't happen but sometimes do. For this we always ensure we have emergency money in reserve and/or plenty of credit on the plastic fantastic.

Have a good trip.

:o) MelissaPetrol 4.5L GU Patrol &
Camprite TL8 offroad camper