Was wondering how many kilometres the average trip is around Australia for those

Well, it depends on what you want to see and do. I set out 4 years ago to go to the Fkinders Range. I have yet to get out of W.A. and even here I have been no further north than Marble Bar nor further east than Bulong.
I am concerned than I have missed probably the best part of W.A.
But, I have a friend who drove around Australia in three weeks. He assures me that the white line in the middle of the road is not continous.
So it depends on the time you have, your interests and how much money is in the kittty.
Brian Purdue

Hi
We did a lap last year took 5 months total distance was 24,150 kms with a camper trailer cost worked out $1.00 per Km, this included a couple of local flights,and helo rides ,swimming with whale sharks,10-15 nights in motels the rest in carravan parks,all food,fuel and not holding back on spending money.
Would do it all again tomorrow if we could,every day was great.

We did 45,000 over twelve months and yep about $1.00 per K

Did heaps of side trips along the way that's why the Ks were so high.

The general consensus by most state service clubs viz. NRMA,Racv etc is 25 thousand K's sticking to the highway route no 1 .
Me yes we did 25k just in WA & the NT just cruisin n lookin.

Left home in Melbourne a couple of years ago, heading to Perth as the first leg on a West Coast trip. Now I knew Perth was about 3000 odd kms. away, but about 5 weeks, and nearly 8000 ks later, we arrived there. My point is, the best laid plans fall by the wayside when there's so much to see. I must admit we had no real time frame either. Regards.

Roger B.........

We spend 7-9 months on the road each year.
We never "plan" to go 'around the block', but did cover all mainland states and the NT in 2007.
We mostly keep OFF the black top wherever we can.

2005, 5 months, 19,000k, SA, NT, WA, Qld, SA.
2006, 9 months, 32,000k, SA, Tas, SA, WA, SA.
2007, 7 months, 27,000k, SA, Vic, NSW, Qld, NT, WA, NT, SA.
2008, 8 months, 23,000k, SA, NSW, Qld, NT, WA, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic, SA.

The more we travel, the less ks we do per day.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Pradoz

We all have to do careful panning and budgeting when going away on extended trips.

For some its a trip of a once only trip of a lifetime and they will spend extra on various forms of entertainment and live it up.

Some of us who take on the extended trips every year have to budget carefully and take into account many variables.

Our trek this year will be about 8000km and it will take 12 weeks.

I expect our total cost to be around $4000 (set up, refurbishing, stocking up and preparation has already cost around $2000)


Cheers

5 years ago.
34,000km. Right around the coast with some backtracking and inland deviations.
$40,000
Worth every cent.
Paul

32000 km in 2000. Lots of inland deviations, but we did see most polaces planned. Don't want to know what it cost!

Last year from 12 April to 24 Sept , 23,000 klm only a 1/2 block [top half ] Fuel alone cost $6900 ,, Diesel - cheapest was start point Brisbane @$1.53 , dearest @ RabbitFlat $2.51 ,, total lt used = 3754, add another $125 per day average for food /fees / ect ect ect ,,,,,,,,, who said travel /camping was "cheap"????

Sydney-Wagga-Melbourne-Adelaide-Coober Pedy-Uluru-Kakadu-Darwin-Broome-Exmouth-Perth-Broken Hill-Sydney


17,000km

Funny how everyone seems to come up with the same average cost.
My trips 3000 - 4000 klms $3000 to $4000
My trips 4000 - 6000 klms average $5,500

Never thought it as $ per K cost before.

Hi PradOz,
we are currently half way through our trip around Oz. We left Tom Price, have travelled around the bottom half of Oz and are now in Brisbane, 25,000km later.
As for planning how many miles you'll do, work out the point to point distance and add about 50% for side trips etc. This is what others told me to expect and this trip has confirmed their estimates.
As for costs, we underestimated the initial set up cost but over estimated the cost of travelling once on the road. When we begun our trip, deisel was $1.95 in Tom Price, we are now paying $1.05 in Bris Vegas. Totalling the travel costs, it all seems to balance out to approx $1 per km which is a fairly common estimate.
Its the best holiday I've ever had. I too dreamt about it for ages but didnt act until recently. Now we are thinking about the second trip around, probably 10 years down the track when we have kids.
You have got to do it

My wife and I left our base , to caravan around oz 1 month ago ( 2 pension paydays ago ) We have travelled 3000 ks , so far only living on our pensions , even though we have a $40,000 back up .. we use the back up as a gauge of the costs ... To date we are $132 in front .. so if your frugal , ( not starving ) you can do it . BUT before you leave make sure you have everything new or fully repaired . that way theres no big outlays.. Then the rest of the costs are up to you ..

We are only 6000k's into our trip, and would agree with the $1.00 per kilo rule of thumb too, we are in a Prado with dual fuel, big mistake round WA and the NT, gas is expensive, sometimes close to petrol prices! Go Diesel and save, but more importantly just go for it!!
We are having a ball.

thanks for all the replies - its very interesting seeing the price similarities. something to keep in mind