which way to go
Submitted: Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 12:26
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Can anyone suggest a route around or across Australia we are on the
Gold Coast and want to revist
Darwin, The Isa,
Port Hedland,
Perth and have to go to a wedding in October in
Sydney will want to leave around July 2004 after the wedding want to do the Flinders and the Snowy don't think we have enough time to go around so thinking about going across as we have seen most of the North but would have been nice to revist such place as mentioned beforeHome For Xmas
Reply By: Voxson (Adelaide) - Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 13:42
Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 13:42
You guys are the only ones to know what you do and dont want to see..... But i would go around the country in an anticlockwise to lessen the effect of headwinds....___________________________________
Simpson trip 05/04 then turn left at
Birdsville to
Darwin via
Lawn Hill etc
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Follow Up By: 10 Para- Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 14:23
Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 14:23
Yeah but thats all up hillHome For Xmas
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Follow Up By: duncs - Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 15:27
Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 15:27
OK but it is also shorter.
As for your trip to see all those
places in the time mentioned you are going to have to spend a lot of time at the wheel.
To do it justice I suggest you start to cull your list of things to see. Maybe go across through Isa to
Darwin, the Kimberly area and then down the Tanami to the Centre. You would miss
Perth and the South West but it is a more manageable distance.
Have fun planning and travelling.
Duncs
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Follow Up By: 10 Para- Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 17:42
Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 17:42
Hi Duncs,
Thanks for that where do you start (culling that is ) your idea of the Tanami might be the trick at least i would not be driving the same roads as i have not been down that one done the road from
Darwin to
perth years ago through top springs also that would let us see
the rock as even though i lived in the alice for 9 months never got to see it. Have you doen the road and if so what is it like.Home For Xmas
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Reply By: Member - Des Lexik(SA) - Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 16:03
Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 16:03
Have you considered flying back to
Sydney for the wedding and then continue the trip without losing too much time travelling.ne cede malis
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Follow Up By: 10 Para- Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 17:38
Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 17:38
Yep,
have thought of flying from
Perth to
Sydney and back and will most likley to do that, thought i would just do a quick run around the black top but then realise what i am like and would want to stop off everywhere and that the time that would take, funny though i got married in
Sydney some 35 years ago and was then living in
Port Hedland and took 10 days to drive accross the roads were not that good in those days it seem i am always crossing the country for weddings but its only been 2 in the last 35 years.Home For Xmas
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Reply By: Member - MightyQ - Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 23:54
Monday, Dec 29, 2003 at 23:54
G'day, why don't you meet my wife and I at Ularu in late July or possibly beginning of August then we can head off across the Gunbarrel to
Wiluna then north to
Newman,
Port Hedland(spent 2 1/2 years working there) then to
Broome,
Kimberley,
Darwin. Then what we want to do is to go to the bottom of the cape, across to
Cooktown and then wind our way south or back into the centre.
This trip is definately going ahead it's just part of the route to be worked out. We live in
Warburton, north east of
Melbourne. Can you? give out email addresses safely on this site?
What do you think?, you may not want company
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Follow Up By: Brett - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 00:13
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 00:13
You may have problems with you adnoids.....snoring...
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Follow Up By: Member - MightyQ - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 00:21
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 00:21
Hey brett, get a life
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Follow Up By: Member - MightyQ - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 00:44
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 00:44
Sorry about that brett, what imeant to say was 'that's exactly the sort of response I expected here'!!!
I should have known better, oh
well another wasted $50
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Follow Up By: Member - Ross - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 09:33
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 09:33
MightyQ
It's interesting to note that most of the inane responses come from those that haven't forked out the 50 bucks .... empty vessels and all that.
Cheers and enjoy your trip.Fidei defensor
Rosco
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Follow Up By: Member - MightyQ - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 19:31
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 19:31
G'day
Ross, thanks man, my sentiments exactly.
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Reply By: Brett - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 23:09
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 23:09
I am terribly sorry.
Didn't mean to offend anyone...just a poor attempt at humor. I didn't know I had to pay to crack a joke..
However, as you expected the response I gave you, why comment?
What I did not expect was the devisive comment you and your buddy cooked up which eludes to there being an "us and them" segregation on the board between members and those who are not members.
If you are dissatisfied with people who are not members and who make the odd funny remark, petition the owner of the website to restrict access only to members.
Enjoy the rest of your xmas season
Brett
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Follow Up By: Brett - Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 23:16
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2003 at 23:16
What I forgot to say is that I think the attempt you are making to travel with someone else is a fantastic idea and a great way to meet people with common interests. It also is a little easier due to the fact that we get some idea of what sort of person/people we are trying to hook up with. My wife and I met with and have become great friends with more than a dozen people we met via internet common interest groups (fishing related) during our 2 year trip through the northern part of Australia.
My only advice is don't hook up with somone with a loud snoring problem....sound carries at night....
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