Travel Advice

anti clockwise in the dry season and clockwise in the wet ... around aussie that is... in the top of aussie in the dry we get strong winds blow for days at atime from the east to west so best to have a tail wind.....
Where are you now ??? that may assist in where to go and what sort of people are you, camping keen, bush lovers, maybe just like sights ...
The thing about aussie is you really can go anyware and you only make of it what you want to so just throw a dart and off you go...
Cheers
Joe

which state are you leaving from. This will help people help you

Hi Richard,
What about Tassie in December? There is all sorts of fun stuff for kids there, and the weather should be okay.
Have a look at the discover Tasmania website - it will give you heaps of info.
Leanne

I took 3 kids of similar age for a 12 month trip around Australia some years ago. We departed from Sydney for 1.5 months and did southern NSW and lots of Victoria in summer. We then headed north in March and did an anti-clockwise lap. We experienced only a handful of rainy days in 6 months of travel and it was always warm enough for the children to swim and we all had an absolute ball. Unfortunately, though, we arrived in Perth in September and, from there on, it was often too cold to swim and oh so wet in the south of WA and in Victoria (SA was mostly dry but not that warm). It just wasn't the same once the kids couldn't swim as much, and the extended rainy periods very quickly gave me cabin fever (we were living in a wind-up camper trailer). In hindsight, I wish we'd taken our time a bit more coming down WA, perhaps by meandering inland a bit more, so that it was warmer when we arrived in the south.

Hi, I have actually just posted about travelling with kids. We are from Tassie and hoping to travel for most of next year also hoping to leave in March. Our two boys will be 5 years old and 20 months old by then. We have also been looking into that same van this week and are planning on selling our Pajero to buy a Landcruiser. Have you had a chance to try the van out yet? If we had another family to meet up with at points along the way our decision to go will be almost certain. Our main concern is the fact that our 5 year old won't get enough socialisation. I am a teacher so I am more than comfortable with teaching him the academic stuff but obviously socialisation is the more important thing with that age group. We have camped a fair bit and had a 9 week camping trip when our eldest was 2 1/2. Would love to get in touch with you guys about your plans etc. Will you be working some of the trip?