Going to try a four to five month trip after Easter next year, it will be my first long trip in our motorhome. Leaving from Byron Bay [where we will be for Easter] and trying to sort where to go. So all you experienced gurus of the travel give some feedback on where you would go............
There are approx. 2500 towns in Aust. if you reallly rushed and averaged 3 days travelling and looking at these towns, it would take you 20 years. Add on all the sights, tourist spots and wherever nomads end up, and you could add on another 20 years at least. Wave the lighthouse at Byron Bay goodbye, point yourself west and have a great 4 months.
Johnw
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Close your eyes, no, not when you're driving, silly. First, get you map............ Now, open to the map of Australia, close your eyes, put your finger on the map, point your rig toward your finger and see ya later. Or......... Shift your finger to another place on the map and point your rig....... Oh, you get the idea. Another way to have half a plan is to pick a place, region or town or special event you'd like to visit and make that your first destination. After that it's easy to choose which way to point your rig. And no matter where you go, have fun. So safe and happy travels to you. Cheers Chris
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Do what we do map out a route and then get sidetracked as we go along and it lands up a different trip altogether to what we planned but such fun enjoy. Helen.
Do what we do map out a route and then get sidetracked as we go along and it lands up a different trip altogether to what we planned but such fun enjoy. Helen.
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-- Edited by Rolly on Friday 3rd of July 2009 07:26:18 PM
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Thanks for the input aso far guys. I know that the plans will be dictated on what happens along the way and only need a basic idea to begin with on the general way to go. Now, I'm looking at april to july inclusive. Have any of you done a southern trip this time of the year? I have considered going against the trend and heading down to tassie in the winter. Has anyone done that, and how nasty is it in april-may june?? Would leave crowds behind I guess as an advantage. Other basic option is to head up the coast to Cairns. Do northern parks etc get very busy at this time of year? Do I get ahead of the mexican hoards or not? Alt is to clockwise it over perth way and do south west or north WA. Head spinning......
To state the obvious, it's bloody cold, wet and windy in winter down south, that's why they all head north. Cairns gets very busy at this time of the year, as do most of the van parks and camps from the Sunshine Coast up. I think even northern NSW get its share. When I was travelling up this way last year I just phoned ahead the day before I hitched up. If you can handle the cold some of the places you've considered would be quite beautiful with snow and running rivers. SW WA is wonderful in winter. All green fresh running creeks and rivers, but jeez it gets cold down there too. The prevailing wind across the Nullarbor is W/SW winds - very cold and strong W/SW winds, but the Southern Right whales don't seem to mind. They gather at the Head Of The Bight to breed and give birth, and it's a wonderful experience. They also go to Albany and Esperance. Of course you could enjoy the Humpbacks up the east or west coast at this time of the year. Talk about options. Pack the uggies, beanies and thick socks and you should be ok. Safe and happy travels to you. Cheers Chris
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Go north then west then north until you reach Darwin. In the dry it is great. In the wet it is better if the humidity dosn't get you. Where ever you go good luck and safe traveling. Jack
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cold, wet and windy in south aust. hell I wish, we are still in drought and averaging 12 degree nights with 17 plus days, as for the wind well I'm sorry but I like baked beans!!!
Johnc I say again come over here to gods own, well his second choice after the kimberleys anyway!!
I'm glad you put that in order Dave. While I'm an SA native, the Kimberleys get my vote as the region of choice. My daughter in Edithburgh says it's been cold wet and windy down there. Did the mid-north miss out again? I'm told NW Vic has also missed out. It seems the weather is very selective. Here's hoping they get rain soon, although it's probably too late for any grain production this year. Chris
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oh bloody hell, give us a break Bob we did tell them where to go, if j.c. comes over here I can give him a thousand places of extreme merit as to where to go
Mike would put out the welcome mat for them as he has done on many other occasions and have a thousand little secrets to show his "guests",
granny would love to see them and would certainly extend the hand of freindship and have many great little spots to show off,
I would love to see them and they wouldnt know what hit them, but I guarantee they will enjoy themselves and I do Know "MY BACKYARD" intimitly and would be only too proud to show them the real outback or wineries or the bestest fishing and the worlds greatest beach and better scenery than the great ocean road down on the yorke peninsula, the best ocean veiws on eyre penninsula the best souring craggy mountain views in wilpena
I can see a great many offers in here and all you see is what you want to see, I see a great deal of advice and very freindly invitations, I'm not sure what you seen
of course we will suggest OUR favorites, thats what we do and while we suggest them we offer the hand of freindship and ask for nothing in return, our advice is given freely
bottom line, according to Dave, who is wrong more often than not, is head for warm climes and dont make too many plans, but dont listen to me, everywhere is good
Johncoq we are thinking of doing a "Tassie in winter" trip one year as we would love to see cradle mountain and mount wellington blanketed in snow, I guess a damn good heater and thermals would be the go but I think it would be very rewarding, snow chains are recommended in some mountanous areas as ice covers the road and some of the tours are not available over winter
we have visited the little apple isle on two occasions now and loved it both times, we are summoning up the courage to do a "winter" trip
one thing about going in winter is that the spirit of Tasmania is half price and if you are a member of the C.M.C.A then you get a "club discount" on top of that as well as caravan park discounts making it a very cheap tour
but because everything is "close at hand" Tassie represents very good value for money at any time of the year
north or south it really is a matter of choice, your's, you really cant go wrong in our fantastic country, have fun with a large map and just make plans and then change them, scrounge through the net, get heaps of details on what is where and then disregard them, grab advice from all fellow travellers and then ignore it
keep the dialog coming guys. All input is good . This will be my first decent trip as I'm still working [but winding back]. I live in brissy and have just been pottering around from yamba to burrum heads for shortish trips getting my motorhome set up as i like etc. Think I'll leave tassie for a different trip. Leaning towards north to cairns and across to darwin and possibly south towards alice and back??? but please keep the advice coming
To put a bid in for WA, the South West over here during winter is good. Great wineries, great food, mist, fog, damp undergrowth and above all, good fishing.
Now why the hell am I going north on our trip when we leave.
