Hard question to answer. Everyone has their own agenda and ideas. We like to travel say 400 k's and stay 3-4 nights each place. Others like to push on to somewhere new each day. Why don't you get out the maps and do some homework. Google maps is good as it tells you the K's as well as the travel time. It lets you drop and drag to different routes and add stops as well.
Our first trip and not towing, in five weeks we drove from the Hunter Valley to Darwin, up to the Coburg Peninsula and through Arnheim Land, then back across and down the east coast to home. We did do a lot of driving in that time as well but we had a great look at everything we wanted to see, including a week at Coburg.
Like Pam said, depends a lot on how you want to travel.. Our time was limited so we couldn't slow down so much then as we do now.
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I must be a binge thinker. I do it a lot at times, then, not much at all.
I had six weeks, tenting only, did a half lap from Newcastle through Cobar, Broken Hill, Port Augusta up to Uluru, onto Alice and Darwin, back to Three Ways and across to Townsville and down the coast.
Really pushed it in the early stages because I thought we'd run out of time, which we almost did. We've got to go back to Coober Pedy, and spend more time there, and Uluru and Alice.
Like Pam and Firefly say, its a hard question to answer. If you are going over there and taking the same route back, if it was me, I'd bolt over there, spend some time, then depending how much times left could take a slow trip home.
Dont worry about places that are within two or three days of where you live, they could be done at a later date.
Do some homework. Google maps is good, I also use Travelmate. http://www.travelmate.com.au/index.php Have a look, half way down and click on map maker.
Regardless of all this, I'm green with envy. Itching to go back. Maybe one day.......
As other posts suggest longer would be better but I think it is quite doable. You will need to plan ahead to ensure you fit it all in to the time available. Don't let your limited time available put you off doing it.
Anything is possible, even if you use this trip as recognaisance for future adventures and experiences. As long as you leave yourself enough time to get home in there somewhere. Set a destination within your time frame, decide how long you'll stay at each town or camp, sightseeing time, and unexpected good stuff. Enjoy, soak it up as it slides by, and have fun. Safe and happy travels.
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