If I'm not parking up at a free camp for up to a week I travel between 25 to 500 km per day. I don't think any 2 people travel the same distance in a day .
Regards Peter

I do not have a set distance, as every trip is different

I like to stop every couple of hours, just to walk around for about ten minutes or so, to limber up a bit

If I have previously been on that road, then I tend to travel more distance in a day, than a road/area I have never been on

I suppose that I am an inquisitive little man, and I like to check things out for myself, rather than rely on others opinions

A lot of times other travellers will give me the name of something to look at, or another camp to visit

If the next camp is only 20 kilometres up the road, and I like the look of it, then I will stop there

I suppose the bottom line would be (for me), not to worry how many kilometres I can get under my belt, but to enjoy the kilometres I am doing

Guys, This is only a question you can answer, we travel with a small dog so we have several pit stops during the day, these also serve as breaks for ourselves. As we are full time grey nomads we have no time constraints, we tend to move off site of a morning around 9 am then break for lunch and if we are free camping (which is as often as we can) we tend to park up around 2 - 2.30 to get a good spot cause we have found that any later the best spots are taken. My suggestion is do not try to set yourself a klm distance let the road, region you are traveling in and your own body tell you when to rest up. Happy travels Bobkat

Gday...

Welcome to the forum Big G (Glynn).

As others have said before me, the distance/s travelled in a day are completely dependent on what you choose - whether because of the need to be at a particular camp/destination by a particular time, or just travelling.

Over my time full-time on the road, I have sometimes only travelled 20km to the next camp or 500km - completely depends on circumstances.

However, due to a family medical emergency a few years back, I drove from Kalgoorlie WA to Sale Victoria in four days/three nights. 

I do have a rule of thumb that I adhere to. Fatigue (driving when tired) is as bad as - probably worse than - driving when exceeding .05 BAC.

For that reason I will only drive inside my 'normal' waking hours - ie 7am and 10pm ... and always stop every two hours for a quick walk around the rig and a splash of water on the face at a minimum.

Cheers - John

Hi. I reckon 6 hours is too long unless it is the last stretch before you get home. I look at 4 to 5 hours maximum depending on the weather conditions. It normally takes my wife and I around 20 minutes to set up before my feet are up and beer in hand. I think that you will work out you own timeframe afte a couple of drives. Do not try and do too much first time. You are a long time dead !!!! Col P

Depends on trip and time schedule.
We've done Yeppoon to Darwin in 3 1\2 to 4 days comfortably.
Also taken 10 days.
But nowadays we tend to take shorter trips and so not so long on road.

We tend to go straight to destination and spend time there than reverse it.
But we been doing it a lot of yrs and seen most that we want to between points.

I always found that if travelling distances.
Wait till all the car drivers off the roads. I.E. after 6pm.
Then get on roads with the rigs.
Behind one of them you'll cover good miles with a 30 ton battering ram to protect you.
and he'll normally talk to you while travelling.

Comfortable travel for me and her is less then 300 K in a day.   We like to rise early and get 100 to 150 K down the road before breakfast and a god look around while thinking where we might like to be come nightfall.  Another 150 K before setting up for the night is usual if the trip destination is a long way away.

Not unknown to move less than a couple of K if intending to stay for awhile.   Sometimes arriving late in the afternoon results in setting up in a good enough spot.   An early walk the next morning might discover a much better spot for a couple of days, at least, so happy to move to the better spot.

Readers might have worked out that we do not leapfrog from CP to CP.

Iza

Thanks guys, I guess I am still in rush mode, I cannot get out there until I sell the house which is very frustrating, been waiting 3 months so far !!!!! But just returned from a a 12 day car trip to Coff's Harbour and Grafton where I drove 600k the first day and 500 k the second but slowed down after that.

like you have already seen there is no correct right answer to the question, as everybody is different I like many other members on the forum have been caravanning most of my life, and my approach to this question has changed a number of times, now that I am retired my reasoning is based more on the journey than the destination, because our final destination on a holiday has a habit of changing during the journey sometimes very regularly.
When our direction or destination changes I usually give my kids a call and when they ask how the trip to !!!!! went I do enjoy telling them that XXXX is absolutely fantastic

My one small piece of advice is you are definitely travelling too far if you are feeling just a little tied.

Enjoy this fantastic country we live in and take your time looking at it.

I've done 1000ks easy if I need to get to destination !! But I usually take the scienic route these days . Country towns are way more interesting, friendly ., Except Norsham WA .