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What is the longest drive you've done ?
- Thread starter Bill Walker
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Flew into Melbourne, drove to Adelaide, up to Darwen and round to Perth. The £300 quid Holden car I bought with 470k on the clock packed in so train and bus round south west coast, then Indian Pacific from Kalgoorlie to Sydney. Train then greyhound bus up to Cairns.I've never done a really long drive. So maybe this will be a crazy idea.
We are planning a trip from Brisbane to visit friends in Perth.
If it were possible to drive non-stop it would take about 60 hours using the coastal route Hwy 1.
Obviously that is not possible so we're planning to drive about 4 hours a day so should take roughly 18 days. We will spend 3 or 4 days not driving at all got staying in towns that sound interesting, like Coober Pedy where there are opal mines, you can visit, and wineries in the Barrosa valley. Things like that.
On the way back home we aim to go round the top end of Australia.
This would take 90 hours in one hit as it's longer. But we will take about 30 days to get back doing the same sort of thing.
Aiming to do this in our winter (June) as the trip home through the northern tropics would be too hot and humid in summer. (Top third of Oz is tropical)
Total driving time over 150 hours to circumnavigate Australia.
Has anyone done any long drives like this, any advice, tips etc. ?
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Longest daily drives were around Northern Territory. Katherine to Halls Creek and Halls Creek to Broome, around 950 kilometres. So glad I did the train option across the nullabor.
Esperance in my opinion is the most amazing coastal place I have ever been to.but after that I've heard that the area south of Perth is awesome. Also tons of amazing coastline, white beaches in the tropics.
dronefromsector7G
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You’re about the third person to do that gag. It’s getting tee dious now.330 yards downhill dogleg left, hit a lovely draw that caught a down slope and split the fairway.
gordondaviesmoustache
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Done loads of driving holidays in the States, including Route 66.
Did about 700 miles in a day once, from Santa Fe to San Antonio. What a day that was.
Did about 700 miles in a day once, from Santa Fe to San Antonio. What a day that was.
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bluemc1
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San Francisco to San Diego no idea how far but took about 7 hours
Bill Walker
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Wow quite a trip. A mate of mine, a real salt of the earth type, had a Holden Commodore pick up (ute) it'd done 600,000 klms on the clock. No rust, he said he wants to be buried with it. :)Flew into Melbourne, drove to Adelaide, up to Darwen and round to Perth. The £300 quid Holden car I bought with 470k on the clock packed in so train and bus round south west coast, then Indian Pacific from Kalgoorlie to Sydney. Train then greyhound bus up to Cairns.
Longest daily drives were around Northern Territory. Katherine to Halls Creek and Halls Creek to Broome, around 950 kilometres. So glad I did the train option across the nullabor.
Yes I've seen pictures of a mates trip, looks awesome.Esperance in my opinion is the most amazing coastal place I have ever been to.
Course it is.You’re about the third person to do that gag. It’s getting tee dious now.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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It's driving a wedge between us serious posters and those just here for the punsYou’re about the third person to do that gag. It’s getting tee dious now.
dickie davies
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Nearly all these are tours, not drives
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bluemc1
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A few people have driven a Fair Way
that one been done yet I’ve not read everything:/
that one been done yet I’ve not read everything:/