Start of Australian road trip
In and around Australia
A road trip up the East Coast of Australia using the Wicked van to get us there.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler syconn
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First stop. Cessnock
Well we're finally on our way.
We've decided to hire a Wicked camper van from the wicked campervan company. The reason for this is purely co... Continue reading »
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Stop two. Koala Shores.
The journey from Cessnock to Port Stephens took less then 2 hours. It's funny driving over here. I mean better. I can't drive anywhere, city or cou... Continue reading »
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Manning point. Stop three.
When I was writing this the web site didn't recognise Manning point as a destination and I had to try to imput where it was. I couldn't work this w... Continue reading »
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Port Macquarie. Stop 4
This was the biggest town we came to, after Newcastle, and reminded me a bit of Bondi. We checked into the Big4 campsite which is centrally located... Continue reading »
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Stop five. South West Rocks
It's funny the difference between the people you meet in the different towns. I know this to be true even travelling about in between Manchester an... Continue reading »
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Stop 6 Yamba
We drove up from south West rocks and it was the furthest we've driven in one stint and the closer to Byron bay we get the more Wicked camper vans... Continue reading »
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Stop seven. Byron Bay
We got 3/4 of the way to Byron Bay when I realised that I'd left my fishing rod at Yamba. Oh well spilt milk and all that malarky!
The journe... Continue reading »
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A side order of Nimbin please
No visit to Byron Bat is complete without a trip to Nimbin so we booked ourselves onto a trip over there. We booked ourselves onto one of the buses... Continue reading »
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Stop 8 Surfers Paradise
The drive up from Byron Bay to Surfer's Paradise only took about 2 hours and it was Jo's turn to drive so I slept a bit longer in the cab on the wa... Continue reading »
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Stop 9 The Bright Lighs of Brisbane Brisvegas
So we got to Brisbane about in the afternoon. All the guys we met in NSW all warned us about the guys north of the border and how they do things...... Continue reading »
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Stop 10. Noosa Head
We got to noosa quite late in the afternoon and after we'd got to the campsite and got cleaned up we went and just relaxed before bed.
In th... Continue reading »
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Stop 11. Hervey Bay
It sometimes gets a bit hard for to differentiate between all these campsites. They're starting to blur together. I'll wake up in the middle of the... Continue reading »
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Stop 12. Bundaberg rum town,
We got to Bundaberg sometime in the afternoon and decided to try another campsite that was outside of the town. When we were driving through Bandab... Continue reading »
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Stop 12. Yeppoon.
We only stayed here the one night. We didn't get here until about 5:30 pm and we were knackered both of us so after a meal in the camp kitchen we went... Continue reading » -
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Stop 13. Yeppoon
We only stayed here the one night. We didn't get here until about 5:30 pm and we were knackered both of us so after a meal in the camp kitchen we w... Continue reading »
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Stop 14. Airlie Beach
As everybody does when they go up the East coast of Oz they call in at Airlie beach and take a boat to the Whitsunday's. Jo and I are sti... Continue reading »
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Stop 15. Mission beach.
We left Airlie beach about 10 am to get to Mission beach. We only stopped for 1 hour for lunch and another 2 breaks of 20 minutes but we still didn... Continue reading »
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Stop 16. Cairns.
We planned to stay here for 2 nights and during that time we wanted totry and get out and about and see a bit of Cairns and use it as a base to get... Continue reading »
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Last stop on the East Coast. Cook Town.
I am a self confessed geek and not exactly proud of it but more like not interested in what people think about it. I've had a interest in history s... Continue reading »
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Uluru National Park. Brilliant!
We flew straight to Uluru from Cairns rather then go to Alice Springs and drive 5 hours overland. The flight took about 2 hours and the companys th... Continue reading »
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Cool Melbourne
We got to Melbourne about 4-5 pm and spent $15 dollers each getting a transfer bus from the airport to the apartments. This was the cheapest and be... Continue reading »
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The best road in Oz? Probably.........
From Melbourne we picked up our second Wicked campervan and headed to the Great Ocean Road. The Great Ocean road was built by the guys who fought i... Continue reading »
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Journey's End
Three fights, a threat of divorce, twenty campsites, a bottle of rum and 6500 kms later our Aussie road trip comes to an end back where it started.... Continue reading »
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Back on the road again
We flew from Sydney airport to Christchurch in New Zealand's south Island. The flight took 3 hours and we landed In Christchurch at 11:30 pm. New Z... Continue reading »
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Stop 2. Timaru
We set off from christchurch about 11:00am andfound it dead easy to get out of town. I kept having to tell myself I'm not at home, I'm no... Continue reading »
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Stop 3. Dunedin
We left Timaru about 10ish to head for Dunedin and we spent about 6 hours driving. On the way into town we saw they were advertising a Gypsy f... Continue reading »
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Stop 4 Invercargill
We got here from Dunedin using the scenic coastal highway and we managed to stop loads along the way to get some really good photos of the scenery... Continue reading »
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Stop 5. Te Anau.
From Invercargill we stuck to the Southern Scenic route which follows the coast round and up into te Anau. We've came here with the intention of ex... Continue reading »
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Stop 6. Queenstown. Adventure capital?
Continuing our journey we had arrived at Queenstown, birthplace of jet boating and bungy jumping. It says a lot about the people of a place when th... Continue reading »
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Stop 7. Mount Cook
The drive from Queenstown was more of the same magnificent scenery that we're starting to get used to now. On the way to Twizel there was a salmon... Continue reading »
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Stop 8. Franz Josef Glacier
We got to the Top 10 camping park about 7 pm after driving through some of the best scenery that we've seen so far in NZ. The road cuts through ra... Continue reading » -
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Stop 9. Nelson
Another stop and our last in the South Island before heading to the North Island. Not much to see in Nelson as it's a very small town. The only rea... Continue reading »
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Stop 10. Wellington city
We left Nelson about 9:30 am to get the 1:30 interislander ferry to Wellington. It's a 2 hour drive and we had to check in 1 hour before the ferry... Continue reading »
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Stop 11. Napier.
The drive from Wellington to Napier is about 300km and took about 5 hours, with stops following route 2 most of the way. The scenery on the way up was... Continue reading » -
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Stop 12. Taupo Lake.
We stopped here with the main intention of visiting the lakes and the geysers of the Hidden Valley. It was all relly pretty. The Hidden valley cost... Continue reading »
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Stop 13 (unlucky for some). Rotorua
We got to Rotorua about 4pm. It was only a short hop of 85km from Taupo and even with all the stops we had along the way it took us about 6 h... Continue reading »
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Stop 14. End of a road trip
Well here we are at the end of our Kiwi road trip. After we'd cleaned the inside of the van and unloaded our bags into our skabby room at the kiwi... Continue reading »
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