Some Australian road trip ideas

While on the road in Oz, I met the same faces, cropping up here and there through out the trip. The main reason being, too many people follow the same old route: Pick up a car in Melbourne and head north, or do the same in Cairns and head South. The east coast basically, up or down, you become part of a predictable flow of fellow travelers. The backpacker trail. It’s enjoyable, it’s pretty and rather boozy – but there is a lot more to Australia than just the one coast line.

Here are a few links to some articles I’ve found detailing alternative road trips within Australia:

A drive through the Flinders Ranges - (photo by Georgie Sharp)

The Daily Telegraph - Suggestions such as Flinders Ranges in South Australia and Nature’s Way in the Northern Territories.

Budget Travel magazine – An indepth article profiling must-do Australian road trips such as the red centre, and the remote South West Corner down from Perth.

Sunrise at Flinders. Beautiful. (Photo by Georgie Sharp)

About.com – Student travel. Advice on licenses and driving conditions in Oz, as well as profiles of the Great Ocean Road, and a little know road trip destination, of Gippsland, Victoria.

TNT Magazine – A good article from the TNT guys, with information covering a series of road trips on the great island. Including some details on how to do Sydney to Cairns sticking to the more off beat locations.

Bushfire smoke over Gippsland - (photo by Timmy Thesuk)