How To Travel Australia | Tips For A Great Driving Holiday
Travelling Australia is an exciting adventure, ther is so much to see and experience. here is a few tips to help you plan your road trip.
When Travelling around or part of Australia your main costs are fuel, accommodation, food, activities and souvenirs. Allow for repairs for your vehicle or camping equipment and any other unforeseen costs that may occur.
As a general rule visit southern Australia in summer and northern Australia in winter
Are you interested in saving money when you camp or travel and hope to stay in as many free or cheap campsites, look for a map or camping guide book that will advise you of free and cheap camp sites
When you are starting to plan your initial itinerary you need to have worked out about how many weeks or months you have to travel.
Pack as least as possible, which is not easy to do as there is a lot of things required especially if you are travelling as a family. Remember an overloaded vehicle has to work harder, placing more strain on tyres and chassis etc .and increasing fuel consumption
Australia is so vast that it is not likely that you will see it all, but even to see parts of it is spectacular, you will have an amazing adventure!!
The distances and the time required to travelling Australia can vary because of a lot of factors like what vehicle used, are you towing an RV or trailer, type of roads or terrain, how long you stay at each destination etc.
Central Australia can get temperatures up to 40 to 45 degrees Celsius in summer. Coober Pedy has been known to get extreme temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius that is why they have underground homes. So the best times to travel in these areas is April to September. June and July are very popular being the coolest months and also it is around school holiday time
