Roadtrippin’ in Australia
Australia is a vast country with major landscape changes and environments that may affect your road trip plans. With different cities prone to freak weather surges and unforeseeable circumstances, it is extremely important to do some research before you intend to take a road trip.
Consider the region/s you plan to drive through and also the time of year. Make sure you have clear directions, so you do not find yourself lost or take the long way round.
On the outback roads and highways between major cities, it is not uncommon to see native animals in the wild like kangaroos and koalas. It is also common for drivers to hit such animals. So a good tip is to be very alert and wide awake especially at night. If you do a long drive between cities, there are always rest spots to encourage you to pull over for a few hours to get some sleep. Use this to your advantage and take a break!
You may decide to road trip around Australia in a Rental Car or in a Campervan (RV-Rental). The Campervan option is becoming a very popular way for residents and visitors to see the country.
For more tips on driving in Australia check out this page.
This article was written by Tia Hippolite, Content Manager of VroomVroomVroom and a car rental expert. She’s from New Zealand, but travels almost everyday by car to Brisbane for work.
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I really want to visit Australia and New Zealand someday. I think it would be neat to rent an RV (or hire a campervan, as the locals say) and drive all over the islands of NZ. But I think the dream vacation would be a trek from Gold Coast all the way around to maybe Perth. Maybe not the whole length in an RV, but a comfortable SUV and some nice, luxury hotel rooms along the way…
Hi Totally recommend the trip around the coast. I did it in 1990 bought a Ford Station Wagon in Sydney and we drove Melbourne Adelaide across the Nullabor Esperance to Perth and up to Geraldton Broome and around right back to Sydney to fly home, 8 months it took us. Now we have kids but will be doing it again in later life.
Thanks Mummy. That’s very encouraging to me. I’d like to ask you a couple of questions: 1. Do you feel that it would be much the same experience, or a very different experience after 25 years have passed? … and 2. What was your favorite part of the journey?
Is it really true that there are more kangaroos in Oz than people?
That’s true, Doug. http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/biodiversity/wildlife-trade/australian-native-plants-and-animals/wild-harvest/kangaroo-population indicates that there were 34 million kangaroos in commercial harvest areas in Oz in 2011, and there are about 23 million people in the country!