YourRoadTrip Australia

5 Tips for Driving in
Australia

1) Keep your journeys short
and sharp. Take a break at
least every 2-3 hours, drink
plenty of water and pull over
and take a nap if you start to
feel drowsy.
2) Take a buddy. Keeping up
with conversation will keep you
alert and you can take a break
while your buddy drives.
3) Keep plenty of spare water
with you; even on major
highways it can be several
hours (or possibly a day or two)
before another vehicle comes
along. Take at least 3 days
worth of supply with you in
more remote areas.
4) Don't drive at dawn, dusk or
at night. This is when the
thousands of kangaroos come
out to play and you are less
likely to be able to spot
wandering stock.
5) If you do break down in the
middle of nowhere. Rule No.1 is
to stay with your vehicle.

The Roadhouse - An Australian Icon

A roadhouse is the Australian equivalent of an oasis in the desert. If you are taking
a trip around Australia, you will no doubt come to long for the stench of frying
meat, smelly toilets and stale beer that indicates that you are within a kilometre of
the only civilisation for the next 400kms. You could have been driving without
seeing another car for hours, but as you arrive at the roadhouse and see a truckie
slumped on his bar stool in front of the skantily dressed barmaid, you are reassured
that you are not the last person left on earth. So you have your greasy
camel-meat sandwich or kangaroo jerky snack and stock up on as many unhealthy
and useless items as you can in a ten-minute stop; flat fizzy drinks, ice-cream, a
country music tape and the only magazine you could find (which happens to come
in sealed wrapping) and head off into the horizon, counting down the kilometres
until the next oasis.

Aboriginal Australia: The Dampier Peninsula
Get off the beaten track and discover Aboriginal
culture within a two hour drive from Broome.
It is the indigenous people of Australia that truly represent
the 'real' Australia and too many travellers pass through
without getting more than a glimpse of Aboriginal society and
culture. It can be easy to travel from town to town, missing
the real Australian gems which lie often only an hour or two
off the highway. More>>

A Day Trip From Sydney
Who said Sydney was all about chic bars, crowded
beaches and shopping? Why not head out on a day trip
and discover the delights of Sydney's neighbouring
regions? More>>

4-Wheel Adventures - The Gibb River Road
If you want to experience driving in the real outback, then
take a trip along the (in)famous 650 km-long Gibb River Road.
If you are heading between Broome and Darwin or vice-versa
between May and October, a worthwhile and adventurous
route for those with a 4-wheel drive is to take some of the
journey via the Gibb River Road. More>>

Five Ways to Reduce
Your Carbon Print
(and save money):
1) Drive at 10 mph below
the speed limit (driving at
60mph instead of 80mph can
cut fuel emissions and costs
by up to a third). Going
slower also means you get
to see more of the scenery;
2) Only take as small a car
and as little luggage as you
need;
3) Check to make sure the
engine works efficiently
before you buy;
4) Ensure your tyre pressure
is within the recommended
range; low pressure
increases resistance and
therefore fuel emissions;
5) Rediscover your sense of
adventure and take a trip by
motorbike or bicycle.