Okay, some further questions having chatted..

Has anyone driven along the Pacific Coast Highway from Melbourne to Sydney, and is that a two day trip, and if so where do you break ot and have anight stop.

I've always assumed the Blue Mountains is just a day trip out of Sydney, is this correct or is there more than a days worth to see in and around the Blue Mountains?

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Zilch wrote:

Mens Gallery on George Street is better, and possibly minx's

Ayers Rock and Kakadu get a vote from me.

And Zilch - try MG's in Melbourne

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2nd Rower wrote:

Okay, some further questions having chatted..

Has anyone driven along the Pacific Coast Highway from Melbourne to Sydney, and is that a two day trip, and if so where do you break ot and have anight stop.

I've always assumed the Blue Mountains is just a day trip out of Sydney, is this correct or is there more than a days worth to see in and around the Blue Mountains?

the coast road can get winding, maybe eden is a good place to stop off , you sometimes see whales off the coast and there is the whale museum.

Blue mountains can be done in a day, its about 2hours out from cbd...the main attractions are the 3 sisters and the world steepest rail and sky thingy...but there are amazing views to be had as well as some hiking. Toyota Corolla...((((
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Yeah, Blue Mountains beautiful... and on our trip someone who'd been on the juice the previous night was kind enough to throw up in the coach

Worth a trip into Ayers Rock/Uluru too... it's two or three hours flight up from Sydney, but definitely worth seeing at sunrise - the rock has this odd glow about it. They also do this gourmet meal out in the desert under the stars, that was pretty interesting - a "local" astronomer gives you a tour through all the stars in the sky. All pretty touristy, but if you've never been it's worth doing imho  

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2nd Rower wrote:

Okay, some further questions having chatted..

Has anyone driven along the Pacific Coast Highway from Melbourne to Sydney, and is that a two day trip, and if so where do you break ot and have anight stop.

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Worth a trip into Ayers Rock/Uluru too... it's two or three hours flight up from Sydney, but definitely worth seeing at sunrise - the rock has this odd glow about it. They also do this gourmet meal out in the desert under the stars, that was pretty interesting - a "local" astronomer gives you a tour through all the stars in the sky. All pretty touristy, but if you've never been it's worth doing imho

Yeah I did ayres rock in a day or 24hrs...landed at 2pm did the olgas and the rock at sunset, dinner (but not the starlight one..that would have been good..) and up at 5 for the sunrise and the rock climb...and then on the plane at 12 back to sydney...

But i went in summer it was 45 deg and sizzling...but now is a better time to go. Toyota Corolla...((((
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Just a thought.. has anyone actually driven to Uluru from Melbourne or Sydney? Was it worth it over flying and how many days did that take?

The itinerary is taking shape and have a couple more questions:

How long in hours is it to drive from Melbourn to Sydney direct up the Hume Freeway?

Again how long in elapsed time would it take to drive from Sydney to Melbourne down the Pacific Freeway - and particularly can this be done in one day?

Lastly what is the best way to drop into Canberra (if at all) on the way from Sydney to Melbourne (trying to incorporate the Pacific Freeway)?

2nd Rower wrote:

How long in hours is it to drive from Melbourn to Sydney direct up the Hume Freeway?

2nd Rower wrote:

Again how long in elapsed time would it take to drive from Sydney to Melbourne down the Pacific Freeway - and particularly can this be done in one day?

2nd Rower wrote:

Lastly what is the best way to drop into Canberra (if at all) on the way from Sydney to Melbourne (trying to incorporate the Pacific Freeway)?

Hume from Sydney to Canberra, across to surfside, then down the coast, about 14-15 hours of driving, so if split over a few days very nice.

Enjoy.. and a nice extension to your drive experience, whilst in Sydney 2 hours north on the F3, Stockton beach, dune driving  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Thanks Zilch

Having Done the hume and pacific hwy many times between Sydney an Melbourne... You could do Melbourne to Canberra, then down the mountain to Batemans Bay. You could then either explore the coast South as far as Narooma, or head North to Berry and take a great little road from there to Kangaroo Valley, then up to the Southern Highlands (visit Berrima) and back on the Hume to Sydney. There are many interesting places to stop and explore on this route. TDV6, MYO7 Java with Ivory leather, 19 inch wheels

Resurrecting this thread as flights are booked and I'm now plotting in detail..

Will be doing a 4 day trip to Sydney driving up via the coast highway probably with an overnight stop in Eden.. Is this a straightforward route from melbourne or are there options i will need to consider?

I don't have Sat Nav in the RRS so should I be looking for a Tom Tom or similar, or are there any good map books that will help here?

Doing a day trip into the Blue Mountains in the RRS from our base in the Sydney CBD, what would be the best route option here to try and get to see as much as possible in a day? Again is there a map/book I should be using..? Also we'll only have the one car, so won't want to be too risky, but would still like to get off of the bituman a little...

Will be in Tassie for 3 days (without the RRS) and will be between hobart and Launceston, what are the things that we would want need to do whilst here?

Again thanks in advance for all the help and any replies!

did you make a decision on the hema system ?? When are you likely to be up.. i was just wondering whether we want to maybe plan a local victoria/nsw get together at some mutual place.. would be good to include maybe a stopover and maybe a wine region, but that could narrow it, so any thoughts Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Trip is tight for itinerary so will not have much if any time to meet whilst in Sydney in Nov, unless you come round Blue Mountains with us!!! I think it's mainly midweek days we are there so guessing you would need to take midweek days off Zilch!

Have replied to you poll and am up for that if we can get a convenient weekend. With the distances inolved between NSW and VIC would have to be a weekend not just a day thing I think!