Comments on: A Cheap Way of Getting Across Australia

By: CHorttle

CHorttle — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:02:40 +0000

Yeah I agree with this. My brother lives in Sydney and when I went over to visit him we went on a road trip. We worked out that it was actually much cheaper to hire a car than to plan different routes with a variety of public tranport modes.

By: Vi @ Travel Tips

Vi @ Travel Tips — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:01:37 +0000

@Lis, they were very lucky to get 10 days to get from Hobart to Melbourne” deal. When I was looking about relocating car from Perth to Sydney, they were giving you 5 or 6 days, which means almost non stop driving. Cheap, but not much fun.
.-= Vi @ Travel Tips´s last blog – Short trails in New Zealand. Lake Marian track =-.

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:23:38 +0000

That’s good to hear Lis! I definitely want to go to Tasmania, but was a bit reserved about bringing my own van there (was planning to sell before heading there), hopefully I can time making it back to the mainland with a relocation rental.

Alex – ah that was a classic night XD damn that supercharged engine and its hobby of overheating.
.-= AdventureRob´s last blog – Other Cheap Methods of Getting Across Australia =-.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:12:14 +0000

Only one of the best cars in the world. “About how fast were you going when you lost power?”, “Urm about 160kmph…”, “What’s that about 100mph?”, “Yea about that.”, “Noice!”
.-= Alex´s last blog – chinese temple =-.

By: Lis Sowerbutts

Lis Sowerbutts — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:54:56 +0000

I met people in Tasmania in April that got a very cheap deal on relocating a campervan – including the price of the ferry from Melbourne! They also had about 10 days to get from Hobart to Melbourne which was not an unreasonable time to see at least part of Tassie

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:46:40 +0000

Thanks gal’s! I’ve not taken that railway and am not intending too either, self owned campervan will be my method of getting across Australia.
.-= AdventureRob´s last blog – Western Australian Winerys =-.

By: Sophie

Sophie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:04:01 +0000

Good tips here, Rob. Have you ever taken the Indian-Pacific, btw?

By: Alouise

Alouise — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:28:05 +0000

This is a fantastic idea. Last year I rented a car for 2 days and it cost almost $200. This would save so much money.
.-= Alouise´s last blog – Budgets are the devil, =-.

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:37:41 +0000

Indeed, a bit of out the box thinking, and everyone is a winner here. They get their cars back, it’s cheaper then using staff time, and they get another sale in the books. Consumer gets a very cheap rental car :-)
.-= AdventureRob´s last blog – How to stay in an Australian City Cheaply =-.

By: Abbie

Abbie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:47:59 +0000

That’s an interesting idea – I never considered that car rental companies needed people to drive their cars back, I assumed they paid people!