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My itinerary for drive from melbourne to adelaide
Hi,
I am planning to drive from Melbourne to Adelaide over a course of 4/5 days. I dont want to miss anything out that I may regret but at the same time Im hiring so need to be careful as dont want to go mad with spending.Any suggestions on my plans would be much appreciated. The idea behind it is to sample much of the great ocean road but also take in some of the grampains. Here it is... Day 1 - Pick up car in melbourne and drive to Lorne, staying overnight at Lorne Day 2 - Drive from Lorne to Port Fairy, staying over night at Port Fairy. Stopping of attractions on the way such as 12 Apostles Day 3 - Drive from Port Fairy inland to Hallsgap, staying overnight at Hallsgap. Day 4 - Do some hiking in the Grampians based at Hallsgap. Stay overnight again in Hallsgap Day 5 - Drive to Adelaide and return car Anyway, thats the plan so far. I intend to read up on places to stop of during the driving but if anyone can offer any places that I REALLY should visit please do reply. Thanks Burnsy |
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My itinerary for drive from melbourne to adelaide
Sounds good to me. We drove the south coast in early February this year.
The only thing I would say: You have to be lucky with the weather and (generally speaking) there is not a damn thing you can do about it. We have driven the Great Ocean Road four times over the last couple of decades. First occasion it blew a howling gale so strong I couldn't open my eyes to see the sites. Second occasion it was cold, damp, foggy, showery and miserable. Third occasion the weather was superb. Actually walked over "London Bridge" about a month before it fell down. Fourth occasion it was okay but very changeable. I hope you have a good trip. Ross wrote in message ups.com... Hi, I am planning to drive from Melbourne to Adelaide over a course of 4/5 days. I dont want to miss anything out that I may regret but at the same time Im hiring so need to be careful as dont want to go mad with spending.Any suggestions on my plans would be much appreciated. The idea behind it is to sample much of the great ocean road but also take in some of the grampains. Here it is... Day 1 - Pick up car in melbourne and drive to Lorne, staying overnight at Lorne Day 2 - Drive from Lorne to Port Fairy, staying over night at Port Fairy. Stopping of attractions on the way such as 12 Apostles Day 3 - Drive from Port Fairy inland to Hallsgap, staying overnight at Hallsgap. Day 4 - Do some hiking in the Grampians based at Hallsgap. Stay overnight again in Hallsgap Day 5 - Drive to Adelaide and return car Anyway, thats the plan so far. I intend to read up on places to stop of during the driving but if anyone can offer any places that I REALLY should visit please do reply. Thanks Burnsy |
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My itinerary for drive from melbourne to adelaide
Day 1 - Pick up car in melbourne and drive to Day 5 - Drive to Adelaide and return car The best deal on a one way rental we found was an Aussie firm: APEX Rentacar, also known as APOLLO Camper rentals. Google them for a quote. They have a "cheapa" rental which is a 3-4 year old car (Ours was a Hyundai Sonata 4dr-no problems) that has the usual breakdown coverage etc for about half of the NameBrand rental places. BTW, We brought our own "insurance" which was looked after by our VISA Card |
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