What's the best way to to travel the east coast?

09-02-2007, 05:44 AM

I'm planning on doing a little traveling through Australia and am wondering what the best to travel would be? Train? Bus? car rental? buy a car? I'll be in Australia for about 6 weeks so I have a bit of time to get to different places.

any suggestions?
keep price in mind as well

stretch · 09-02-2007, 07:34 AM

You would see more if you had a car.

GOLDIE · 09-02-2007, 08:38 AM

Car or camper van.

Six weeks to do east coast you will see heaps.

Ian

**GasoLane** · 10-02-2007, 03:37 PM

Everything is totally dependant on your budget.

Trains. In the cities trains would be OK but touring forget it, very poor service.

Bus. Ok in cities and for touring. Try http://www.greyhound.com.au/bookings...g_buspass.aspx

Car Rental. Expensive.

Buy a car. Could be the way. There are some car hire places that will sell or hire for the length of your stay then buy the vehicle back.

If you dont mind roughing it a little, a Campervan would be the way to go. Check out some of the campervan places on the net for prices.

Where are you from BTW?

XR6TickfordBoy · 10-02-2007, 06:44 PM

mate hire a car, and drive the pacific freeway/ highway, follows the east coast going through all the major beachside towns, did it from Melbourne to Gold Coast a few weeks back, fabulous drive!

DTFRMONT · 10-02-2007, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by XR6TickfordBoy

mate hire a car, and drive the pacific freeway/ highway, follows the east coast going through all the major beachside towns, did it from Melbourne to Gold Coast a few weeks back, fabulous drive!

Have to agree, driving along the coast from Melbourne to Brisbane is a great drive, heck, why don't you start from Adelaide and take in the Great Ocean Road as well?

**GasoLane** · 10-02-2007, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DTFRMONT

Have to agree, driving along the coast from Melbourne to Brisbane is a great drive, heck, why don't you start from Adelaide and take in the Great Ocean Road as well?

Dont forget he's (she's?) concerned about price. Car hire plus motel charges is a good way to go but not the most economical way.

GXL078 · 10-02-2007, 10:26 PM

sea kayak and a tent?

new2ford · 11-02-2007, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

Trains. In the cities trains would be OK but touring forget it, very poor service.

Generally, but while you are in Sydney three of the local train services go through some of the most stunning scenery in the world that you can't see by car because the roads go a different route - the south coast line to Nowra, the Blue Mountains line to Lithgow and the Central Coast line to Gosford. Sit on the left side of the train (from Sydney) on the first two and the right side to Central Coast.

AC/DC · 11-02-2007, 10:55 AM

Have a look at www.wickedcampers.com.au

AC/DC

Martyvan · 11-02-2007, 11:15 AM

Thats a good site wicked campers. $2100 plus insurance for 48 days on a van from melbourne to cairns. That would allow you plenty of time to get everywhere, and time to stop and enjoy things... US$1630 odd, 1250 Euro, and 835 pound! There, thats enough research on a Sunday... Thats a pretty cheap holiday... Last time i went away, it was around $350-$400 Australian dollars per day.... damn holidays in Europe are expensive!

**GasoLane** · 11-02-2007, 12:11 PM

A lot of campervan places have what they call $1 or dollar a day rentals where they need to get a certain van from one city to another. The vans may not be 100% perfectly clean and are only available at certain times but for $1 a day you might be able to work around that.