Planning a wee trip to the east coast...

[Wild Dingo]

Anything to do over that way?... I mean theres a swag of yous eastern staters to visit an have a chinwag with but is there ANYTHING to see and do over there???

And whos up for a madcapped slightly troppo bloke and his two nippers from the wilds of West Aussie come a visiting?... wont be a bother intend to be pretty much self contained just need camper room and a shower occasionally but if near the beach even that wont be needed!!

Am hoping to leave around the 15th December take a couple of days to get to Chris's place in South Aussie then stay there for about 3 days or so taking in the sights then down to Vic to see a few mates there... plan to bypass Snoteny and straight to Queensland... up to Cairns Im thinking then back through Isa and Alice down the gunbarrel to Kal and home... all up the trip should take my holidays of 4 weeks... depending of course on a) How much fun were having at some particular place or other b) how much travelling I do over a weeks period c) how the $$$ handle it... and finally d) Weather or not Aarons fiance drops the bub while away then it will be reverse all the way back!! in a bloody rush! :2tsup:

Anyway thats the plan so far... just need locations people to see and such

So far definant is Chris (Christopha) in South Aussie but from there???? Queensland is a definant as well since Its a given that I will be visiting Wendy (Ruffy) and her boofheaded hubby and Cliff and Midgey... but otherwise??

So suggestions ideas and locations to visit and people to visit and have a yarn with maybe even muck with some timber somewhere are open!!

AND!! I have a mobile and am not afraid to use it!!! Since I will get rather lost :B

Ahem... a note... I RARELY look at peoples locations since Ive no bloody idea where timbuckfriggintoo is!! and have this issue with maps... what can I say? they confuse me :roll:

Cheers
Shane, Brieana and Joshua (Soon to be called the "walkabout dingos" :; )

[RufflyRustic]

Sweet!!!:2tsup:

now to think of stuf that will interest you all that you can do around Toowoomba:)

[watson]

Skifing is always interesting wherever you are.

[Waldo]

We'll have to hold a BBQ in your honour Dingo. :2tsup: But by the sounds of it I'll be in Brisbane then. :doh:

[Wild Dingo]

No wukkers Waldo mate... we'll just hook up somewhere in Brisvagas!! :2tsup:

Tooowwoooowhere??? Man I just gotta get me a map of that east coast of Aussie such a strange place!! :q Betcha its a tiny bush town of one pub a post office an half a dozen shacks eh Wendy? oh and one with a ubeaut his and hers shed setup :U

mmm reckon we can loose boofhead for awhile me red leatheretted one?? :U nah just joking :; mind you he will start waffling on about cars motors and other greese monkey stuff and you will notice within the first sentance he utters about such things a glazed look come upon my eyesockets the eyeballs will roll upwards into me head and thats it... just slide me sunnys down over me eyes and let him waffle on dont mind me I will be thinking about something or other that has absolutely nothing whatever to do with whatever the hell greese monkeys and such genetically modified humans yak about... maybe just some fine timber or maybe a scene I noticed on the way through or maybe the patio or even the last beer I had or maybe even your red letherette outfit... I mean how the blazes can any bloke think about let alone waffle on about cars and such when your there in a tiny red leatherette outfit is beyond me... ala de boofhead :doh: :U

What the blazes is skifing??? surfing I know skiing Ive heard of skydiving I aint doin but skifing??? WHATTHA??? nah dont tell me its gonna be something like bungie jumping on a ski right??? NOPE AINT DOIN THAT!! :~ I intend to be around in one bit (sorta) to see ALL me grandies grown!! :2tsup: skifing indeed :doh:

You know I reckon I could get upto all sorts of things... might wreck a few reputations along the way... but then I dont have to stay so that aint gonna worry me none... just murmur something like "dont mind him hes a sandgroper" that should about cover any embaressment I might cause by my antics :q

mmmm wonder if I can escape on me pat malone?? strewth can I cause some serious mayhem if that happened!!! WHAHOOOOOOOOOO!!! :2tsup:

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Hmmm... I wonder whose lathe we can plonk you down in front of for a day. :D

[Calm]

Shane Ballarat is one hour north of Melbourne - towards Adelaide - there is a bed, showwer, stove etc here for any woodworker that wants to camp here. I am in town but will make room for you.

Welcome

Dave

[Andy Mac]

Hey Shane,
It would be pretty central to a few of us if you lobbed into Toowoomba...which, by the way is a city about 100kms west of Brisbane.
If you want a real country town, with one pub, one shop/post office (but no fuel now) and an assortment of utes, well come north of Twmba 25mins to Cabarlah and you can visit me too!!:D Again, spare bed and a feed, with room to park your trailer.

Cheers,

[flynnsart]

You gonna go all that way in 4 weeks!!?? Make sure you take time to stop and look at things. Maybe someone will arrange a get together in Brisbane or Toowoomba. Will be good to say gidday. My place is a bit off the beaten track, and would probably have to swear you to secrecy about the way we live, (a shak and I am not a good housekeeper) but you could stop off here if you wish, if it falls into your meanderings:p Look for Durong on the map, north west of Kingaroy, well thats the closest town and we are 20km from there. Youll like it here if you like the bush. Between Toowoomba and here, you actually pass by a couple of other forumites. The Bunya mountains is the nicest place to visit around here, but you would need to leave your trailer in Kumbia whilst you went up there. Beautiful place.

Long way off tho, think we will be home.

Donna

[jmk89]

Sydneysiders - I thought that given Shane's view of our city we should see if one of our Blue Mountains colleagues could host a do - what do you reckon?

[bitingmidge]

Sheeesh!

That's no small trip Shane! Gissa hoy when you reckon you've got your itinerary sorted. Not much room to camp here, but plenty of beach and river and stuff.

Mind you, I don't reckon you've got time to actually stop anywhere with that sort of jaunt!


Cheers,

P
:D

[wheelinround]

:o 4 weeks gee's Shane, 3 days across the Nullabour for starters hope you fitted long range tanks and a flamin Jet motor :;

4 weeks is pushing it hard Shane with little time for much and with the tin lids they'll want to stop and see.:roll: I am sure they'd prefer if you was a awake when driving.

Ok so no Sydney you can now skirt right round it just need Toll $$$$$ :doh::~ sorry cards.

We're close to the end of the run between Melbourne & Sydney not far off the freeway, shack is small but there's good food awaits.:2tsup:

[dai sensei]

Ok, it seems you already have quite a few offers from Qld as we are a friendly bunch, but I also can offer my front lawn for your camper and a shower/kitchen etc on the Gold Coast. Not sure how old the nippers are, but most kids like the theme parks here. On the other hand, they are exy :((, so perhaps you don't want to stop here :U. Pm me if you are interested anyway.

Either way, hope we can catch up at one of our get togethers.

Cheers

[Cliff Rogers]

G'day Ding, if you make it this far with out running out of time/fuel/money the things you have to see are the reef & the rainforest....:2tsup:but save up 'cos the reef isn't free. :-

I don't live on the coast anymore, I live high up in the hills about an hour from the coast just on the edge of a cloud forest.

I do have a some spare beds but they may have friends & relos in them at Christmas.

Let us know closer to the time & I'll give you some directions & a room number. :D

[Wild Dingo]

Cheers Cliff and Wendy (along with everyone else!!)

Ive decided that Im gonna boost the trip out to January... Will leave here on about the 6th head east to Adelaide and thence to Chris's place... then its anyones guess where I end up!!... Intend to be at Chris's or somewhere he and I can hook up and get totally utterly disgustingly leglessly pickled on the 8th :2tsup:

mmm may have to extend the trip eh? give meself a few days to sober up again!! :; Dont know what she has planned probably back down to Bremer with her mob so maybe I will do the trip alone... mmm means I have total control of the trip!!! sooooo in my reckoning Id make Adelaide in 2 days flat say 3 days at Chris's place soo I reckon I could be at the elbow bending place say 6 days after leaving here... say the 12th... then straight to Queensland for this little black duck!!... sorry fellas but hell if I can roadtrip upteen thousand klicks to get over there I reckon you can wander a few for a meetup??... Never know old Chris may shanghai me to Neil or Robbos place for a bit of a session?? god knows with that cloud muncher!! :U

So theres the initialy itinerary

6th Jan... leave Perth head east
8th Jan... Arrive Chris's get rotten as 10 chops in the searing heat
12th Jan... Arrive at the elbow bending location (as yet undecided)
14th Jan... Arrive Queensland... somewhere!!
16th Jan... Arrive Cliffs or Wendys

I reckon thats a good trip eh?

Coming back it will be something like this

Leave Cairns... Toobloodywoombly??? Hey!! thats about how I intend to be there too bloody woombly to stand up!! Well its Wendy and Boofheads rep Id be destroying not mine cause I dont have one there :U ... anyway thence straight to Isa... thence to threeways... thence to Alice... thence to Kalgoorlie via the gunbarrel hwy... thence home... shouldnt take me more than 3 days I reckon the way I drive! :doh: :U

Any other suggestions more than welcome :; mmm maybe I should start collecting mobile phone numbers now? that way when I get buggared somewheres nearby I can give someone a hoi an yell down the blower "How the blazes do I find you???!!" :U

Anyway its coming together slowly... but we got plenty of time for the planning :2tsup:

Cheers
Shane


oooh another thing I INTEND to see while Im up in Banana land... Cape Trip!! Gots me a 4x4 nothin gonna stop me this time dahmnit!! last time I tried to get there some 30 years ago I was in a mini moke... sorta died a viscious death out there it did :C damned thing shoulda nicked me mates Willys Jeep when I had the chance after that 5 day binge he and I got on bloody keys were in it an full tank of juice and all... but no got to be damned honest didnt I and so I took the moke... he ended up coming up to get me!!! still he had to work so never made the Cape... THIS TIME I WILL!! :2tsup:

mmmm just quietly thinking about the Tazzy mob... One never knows with me I could do Queensland and be enjoyin meself so much I just keep driving down to wherever one gets the ferry and make me way over to the pimple for a few days?... Believe me when Im in the driving zone anywhere is possible!!

Im now worrying ME!!... If that happens I might have to stop off somewhere and find a... a... good god NO!!!!... a job???? egads an begoorah me boyohs thats just not done!!.. mmm I was thinking of working at a mine in someplace awhile back Carcor or somesuch place in the wilds of nowhere in particular Victoria... or was it NSW? mmm bin awhile since I thought of that particular jobbie... mmm maybe me ol mate Darren will slot me in somewhere for a week or two? :;

[Buzza]

Once you buy your South Australian Passport at Nullabor, you can make your way over to Elizabeth and try my home brew. (Water restricions permitting). I must tell you now though Ding, the guest house will have been taken up by some Wyandotte Chooks by then. (Try to guess why I'm getting Wyandottes)?

If you let me handle the Victorian Passport details and finances for you, I can get you a Victorian Passport for just a few sheckles. :cool:

[journeyman Mick]

Shane,
just be aware of the time/distances involved. If you drive non-stop from Toowoomba to Cairns you're looking at over 1600 kms and about 23 -24 hours if you just have a couple of cat naps and the briefest of toilet and refuelling stops. If you've already been on the road for a few days and you've had a bout of heavy drinking you probably won't be able to sustain this pace. Cairns to Cape Trib(ulation) is a few hours.
I've done a fair few long trips over the last year, about 20,000kms over 4 trips travelling between 200 and 1500kms a day. I found that when I was fresh I could manage 1500+kms on the first day but after multiple days of driving this slipped to about 700kms a day. Don't push yourself too hard, you don't want to end up as a statistic.

Mick

[Cliff Rogers]

Cheers Cliff and Wendy (along with everyone else!!) ...

16th Jan... Arrive Cliffs or Wendys

I reckon thats a good trip eh?

Coming back it will be something like this

Leave Cairns... Toobloodywoombly??? ....

Cliff is near Cairns, Wendy is near Toowoomba. :D

Cairns to Toowoomba is roughly 1,660 km (about 21 hours if you don't stop.)

[Cliff Rogers]

Mick beat me.

[RufflyRustic]

or 16 hours if you are crazy:o never again:no:

Besides, how could you drive all that way and not stop and see some of the wonderful places in between Toowoomba and Cairns:?

Cheers
Wendy

[wheelinround]

:roflmao: Dingo's a pussy afraid of NSWellies :tongue2:

Dingo's gonna be doing a lot of :driving: & :cheers2:

[Wild Dingo]

16 hours?? phhhhhit! mere moments in time when in the zone behind the wheel easy as! :2tsup:

Nope Wheelin no Drunkin an drivin for this wee black duck crack me first when I camp crack me second when Im munchin down on whatever tucker comes to hand first then a nice hot cuppa and off to snoozeland and back up and into it again after a few hours (usually about 3 or 4 most :roll: the zone it do call even when snorin :; )

Only when keys are firmly OUT of the ignition and away somewhere safe does the cap come of the first :2tsup:

Scared of New South welshnuts?? not likely!! Just too bloody many of them and NONE of them have a clue how to bloody drive!! MANIACS the bloody lot of them!! :~ I reckon that state is the only state that gives drivers licenses out on the back of a wheeties packet cause Im yet to find a single Newsouthwelshnut who can ACTUALLY DRIVE!!! :doh:

So given I enjoy breathing and I love me car I think discression being the better part of valor it behoves me to bypass that madhouse of a state... well I will drive THROUGH the back blocks cause theyre not so bad but not the city mob :no:

So which is first Toowobbly or Canines?

mmm gotta get me a map book eh? :B

Cheers
Shane

[Cliff Rogers]

...So which is first Toowobbly or Canines?

mmm gotta get me a map book eh? :B

Cheers
Shane

Strewth Ruth. :doh:

Have a play with these couple of pages.

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp?TM_Page=mapmaker

[John Saxton]

Had a spell behind the wheel recently, 4 months road trip to Gympie and back doin' some goodly miles some days towing a caravan the longest day from Ceduna to Esperance headin' home.

Like Mick said If'n ya fresh no worries but if'n ya doin' it day after day you can't maintain the pace...dunno how them truckies do it ...we only travel @ 90ks hr to conserve fuel.

Found that by breaking the trip up and having a 2 night stop over you could freshen up some to do some longer days.

Enjoy the trip Shane with ya youngins' travel safe and enjoy the miles with plenty of good music!!

Cheers:)

[Buzza]

A bloke once asked me how to get across to Port Hedland from Alice Springs, as he was taking his brand new 4x4 and brand new caravan. I told him to go all the way up to see Darwin, then across to the left side and down. He said that was too long a way round as he was going to do Adelaide - Port Hedland - Perth - Adelaide and only had three weeks. I told him his rig would fall apart but he seemed determined.

Eventually, I had him ring me, as his 4x4 had blown a trannie, and after fitting a new one, the engine died. He and wifey come home on a bus, the 4x4 on a semi, the caravan was rented out at a cara park, to a bunch of galoots who wrecked it. I tried various mates to back load it from Perth, but they all told me trucks will no longer freight a caravan as the windows blow out of them along the highway. This bloke had to hock himself to get another 4x4 and then drive to collect what was left of his van.

The lesson here is, most private passenger vehicles are just not up to what heavy trucks can achieve in mileage and distances. Take your time and smell the flowers, and remember, the new road laws for truckies concerning driving time have come into play. These people now have an eye in the sky watching them and schedules to meet. If not, they have to stop for ten hours. This is called Fatigue Management, and many now have to have accreditation to say they done that course. It is a good idea for all along the road to observe that ruling, have plenty of rest.

[artme]

Looks like a GTG at Wendy´s is on the cards. Wink, Wink.