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How to get around Australia
Domestic flights in Australia - Carhire in Australia - Campervans in Australia - Buy a car - Tour bus
Around Australia by planeAustralia is an absolutely huge country and a lot of people
do not realize how huge until they start driving. The main domestic airlines are Virgin Blue, Jetstar and Qantas, you can either go to their websites to find your flight, or you can simply type your destination and flight dates in the searchboxes below and see all the options and prices of available flights and airlines next to eachother to make a comparison and book the best deal.
Around Australia by camper van
Australia is the perfect country to travel with a camper
van! Wide open roads, countless beautiful spots to pull over and camp,
the freedom to go where and when you want, it is no wonder so many Aussies
on retirement buy themselves a mobile home and spend years going around
the country.
Discovery Campervans is an Australian owned and operated company that specialises in organising campervan rentals in Australia but also in New Zealand. Their fully qualified team handle your reservation queries and overlook all rentals placed. The benefit to you of having a dedicated team is that it provides a level of professionalism, product knowledge and experience to ensure that your rental goes smoothly, and you can enjoy your trip without any hassles. Yes, REAL People work here! Discovery
Campervans has been built and developed with the support
and continuing assistance of the largest campervan rental companies in
both Australia and New Zealand....
See our page Campervan hire in Australia for more useful info and links on renting a camper or RV in Australia Around Australia by helicopterFlying all the way around Australia by helicopter would be a very expensive exercise, but in most Australian cities and other popular tourism destinations like the Great Ocean Road, Uluru and Kakadu you can do scenic flights by helicopter, an unforgettable experience! Click here for more info... Around Australia by rental carThere is a wide choice of car rental companies where you can book your car or campervan online to be assured of a car on your arrival in Sydney , and most offer one way rentals between major cities. Nothing beats the freedom of having your own car to explore and stop when and where you want.
Budget Car Hire needs little introduction, the name says it all: car hire at Budget Prices with a car hire company with an international reputation, and this sites makes it even easier to find yourself a cheap hire car, or anything else with wheels: trucks,buses, campervans, utes, four wheel drives etc. Live in the UK? Use a local well known business and book your car through Ebookers: Buy a carIf you are staying in Australia for a long time then it may be worth your while to buy a car and sell it again when you have made your way around the country. Check out notice boards at backpackers hostels and the local Saturday papers. In the bigger cities there are often designated backpacker car markets, organized by councils who got tired of backpackers hanging out on the streets taking up valuable car parking spaces in the city centre. Be sure to get up to date with government regulations first, don't buy a car that you later can not get registered. People may try to sell you a car that still needs to pass an inspection before it can be registered, and tell you that "it only needs a few little things that won't cost much". Tell them that if it is that easy why don't they do it themselves then, and you'll find that they won't. Around Australia by tour-bus
Instead of traveling from A to B on some boring coach or plane and then booking a tour again on arrival, why not combine them! There are many tours that will take you on one-way trips around Australia, stopping regularly to enjoy the sights, spend the nights camping in the bush under magnificent starry skies or outback pubs, make friends along the way and actually enjoy getting from A to B !
Below we have a selection of one way adventure tours for you, or click here for more options to other destinations.... A rare event, rain in the desert and a bogged Groovy
Grape bus between William Creek and Coober Pedy. Cairns to Sydney in 14 days - Departs from Cairns and stops at Airlie Beach, , Fraser Island, Gold Coast, Great Barrier Reef, Byron Bay, Sunshine Coast, North Johnstone River, Whitsundays, Mackay, Townsville, Tin Can bay, Rainbow Beach and Magnetic Island and ends up in Sydney. More info and reservations...
18 Day Melbourne to Darwin Safari - Departs from Melbourne and travels via Ayers Rock (Uluru), Alice Springs, Adelaide, Great Ocean Road, Flinders Ranges, Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), Otway Ranges, Coober Pedy, Kings Canyon, Wilpena Pound, Grampians, Bells Beach, Kakadu National Park, Katherine Gorge, Litchfield National Park, Clare Valley, Mary River Wetlands, Ubirr, Jim Jim Falls, Tennent Creek, Halls Gap, Port Augusta, Lorne, Apollo Bay, Yourambulla Caves and Quorn, MacKenzie Falls, Warren Gorge and arrives in Darwin. More info and reservations....
7 Day Darwin to Alice Springs via Uluru - Departs from Darwin and travels via Ayers Rock (Uluru), , Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), Kings Canyon, Kakadu National Park, Katherine Gorge, Litchfield National Park, Mary River Wetlands, Jim Jim Falls and Tennent Creek and arrives in Alice Springs. More info and reservations....
7 Day Cairns to Darwin - This 7 day adventure through the outback and the Gulf of Carpenteria includes all the highlights suuch as Atherton Tablelands, Undarra, Karumba, Normanton, Lawn Hill National Park, Hells Gate, Borroloola, Southern Lost City, Roper River, We of the Never Never,- Mataranka Springs and Katherine. More info and reservations....
8
Day Cairns to Cape York Adventure - Cape York is one
of the last remaining wilderness areas in the world and this awesome
adventure will show you all the highlights of it in an eight day journey,
such as the Daintree National Park, Cape Tribulation, Bloomfield Track,
Cooktown, Cedar Bay, Lions Den Pub, Iron Range National Park, Punsand
Bay and Thursday Island. Travel one way by road and the other way
by plane along the spectacular Queensland coast line.
11 Day Broome to Darwin - Departs from Broome and travels via Kununurra, Bungle Bungles, Fitzroy Crossing, Gibb River Road, Halls Creek, El Questro Station, Edith Falls and Katherine Gorge. More info and reservations....
9 Day Broome to Perth - Departs from Broome and travels south along the Great Northern Highway through vast desert landscapes to Perth via Shark Bay, Exmouth, Karijini, Monkey Mia, Pinnacles Desert, Kalbarri, Coral Bay, Denham, Geraldton, Cervantes, Ningaloo Reef and Carnarvon. More info and reservations....
9
Day Adelaide to Perth - Crossing the Nullarbor is a mind
blowing experience. The vast distance of 2800 km between the two cities
of Adelaide and Perth makes for one of the world's greatest road journeys.
In some places the road runs very close to the edge of the continent
and to stand there looking at the Great Australian Bight is an awesome
"end of the world" feeling, there are caves to explore,
outback pubs and historic ruins and remains of the days when whaling
was an industry along here.
10 Day Adelaide to Perth - The same tour as above but in the other direction. More info and reservations....
6 Day Sydney to Melbourne - Take a walk on the wild side with this 6 day adventure trip along the coastal stretch between Sydney and Melbourne to encounter glorious scenery and wildlife, picturesque countryside and heritage villages. It’s an unspoiled area of pristine beaches and headlands, coastal lakes and estuaries, small settlements and fishing villages, historic reminders of gold mining and whaling days, shipwrecks and maritime museums, mountains that seem ready to fall into the sea, and Aboriginal cultural sites that attest to strong continuing traditions. It was the first part of the Australian mainland sighted and charted by Captain Cook in 1769-1770 as he turned north towards Botany Bay. Much of it has been included in a series of marine reserves and national parks and has some of the best opportunities in Australia for sighting a variety of marine life, birds and animals. The area is rich in natural and cultural heritage, and is inhabited by laid-back, friendly locals who are only too keen to share their good fortune with visitors. Highlights of your journey through this landscape include: Grand Pacific Drive and Sea Cliff Bridge - Jervis Bay (world’s whitest sand) – whale and dolphin watch cruise – national parks of the South Coast – Montague Island cruise (seal colony and whale watching) – historic Eden – Twofold Bay whaling heritage – Eden Killer Whale Museum – lighthouse tours – Bataluk Culture Trail – mouth of the Snowy River – Krowathunkooloong Aboriginal Cultural Museum – headland walks in Victoria’s eastern coastal parks – Gippsland Lakes cruise – Ninety Mile Beach – Phillip Island Penguin Parade. More info and reservations....
6 Day Melbourne to Sydney - The same tour as above but in the other direction. More info and reservations....
3 Day Tour Melbourne to Adelaide via Great Ocean Road & Grampians - A great way to get from Melbourne to Adelaide and see all the highlghts along the way, such as Great Ocean Road, Otways and the Grampians. More info and reservations....
10 Day Gibb River Road Loop from Broome - Experience incredible scenery, Aboriginal Art, and Kimberley Wildlife. For those with limited time this tour will sample the unique Kimberley. Explore the Kimberley’s ancient mountain ranges, gorges and rivers as you travel the heart of the Kimberley. Highlights include; Windjana Gorge, El Questro, Tunnel Creek, Bells Gorge & Geike Gorge. More info and reservations....
Sydney to Byron Bay or the other way:
Western Australia one way bus toursWestern Australia is a huge place, and you could find yourself burning a lot of petrol in a rental car, or spending a lot of time travelling on public transport. But there are some great extended tours available that will get you from A to B with minimum hassle and your driver will make sure that you will not miss any of the highlights along the way!
Around Australia by horseHavehorsewilltravel.com.au is a great Australian BYO Horse Travel Website to find out the latest on where to stop, where to stay, trails to ride and events to attend. Whether you want to cover some miles, or just get away for a holiday with your horse. Around Australia by shipSpirit of Tasmania have now doubled the ships, doubled
the crossings and doubled the convenience! With two ships you are
able to sail to or from Tassie overnight - every night! Just think of the freedom you will have - and the money you will save - by taking your own car on holiday with you. You can tour Tasmania or the mainland at your own pace, discovering your own secret corners along the way. It also makes packing easy, as you can take as much as you like: just load up your car with extra suitcases, fishing rods, golf clubs - you name it! More info...
Cruise Sale Finder is the go-to site for all Australians seeking cruises - be they cheap cruises, luxury cruises, river cruises, last-minute cruise deals or any other kind of shipboard holiday. Like our marsupial mascots Merl and Pearl, we are always on the hunt for a good price and a fantastic itinerary. Since our business launched in 2008 as Cruise Republic,
we have helped 220,000 people find a cruise and embark on their
dream holiday. This isn’t only good news for them, it’s
great for you too - bulk bookings give us the buying power to negotiate
the best deals. It also means we’ve had plenty of time to
perfect a simple and efficient booking engine which offers our customers
uncompromising accuracy in handling important travel reservations. Around Australia by dinghyRobert Pennicott, Mick Souter and cameraman Zorro
Gamarnik did the first-ever circumnavigation of Australia and Tasmania
in an outboard-driven boat in 2011 Around Australia by motorbike
Australia is a perfect country for motorbikes with its long, wide open roads and beautiful scenery. Dependent on what you want to see you'll have to choose your type of bike, the Harley pictured above may look cool but is not very suitable for exploring the more remote regions. Also you'll have to decide whether to buy or rent or join a tour. Bikeroundoz.com is a good place to start planning your adventure.
For a really remote adventure try Cape York, one of the world's last remaining wilderness areas. See the Cape York Motorcylce Adventures website for more info... Around Australia by bicycleThis mode of traveling only appeals to a few, due to the enormous distances and the fact that Australian roads and drivers are not very bike-friendly. In outback areas you may find that sometimes there is more than 200 km. between road houses, temperatures are in the high thirties, cattle stations are unfenced and scrub bulls can be unpredictable and a fair bit of (head) wind can blow a well. On the east coast distances between towns are smaller but there are more cars and trucks to dodge. Nevertheless when you travel around Australia you are bound to see cyclists in the most remote areas battling on through heat and distance. Enough seem to do it to make it worthwile for Lonely Planet to publish a special travel guide for cyclists;
Around Australia by camel
A few years ago a friend of mine was going around Oz and in Adelaide met a couple who was going around the country on camels. He decided to team up with them for the Nullarbor leg. By car this is a lenghty drive but on the camels it took them THREE MONTHS to get from Adelaide to Norseman! This would be a bit too much for most people but you'll be pleased to know there are four day desert tours on camels that you can book online. More info.... Hitch-hiking around Australia
In the early 1990s hitch-hiking around Australia lost popularity when throughout 1992 and 1993 police kept finding bodies of European tourists in the Belanglo State Forest near Berrima, New South Wales. A total of seven bodies was dug up and Ivan Milat was arrested and charged with their murders and was locked away for probably the remainder of his life. After this the tradition of hitch-hiking has never recovered again, and it might even be illegal now, we'll do some research into this and let you know. Around Australia by cargo shipFrom Cairns you can go up the eastcoast to the top of Cape York and back on a cargo ship that supplies remote coastal communities, it departs once a week and takes about two days for each journey, can also be done as a one-way when you fly the other way. Popular with four wheel drivers that only drive the rough 1000 kms to the top once and then put the truck on the ship for the return journey. Sea Swift’s flagship vessel, the MV Trinity Bay, carries up to thirty eight passengers per week on it's voyage from Cairns to Cape York, including stops at Horn Island, Thursday Island and Bamaga. Around Australia by kayakAmerican Eric Stiller and Aussie Tony Brown attempted for three months to kayak the 10,000 miles around Australia in a 17-foot-long kayak. Their plan was to just' Keep Australia on your left' , which is also the title of the book they wrote on their experiences. When later interviewed Eric Stiller said: "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Around Australia by mail-planeFrom Cairns you can join the postie in his plane for an awesome flight all over the remote Cape York peninsula. Around Australia by taxi![]() A taxi is not normally the most economical, or fun way, to go around Australia. In normal circumstances you'd have to call 131008 and then a trip right around the country would cost you at the going tariffs about $30 000,- if you didn't do too many side trips, but in Western Australia you can get a much better deal this year (2010). In response to the succesful Queensland campaign featuring the Best Job In The World, WA has now come up with their way to promote the state to tourists; the Extraordinary Taxi Ride. If you go to this website you can apply to be one of the passengers on this amazing nine week adventure and explore Western Australia in a taxi. Your taxi driver will be a real local character who loves his great state, knows his way around it and is up for showcasing some of WA's best kept secrets. Around Australia by train
Although trains are not the favourite mode of transport of the Aussies, you can get around most of the country (except Tasmania) by train and now, after more than a hundred years of talking about it, they have even built a railway to Darwin! See our page on rail journeys for more info... Visitors from places such as Europe and Japan may
be surprised by the lack of high-speed, inter-city rail services
in Australia. A historical lack of cooperation between the states,
combined with sheer distances and a relatively small population
to service, have left Australia with a national rail network that
is relatively slow and used mainly for freight. Rail passes * East Coast Discovery Pass. Get on and off as many
times as you like on the east coast trains between Melbourne and
Cairns. Different prices apply depending on which section of the
line you want to traverse. One way travel only is permitted. Discounts
apply on other train journeys, and often bus connections to local
towns are included. This ticket is available to everyone, international
visitors and Australian residents. Around Australia by yachtHang around a sailing club and check the notice board or talk to the locals, often sailing boats will take on crew to help out with work and expenses, one such place is Cairns where many cruising yachts leave around May to get to Darwin in time for the June Darwin to Ambon race. Around Australia on footThis would not appeal to many people, especially those
who can't convince their boss to give them at least a year's holidays
but this is what Deborah De Williams has done ( march 2004), she
was walking in a clockwise direction along Australia's National
Highway 1 and returning to Melbourne on Friday 15th October 2004. In 2011 21 year old Jacob French, from Bussleton,
WA, started out on a 5000 km. walk from Perth to Sydney, dresses
up as a Star Wars storm trooper. If you'd like to explore Sydney on foot see Walksydneystreets.net , the website of 90 year old Alan Waddell who has walked 2000 kms thorugh every street of 135 Sydney suburbs.
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