Hi planning a trip around oz but not sure which route to take sticking to the bitumen have small hiace van thought about travelling to broome first then cut across to ulura then up to cairns any info would help travelling july aug
Dougwe said
05:30 AM Mar 7, 2015
Welcome to the gang goldenyears, enjoy here and out in the playground.
Retire hey, not what it's made out to be mate and I tell you that for free.
This is a 24/7 thing, no weekends, no public holidays, no sick leave, no annual leave, if yo need to do anything to the van etc you can only do it between 10.00 - midday and union rules state you must take a one hour break in that time. So now you know about "retirement" do you really want that
Keep Safe
goldenyears said
02:26 PM Mar 7, 2015
gday dougwe thanks for the reply .......... if I can get another healthy ten years i'll be happy and no prob keeping busy mind active body well hopefully the rest will follow . work for living not living for work lol !! brave words perhaps before retirement ! bottom line is cant work forever hence afew trips before I cark it lol !!
Cant wait to hit the road !
Weevil said
04:56 PM Mar 8, 2015
Welcome golden years.
Yeoeleven did his trip around Oz in a Hi Ace (now has a Coaster) and his blog is well worth reading right from the beginning when he first bought his Hi Ace.
Others on here have also tripped around in similar vehicles.
goldenyears said
06:22 PM Mar 8, 2015
weevil loved the pics and stories with them great to hear all the tales from someone that has done the trip thanks for replying ... today finished off my sink for the van and in june get the poptop fitted .. starting to look more like a camper now .
Peter_n_Margaret said
10:10 AM Mar 9, 2015
goldenyears wrote:
............... travelling july aug
Until when?
Cheers,
Peter
goldenyears said
10:49 AM Mar 9, 2015
hi peter and mary plan is to travel up to cairns first leg be away for 2.. 3months no rush take each day as it comes this new retirement thing !!! have to get used to the idea of not getting up at a certain time each morning lol .....
goldenyears said
10:52 AM Mar 9, 2015
wow love your vehicle peter looks like the real deal ... unfortunately we will be keeping to the bitumen .. but so much to see without going bush.
goldenyears said
10:53 AM Mar 9, 2015
our hiace is a 2010 model only done 32000km so still plenty of life in the ole girl and has been setup to avoid caravan parks if necessary
Peter_n_Margaret said
09:23 PM Mar 9, 2015
goldenyears wrote:
hi peter and mary plan is to travel up to cairns first leg be away for 2.. 3months no rush take each day as it comes this new retirement thing !!! have to get used to the idea of not getting up at a certain time each morning lol .....
2 - 3 months for the whole trip or 2 - 3 months to Cairns? The latter I trust?
2 to 3 months from July/August gets you September/November. Not the time to be up north.
Leaving at that time of year I would suggest going clockwise instead.
Cheers,
Peter
goldenyears said
05:15 PM Mar 11, 2015
whole trip 2.. 3 months avoiding the wet ... then back to Melbourne .. before we do the west coast another time time. have been up as far as Bundaberg previous trip .
Hi planning a trip around oz but not sure which route to take sticking to the bitumen have small hiace van thought about travelling to broome first then cut across to ulura then up to cairns any info would help travelling july aug
Welcome to the gang goldenyears, enjoy here and out in the playground.
Retire hey, not what it's made out to be mate and I tell you that for free.
This is a 24/7 thing, no weekends, no public holidays, no sick leave, no annual leave, if yo need to do anything to the van etc you can only do it between 10.00 - midday and union rules state you must take a one hour break in that time. So now you know about "retirement" do you really want that
Keep Safe
Cant wait to hit the road !
Welcome golden years.
Yeoeleven did his trip around Oz in a Hi Ace (now has a Coaster) and his blog is well worth reading right from the beginning when he first bought his Hi Ace.
This is his blog link; http://yeoeleven.blogspot.com.au/?view=flipcard
Others on here have also tripped around in similar vehicles.
Until when?
Cheers,
Peter
2 - 3 months for the whole trip or 2 - 3 months to Cairns? The latter I trust?
2 to 3 months from July/August gets you September/November. Not the time to be up north.
Leaving at that time of year I would suggest going clockwise instead.
Cheers,
Peter
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