we have been traveling adout 4 years  and with rego insurance fuel food happy hour everything associated with we work on $100.00 per day

On our recent trip around SA, NT, WA and NSW we free camped 35 nights. Using the average of all the paid camping we saved over $1200.

Travelling (on the move) is probably where you may incur some inflated costs. For example, diesel fuel across the Nullabor is in excess of $2.00 per litre. Food is also expensive. The rest is your choice as in free camping or caravan parks. In the case of caravan parks, suggest you take out a membership for BIG4 and Top Tourist Park. You will get your membership back through discounts. Check prices on the internet as they all change with seasons (price gouging). In winter there are good deals to be had, except top end.
Have fun.
Larry

philldeb wrote:

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we have been traveling adout 4 years  and with rego insurance fuel food happy hour everything associated with we work on $100.00 per day

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 when holidaying, seeing sights, going on tours etc. I think ours was similar but when we live "on the road" it should be a lot cheaper. I hope.

GaryKelly wrote:

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$100 a day is $700 a week which is almost double the age pension. Impossible for me. I'd like to think I can do it for a lot less than $100 a day... and I'm pretty sure there are plenty of pensioner GNs who manage on a lot less.

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 So why don't you enlighten us???

Cloak and Gary I notice that one of you said I could live on the road for less than a $100.00 per day and yes you can but I am talking about everything life insurance medical even feeding the dog and yes we are a couple

Another how long is a piece of string question.

Before you work out how much it is going to cost you need to sit down and work out.
1. How much money do you have to spare. (How much do you spend now at home and how do you live).
2. How do you intend to travel. Will you free camp or caravan park or combination. Be aware this may / will change as you travel.
3. How do you prefer to eat, is it restaurant/pub etc or are you a eat at home simple home meals person.
4. How far do you want to travel a week and where are you going to spend most of your time. Some people travel 600K's a day some of us may travel 600K's a month. My average distance a year is about 5000K,s .

I lived quiet well on newstart for the last couple of years before I went onto the pension. I did not travel far but enjoyed myself immensely and really got to relax and enjoy our great country. I do voluntary work when I feel like it as I have a couple of pet places I like to spend a month or two to help out and also to spend time with people I enjoy their company and get a kick out of what I do.

You will meet a lot of people on the road who live on a pension and live between their pension day and if they run out of money they sit somewhere till the money is in their account. I believe in some ways they enjoy life better as there is no rush and they smell the roses as they see the country side.

If you want to live in caravan parks then you will need lots of money as you can budget for at least $30 a day and at times you will need $80+ in the tourist times in the holiday areas. There are some budget parks but I think an average of $30 is really minimum.

I have heard some say they spend over $1000 a week but they eat in restaurants and prefer the top shelf wines etc and usually spend all night telling you about it and how good they are.

Lets summaries some expenses.
CP will cost an average of $210 a week so $210 x 52 = $10,900. Bush camping a donation sometime, so lets say $1000.

Eat out for a couple would cost minimum $60 a night and then perhaps the lattee etc during the day so perhaps $80 plus food for the other times such as breakfast and snacks and fruit and veg so another $10 a day so $90 for high living and then the grog extra so add what you think you will need. $32,400 a year

Home cooking in your rig may be $150 a week max so $150 x 52 $7800 and this would be whether you free camp or caravan park.

Fuel is another contentious issue. depends on the distance you travel and your fuel consumption.

My average fuel cost is about $200 a month. Food costs about $600 a month for one person and I live well with cooked breakfast and hot night meal of meat and veg etc. A big drinker LOL about $70 a month. Phone and internet about $150 month. Add another $300 a month for the goodies, trips treats etc

So this rounds out to about $330 a week.

I do spend more on flights for sight seeing etc as well as my models etc but that is up to you to add the little things that a peculiar to your live style and it also depends on the availability of cash. What ever you do dont give up the dream of live on the road because you think it is going to cast an arm and a leg .

You do have to consider the cost of any real estate etc you leave behind of course but only you need to know what that cost is.

There are lots of threads on cost of living on the road and this is just a overview (though very simple) of what it cost me, so do a search and see what you get.

Hope that does not confuse you but hopefully it may help you sit down and nut out what YOU might spend.

Regards
Brian

thankyou brian and the others for your replies the info in your replies is sound and valuable info for us as we are just starting to plan our getaway.
thankyou
whitto

i'm with you Gary, i'll do my own cooking , do quite a bit of it now. can't afford to go out as they want $30 to $40 for bottle of RED . i drink out of the cask, sorry i do have a glass but keep losing it.??