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11-04-2012, 11:06 PM | #1 | ||
The Stig
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I will be driving to Brisbane soon and need some advise on the best way from Melbourne to Brisbane?
Via Wagga Wagga & Dubbo on Hume, Newell & National Hwy or Via Sydney on Hume and Pacific Hwy? Both routes have pro and cons.. not able to decide. Basically idea is to start in the morning and stop over somewhere midway either in Sydney or Dubbo depending the route I choose and cover the rest next day. Any suggestions? |
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12-04-2012, 07:45 AM | #2 | ||
335 - STILL THE BOSS ...
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melb East
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If you want to do it in 2 days you should try for goondawindi and that then gives you a good run the next day as is easily done if get away early enough. If you are taking your time then you can go through Sydney but is a lot further, more traffic and Sydney to brisbane is a hell of a drive in one day. I wouldn't do it myself but have done the 2 day run through the guts heaps of times
Go through Maree and then on to Warrick
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12-04-2012, 08:06 AM | #3 | ||
Formerly XG-Panelvanman
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Im in Cranbourne,VIC.
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http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=108716
read this and then read it again...feel free to laugh at me, i still do. - make sure you take a map and dont just rely on gps - no matter how many people tell you not to drive around dusk/early morning...listen to them - make sure your car is in great shape, i ran out of fuel because the gas mixer controller was knackered and wouldnt work all the time, so i was running on petrol more. there are plenty of other threads on here bout that drive, just try a search on it, and try travel with someone, or a big ipod, cause its very boring.
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12-04-2012, 08:20 AM | #4 | ||||
Rob
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goondi is only about 4 hours from brissie. there is a big bp/maccas/motel on the big roundabout so you don't actually have to go to town centre. also, rather than going through warrick, i go through toowoomba. time wise its the same (distance is a fraction less) and the road is a lot better. as for the rest of the journey, i'll find out what the newell is like around forbes in a couple of days as i leave brissie to head back to adelaide on sat morning. newell was flooded 4 weeks ago so couldn't go that way to get here. Quote:
if its dark and there is a few trucks around, just sit a 100m or 2 off the rear of the truck. (not too close as he'll feel the extra drag and they don't like it) he'll take care of the wildlife for you. Last edited by prydey; 12-04-2012 at 08:28 AM. |
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12-04-2012, 08:38 AM | #5 | ||
FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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I can do Brisbane to Melbourne in a day via the back way... I go through Warwick straight out.
Last trip I left Brisbane at 3 am and arrived in Melbourne at 6 pm, was it an easy drive in an F6 Tornado with 2 of us doing multiple change overs. I would not go through Sydney if you paid me. Prydey has some good advice re: getting behind a truck and staying there... means you only have to focus on his tailgate and less chance of roos etc.
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12-04-2012, 01:09 PM | #6 | ||||||
The Stig
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12-04-2012, 08:38 PM | #7 | |||
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What car are you driving mate? if it's a good car i would take the coast road, the newell is hideous at the moment, roadworks everywhere and the roads are shagged. |
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12-04-2012, 09:14 PM | #8 | |||
335 - STILL THE BOSS ...
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12-04-2012, 09:30 PM | #9 | ||||
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