Famous Australian sites/stops for a road trip?

Question

Hey, my friends and I are planning on going on a road trip sometime soon (around Australia) and I'm wanting to put together an itinerary, so I'm in need of EVERY famous site/stop around Australia (e.g. the big ram etc.).
I'm pretty familiar with South-East QLD as I live there, but everywhere else will be a huge help.
Thanks.

Answer 1

If you are wanting a few things a bit off the beaten track, i would definitely head through Gundagai and see the Dog on the Tuckerbox. Then there is places like the golden guitar at Tamworth, the zig zag railway in the Blue Mountains, The Robertson Pie Shop (They also have the big potato, not that its much of an attraction) and dams like Wyangla or Burrendong. Cowra is famous for the POW camp and its Japanese Gardens, it makes for a good stop, while Leura or Millthorpe are great villages to stop and explore for a while. Jinjellic is a good stop, with a river and a pub, and Holbrook has a submarine that is quite well known (and is thought to look like a dildo). Um there is also places like Sovereign Hill in Ballarat, and Cameron corner, where QLD, NSW and SA meet.



If I think of any more I will add them, but I hope these have given you a few ideas which are a bit different, out of the way and not really thought of often.

Answer 2

Since you know Qld, we will skip that.



Come down the coast NSW. Stop off at Hippy central ( Bryon Bay )

See the Snowy Mountains Hydro complex

Camerons Corner at the intersection of New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. The Dingo fence seen was originally constructed to keep rabbits out, however it was later used to keep dingoes out of sheep farming areas. The fence stretches some 5,500 kilometres and is the longest fence in the world.

Visit Broken Hill



Down to VIctoria

Go to Bright

Then travel the Great Ocean Road all the way.

Shoot across to The Grampians. MacKenzie Falls & more



Go over to SA via Mt Gambier

Blue Lake & Caves

Naracoorte Caves

Adelaide Hills and to German town of Harndorf

Barossa valley



Head inland. Central Australia

Coober Pedy

Woomera

Ayers Rock

The Olgas

Alice Springs



And that's enough.



It's much easier to read my book



Cheers from Melbourne

Answer 3

I'd hardly put "the Big Ram" as a must see.. I'm guessing you know how exciting the Big Pineapple and the Big Prawn are! Big things that house a shop aren't worth being a destination.... but you'll pass plenty on your journey that are worth a 2 minute stop for photos.



I'd just pencil in the big things like the Barrier Reef, Uluru, Byron Bay, Sydney, Melbourne, etc, etc... and then see what happens on the way. With a group of friends your itinerary will change every day, if not every hour, so don't overthink it. Get a general idea of how far you can go in the time you have and then let the rest take care of itself!

Answer 4

Some of the highlights from my recent roadtrip were:



SA: Granite Island (penguins and seals) & Victor Harbour, Port Lincoln (shark diving) The Nullabor Plain (I enjoyed the 16hr straight drive believe it or not!) Theres a place called Iron Knob - i got a photo next to the sign, its a pisser!



WA: Kalgoorlie (gold mines and skimpies lol), Albany (whaling museum), Walpole (tree top walk), Margaret River (wineries!) Fremantle (freo prison - must see!), Kalbarri National Park (sooooo beautiful, make sure you do a quad bike safari there, so much fun!) Exmouth (Ningloo Reef - WOW!) Broome (sunset camel ride)



NT: Katherine (Katherine Gorge), Devils Marbles, Uluru and Kata Tjuta



I didnt really see many 'big' things on the west side - I think thats an east side thing (im from QLD) Hope this helped you!

Answer 5

Victoria:



Great Ocean Road (includes the 12 apostles)

Melbourne - hostoric working trams



Northern Territory:



Devils Marbles

Uluru (Ayres Rock)

Kata Tjuta (the Olgas)

Mataranka (natural hot springs)

Kakadu National Park

Geikie Gorge

Darwin - The Twisted power poles sculpture (created by Cyclone Tracy)



Western Australia



Pemberton - Giants treetop Walkway

Margaret River - Mammoth Cave, Surfing Beaches, wineries

Perth - Swan Bells, Kings Park, London Court (arcade)

Rottnest Island (Quokkas), disused army bunkers, scuba diving around sunken war ships

Fremantle - Maritime Museum (Australia II yacht)

Monkey Mia - wild dolphins meet wild humans at the shore, western most point of Australian continent.

Dampier - 250+ carriage iron ore trains, woodside LNG processing plant (both great at night), Karijini National Park (red gorge, dales gorge, knox gorge, hancock gorge, python pool, tunnel creek), Millstream-Chichester National Park

Broome - Cable Beach, horizontal falls

Point Sampson - Mobys Kitchen (seafood straight of the trawlers - best in oz)





South Australia:



Victor Harbour - penguin island (fairy penguin colony), horse drawn double deck tramway.

Adelaide: Haighs chocolate factory, Glenelg, Rundle Mall

Barossa Valley - wine tasting

Kangaroo Island - kangaroos, koalas and seals.



Queensland:



Glasshouse mountains

Atherton Tableland

Noosa Head



New South Wales



Sydney: Harbour Bridge (and pylong museum, Bridgeclimb, Circular Quay, Opera House, Luna Park, Queen Victoria Building, Darling Harbour, Manly, Bondi, Hawkesbury river dining, Elizabeth farm, NSW railway museum at thirlmere, Barranjoey lighthouse (northern beaches), powerhouse museum, Sydney tower at centrepoint, the rocks

Blue Mountains (Katoomba): scenic skyway/railway, zig zag historic steam railway

Wollongong - seacliff bridge, lighthouse point

Byron Bay

Nimbin (weed capital of australia)



Australian Capital Territory



Canberra: New Parliament House, National Portrait Gallery (old parliament house), Australian War Memorial

Answer 6

Go to the RTA [Road transport and they will have maps with all the rest areas There are also Bush camping around Australia books look in the book shops or visit the RACQ as they used to have that sort of information . Stop at the tourist offices in towns as you go through them as one can get some excellent info from them. Some tourist offices have showers also some of the road houses

Answer 7

Jennifer Aniston

Answer 8

Hi

There are a lot of places to visit!!

We did a lot of them but by no means all



Have a look at our blog - Might give you a few ideas. Camping is a good way to go..



Campsite costs have now been added to the blog top right - hope it is of use

You can post comments or Q's on the blog, happy to help



http://twopomsandatruck.blogspot.com/

Answer 9

I will give you this link that I've found and I think it is much helpful for you to plan your road trip in Australia. Here's the link: http://www.adventuretours.com.au/all-of-oz-69-days-road-trip