Routes
Drives long enough to be worth planning, with the stops that actually change the trip.
- 01
Great Ocean Road in a Minicamper: What a Small Van Changes
What a small camper actually changes on the Great Ocean Road: parking, the Otway bends, timing the Apostles, and why the road is not a distance problem.
- 02
Darwin to Broome: Five Decisions Before the Long Middle
Darwin to Broome is a chain of decisions rather than one road: surface, season, vehicle, water and where you may sleep, and how to take them in turn.
- 03
Alice Springs to Adelaide: Spacing, Roadhouses and the Turn-Back
The Stuart Highway as a spacing problem: where the long days fall, why Coober Pedy and Woomera split the drive, and the rule for turning back.
- 04
Brisbane to Melbourne Southbound: Coast or Inland, and Who Each Suits
Brisbane to Melbourne southbound is a fork, not a route: Princes Highway coast against the Newell and Olympic Way inland. What each is for, and who it suits.
- 05
Seven Days Inland: A New South Wales Loop Without the Coast
A one-week inland New South Wales loop: the Blue Mountains, the western slopes and the Hunter, and why a loop beats the coast when you only have seven days.
- 06
The Albany Loop: Shape and Spacing on WA's South Coast
Albany, Denmark, Margaret River and Augusta form a loop, not a line. How the south-west corner is shaped, where the drives fall, and why direction matters.
- 07
Crossing the Nullarbor: Two Days of Arithmetic
The Nullarbor is a distance problem, not a sightseeing one. How to plan the crossing by direction, fuel spacing, fatigue, quarantine and legal nights.
- 08
The Gibb River Road: Deciding Before You Commit
The Gibb River Road is a decision with consequences, not a list of gorges. Three tests to run before you commit, and the rules for turning back on it.
- 09
How Far Can You Drive in a Day in Australia? A Method, Not a Number
There is no universal daily distance for Australia. What actually consumes a driving day, and a way to calibrate your own limit before the trip starts.
- 10
What an Unsealed Road Does to Your Itinerary
Corrugations, dust and water crossings do not just slow you down: they change how many nights you need, what you can carry and whether you can keep going.
- 11
Roadtrip New Zealand: what this page is, and where to go instead
This was a short 2014 note about campervanning New Zealand. It is not current advice. Here is what changed and where the useful pages are now.
