Should I plan a single route across Australia or split them with a flight?
I'm considering migrating to Australia, but before I can make that decision I want to explore the country. I've set my sights on Perth, but relocating through my employment will probably see me ending up in Melbourne or Sydney at first.
Because of work and the different climates of these places I feel like taking a couple of weeks vacation and see as much of the country as possible. I'm looking at camper-van trips, but these mainly focus on either east coast or west coast. I've seen nice itineraries for Melbourne to Cairns, and Perth to Broome. Ideally I'd like to combine them but I'm unsure if I should connect them by camper-van or a flight.
What are things I should consider when deciding for one or the other? My main concerns are travel time and expenses vs. the sights and experience I'd skip.
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TLDR: Unless you love adventure you should fly.
Perth is a beautiful city, with some amazing beaches and scenery. If you want to do a grand tour of Australia it's a must.
But there's several deserts between Perth and any other city. It's 2700km (1650mi) to Adelaide and you have to cross the Nullarbor Plain - a stretch 1,100 kms long on the edge of a desert. It's called a plain for a reason - it's very plain.
If you're the adventuring type and you have a spare week, crossing the Nullarbor should be on your bucket list. But if not, you should fly.
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I have been in Australia as a tourist, traveled east to west with the Indian-Pasific, overland (with a tour) to Alice Springs (seeing the famous sights on the way,) flew north to Darwin and took the train south. (With a couple of tours to see things where I was.)
I love trains and sitting in a train for a few days, but even for me the Indian Pasific as sit up passenger was almost too much.
You want to see the parts of the country where you might get to live, if I understand you right, and you will not be living in the big stretches of nothing between the east and west coast. There is enough to see and do where you might get to life.
Unless you really want to see the interior, fly.
Don't take me wrong, I loved the interior parts of Australia, but those are worth a tourist visit, not an 'I am going to live here' one.
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