Route planning: 3 Months (March to May)
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:53 pm
Hello
Between March and May next year I will have nearly 3 months’ time for travelling and intend to plan a tour in Australia – for route planning I would really appreciate your advice.
I have travelled for one year around Australia in 2006 alsong the following route: Sydney – Melbourne (mostly along the coast) – Adelaide – Flinders Ranges – Oodnadatta track – Darwin – Gibb River Road – Broome – Tom Price – Perth – Melbourne – Tasmania), and did two more shorter trips afterwards (Mindabiddi Trail until Nannup, Tasmania).
You see, I already know a bit of Australia, but I still currently feel very unsure what I should do with this 3 months!!!!
My first idea was to cycle the Mundabiddi Trail, as I loved that trail, and when I rode it years ago, it was not yet completed. However, in 3 months I would have time to continue to Esperance and then for example head up north, e.g. to Kalbarry and then along the coast back to Perth. However, I don’t know how nice it would be to travel north inland at this time of the year (no wildflowers) and I would have trouble to decide whether to take my touring bike or my bikepacking bike.
Another idea was to do the Mundabiddi, get to Adelaide somehow (plane, train, car or whatever) and then head up north from Adelaide to Alice on a similar route I did in 2006 (Flinders Ranges – Oodnadatta track). A quite tempting idea as it would offer forests and deserts but this option sounded a bit too stressful for me with the section of inland transfer and it would feel less stressful, not to have a date in between I need to catch a plain and to pack my bike up in a box.
Therefore, I had the idea to do Melbourne – Adelaide – Darwin, which would also quite suite the time of the year. However, I am very unsure how much enjoyable it would be for me to cycle many kilometers on highways, especially as traffic has been bothering me more and more as older
Queensland was never an option because I think, that it could be too crowded for my and with lots of sections on roads – but maybe I am wrong.
The Australian Alps also seem quite tempting for me and I haven’t been there before, but that would be even harder to combine up to a three-month trip at this time of the year…
I would appreciate your ideas and suggestions!
Kind Regards
Ela
Between March and May next year I will have nearly 3 months’ time for travelling and intend to plan a tour in Australia – for route planning I would really appreciate your advice.
I have travelled for one year around Australia in 2006 alsong the following route: Sydney – Melbourne (mostly along the coast) – Adelaide – Flinders Ranges – Oodnadatta track – Darwin – Gibb River Road – Broome – Tom Price – Perth – Melbourne – Tasmania), and did two more shorter trips afterwards (Mindabiddi Trail until Nannup, Tasmania).
You see, I already know a bit of Australia, but I still currently feel very unsure what I should do with this 3 months!!!!
My first idea was to cycle the Mundabiddi Trail, as I loved that trail, and when I rode it years ago, it was not yet completed. However, in 3 months I would have time to continue to Esperance and then for example head up north, e.g. to Kalbarry and then along the coast back to Perth. However, I don’t know how nice it would be to travel north inland at this time of the year (no wildflowers) and I would have trouble to decide whether to take my touring bike or my bikepacking bike.
Another idea was to do the Mundabiddi, get to Adelaide somehow (plane, train, car or whatever) and then head up north from Adelaide to Alice on a similar route I did in 2006 (Flinders Ranges – Oodnadatta track). A quite tempting idea as it would offer forests and deserts but this option sounded a bit too stressful for me with the section of inland transfer and it would feel less stressful, not to have a date in between I need to catch a plain and to pack my bike up in a box.
Therefore, I had the idea to do Melbourne – Adelaide – Darwin, which would also quite suite the time of the year. However, I am very unsure how much enjoyable it would be for me to cycle many kilometers on highways, especially as traffic has been bothering me more and more as older
Queensland was never an option because I think, that it could be too crowded for my and with lots of sections on roads – but maybe I am wrong.
The Australian Alps also seem quite tempting for me and I haven’t been there before, but that would be even harder to combine up to a three-month trip at this time of the year…
I would appreciate your ideas and suggestions!
Kind Regards
Ela