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Hello there I plan to visit Australia this coming October We would like to know if is okay to drive from Bribane to Melbourne and still able to do adequate sight seeing at major spot on rout in about 9 days time. Also can anyone give us an idea of what to see and where to spend night on this route Thank you very much. This is our first trip to Austalia. Dr Patrick Cheah.

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>We would like to know if is okay to drive from Bribane to Melbourne and >still able to do adequate sight seeing at major spot on rout in about 9 >days time. >Also can anyone give us an idea of what to see and where to spend night on >this route >Thank you very much. >This is our first trip to Austalia. >Dr Patrick Cheah.

Patrick, You CAN drive from Melbourne to Brisbane in nine days, but you will spend at least 24 hours of that time actually driving – that’s three days fairly heavy driving!. Nine days is about the right amount of time to spend in ONE of Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane (and the Gold Coast). Based in say Sydney – you could see the Jenolan Caves, the Blue Mountains and the museums, galleries, beaches and shopping of Sydney itself. Brisbane – the Darling Downs, Gold Coast beaches and theme parks, Lamington Plateau and again the museums, galleries and shopping in Brisbane itself, including Lone Pine Sanctuary. Paul

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>Hello there >I plan to visit Australia this coming October >We would like to know if is okay to drive from Bribane to Melbourne and >still able to do adequate sight seeing at major spot on rout in about 9 >days time. >Also can anyone give us an idea of what to see and where to spend night on >this route >Thank you very much. >This is our first trip to Austalia.

I think that 9 days could be enough, if you’re prepared to do some serious driving between Brisbane,Sydney and Melbourne. You wouldn’t really have much time to look at rural N.S.W or Victoria. You can drive the distance in 2 days, but 3 would be more comfortable. Given the amount of time, you would pretty much spend a couple of days in Brisbane, drive straight to Sydney, another 2 days there and then shoot down the Hume Highway and spend the last 2/3 days in Melbourne. A bit of a rush, but possible. The Princes Highway is a lot more scenic, so you could sacrifice that 3rd day in Melbourne and go through Batemans Bay/Tathra/Merimbula/Lakes Entrance etc… I can’t recommend any hotels en-route. My wife and I stayed in B&B’s when we toured N.S.W last. It was far better than any hotel/motel trip we’d done before. P.S Make sure you stop for a look at Tilba-Tilba. Maybe even stay the night there…some beatiful little B&B’s in a cute town. Darren Vandenberg (remove X from address for any email replies) http://web.access.net.au/dfv/dfv.html

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