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In Australia we went for the best method of transportation, OUR OWN VAN! We bought our little van, christened Custard, then drove him all the way up to Cairns, before selling him again (sob, sob). He served us faithful and we only had a few problems (the main one being the legalities of re-selling it. More info on that in the forum.

Before we purchased our van, we were also lucky enough to be leant a brand new 4x4 BMW to drive along the Great Ocean Road. Thanks Carol and Graeme!

Our amazing Road Trip is detailed below:

From... To... Date
Auckland (NEW ZEALAND) Melbourne (1) 5/1/02
Melbourne (1) Great Ocean Road (2) 9/1/02
Great Ocean Road (2) Melbourne (3) 11/1/02
Melbourne (3) Mansfield (4) 14/1/02
Mansfield (4) Corryong (5) 17/1/02
Corryong (5) Canberra (6) 18/1/02
Canberra (6) Sydney (7) 21/1/02
Sydney (7) Port Macquarie (8) 26/1/02
Port Macquarie (8) Byron Bay (9) 27/1/02
Byron Bay (9) Brisbane (10) 31/1/02
Brisbane (10) Bribie Island 4/2/02
Bribie Island Bundaberg (11) 9/2/02
Bundaberg (11) Mackay (12) 10/2/02
Mackay (12) Townsville (13) 11/2/02
Townsville (13) Cairns (14) 13/2/02
Cairns (14) Denpasar (BALI) [via Darwin] 27/2/02



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