Aussie trip

[stardelta]

Will be driving from Sydney down to Adelaide in March. Anyone done this trip ? If so, what are the "must see" places along the way ?
Regards

MJ

[Buenchico]

Some relevant discussion here:
http://www.tripadviso...-New_South_Wales.html
(although, having flown into Adelaide by air, there seems to be an awful lot of nothing out there to me!).

[beso]

Go mostly via the coast. The shortest route is not so interesting as it is through vast plains of very little variety.

The Great Ocean Road along the coast west of Melbourne is a good inclusion. The Cape Otway Fly is worth a look.
http://www.otwayfly.com/

[Zeuhl]

Agree about the Coast Road. We did it over several days and there are some spectacular stretches of rocky coastline and photo opps.

[coccinelle]

You need to visit Phillip Island to see the fairy penguins come ashore at sunset it's something you'll never forget. Quite honestly, there's nothing really to see around Adelaide. We visited Kangaroo Island mainly for the name of it, but it was rather diappointing not to mention the bumpy 6 seater plane ride! Kangaroos on the island are very small but we did see quite a lot of koalas there.

[vindi48]

Simple answer here is 'don't do it' unless you don't have several days available to take greatly better though more circuitous routes.
One alternative is the Indian Pacific overnight train direct - but beware of train accommodation choice for the exactly 24-hours trip and quite high cost.
With wheels go through Melbourne and on to the Great Ocean Road which has interesting towns and loads of motels etc.
Better still is, having reached Melbourne spend a day or so around the Mornington Peninsula, use the car ferry from Sorrento, at the tip of the peninsula, to reach and skirt Geelong, then onto the Great Ocean Road. A week minimum would be good to enjoy this tour.
Whatever you do at Adelaide don't miss the Barossa Valley for your choice of plonk or quality wine - Tanunda and Nuriootpa have good stays for overnight.
Enjoy each day.