Sydney to Alice Springs and back

Sydney to Alice Springs and back

by Phoenix
(Sydney)

Alice Springs

Hi there,first of all, your site is very useful!
I am dreaming/planning of an outback road trip with my husband from Sydney to Alice Springs in December.

We would have around 12 days to do it and would like to get there via Cobar and Broken Hill and return via Mildura and Wagga Wagga.

According to good ol' google maps and my own division of driving days, this is possible with 9 days of mainly driving (at most 10 hours/day, averaging around 7) and leaving us around 3 days to explore the Alice Springs area.

I realise it will be very hot, we are used to extreme desert conditions and most non-driving activity would be early morning or evening. We would be driving our 4wd Pajero.

Does this sound like a reasonable plan?

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Sydney to Alice Springs and back

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Aug 12, 2009

A long drive
by: Rita

Hi Phoenix,

Thanks for your nice comment, I am glad you find the Outback Guide useful.

Well, it is a lot of driving, but you are aware of it. Any extra day would make it more reasonable, and would give you a little extra time at places you like.

Do you also want to visit Uluru, or just explore Alice Springs and surrounds?

You'll find more info on the site. There have been other Sydneysiders who asked questions about visiting the red centre.

Related pages in the Outback Guide:
Stuart Highway main page
Epic trip to Uluru and the follow up by the same author
Bush flies in the Australian Outback
Stuart Highway - Adelaide to Alice Springs
Stuart Highway with conventional car
Driving Sydney to Uluru in September

Happy planning, and let us know how the trip was.

Rita

Aug 12, 2009

thanks, decided to stay in NSW
by: Phoenix

Thanks for your prompt reply, Rita. I talked about the plan with my hubby and we decided that with the time we have available, it makes more sense to do an outback road trip in NSW rather than trying to go so far and come back in less than two weeks. We'll get to Alice Springs/Uluru eventually but we'll wait until we have more time.
Cheers,
Phoenix

Aug 13, 2009

Outback NSW is great
by: Rita

Hi Phoenix,

there are beautiful places in NSW, I really liked the Darling River Run and the area around Broken Hill.

It's about time I start a NSW section in this guide. :)

Have a great trip.

Rita

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