Where have you been in Australia?

[smciner1]

Talking to a few forum members on MSN the other night, we were discussing where in Australia everyone has driven / flown / boated to.

Here is my list:-
Adealide: Driven GT over there and back 4 times.
Sydney: Gone ther by bus once, flown once and drove GT there and back once.
Brisbane: Driven GT there and back once.
Bathust: Drove GT there once (2003 GT Nationals, got to race down Con Rod Straight), drove there once in XR6 also to visit The Donuts (tm).
MBFNW (tm): drove there once also in the XR6.
Tasmaina, flown there twice, once as a child with family, once with Mr & Mrs XA-Coupe to be a Marshall at Targa Tasmania.

[Psycho Chicken]

Far north Queensland yonks ago, drove with the family. Well I didn't drive, I was about 6 at the time.
Drove the Gold Coast back in year 8, flew up 2003.
South NSW coast a couple of times, all driving (again, not me).
Bused up to Kapooka for 6 weeks of crap in 2003 (ahhhh great times). They even took us to Canberra
Barossa Valley a while ago.

And all over Victoria pretty much.

[blue fairy]

Local: Driven to Bundadberg more times than I can remember and Toowoomba. Have boated to surrounding islands in Morteon bay as mom lives on a boat.
NT: Coach trip to Darwin/Kakadu via Mt Isa.
Byron Bay: Driven to Byron Bay a few times.
Coffs Harbour: Driven to Coffs Harbour once.
Sydney: Flown to Sydney 3 times. Once for the Olympics.
Canberra: Flown to Canberra once.

I am soon to add Melbourne and Cairns to this list in October! Yay!

[347Stroker]

From Cooktown to Adelaide along the coast, Kwinana in the west, most of outback QLD, about all of western NSW, Broken Hill, Swan Hill, Horsham, alot of country Victoria, and alot of pubs on the way....

[Twisted]

Every state capital, either for work purposes or on holiday. Perth was definately my favorite.

[MotherNatureVer2]

Ive been to Geelong, Lorne, other parts of Melbourne ...... NFI where I was though (raid2002) also in a truck a few times .... never got to see much other than the markets in the truck though ...... Raid was much better :P

Have been to Brisbane .... in a truck again .....

Plenty of trips to Sydney .........

[XRated]

QLD a couple of times, NSW/Sydney a few of times, Perth (city and Margaret River etc), ACT, and lots of places around Vic. I loved Perth and can't wait to go back again

[oneredED]

I've drive alot within Victoria but i rarely go interstate (other than SA). I've been to Hobart, Launceston etc in Tassie about 5 times, and i've been to pretty much every place between Mount Gambier and Melbourne, and Mt Gambier and Adelaide. I once went to canberra on a bus for a school camp. 13hrs later....

[The MaDDeSTMaN]

No further north then Bega, NSW, no further south then Wilsons Prom, Victoria, no further west then Adelaide, South Australia, & no further east then Bega, NSW.

I've lived in quite a few parts of country Victoria when I was a child before we moved to Melbourne, if that counts. I still count myself as a "country" guy, having spent a lot of my childhood growing up about a 20 minute drive away from Mansfield, Victoria.

[Dark Horse]

Hrmm let's see....

Sydney (I was there earlier, I think I'm still there now)
Melbourne
Hobart
Brisbane
Cairns
Adelaide
Near to MBFNW (um Coonabarabran/Warrumbungles)
Khancoban (that place is a hole - just ask wulos)
Albury/Wodonga (Dammit I want to see the DC-3 down there)

[Trevor 57]

Been to Perth twice, once on train, once driven, including all the South West region from the border to the coast
Tassie once (all around on holidays)
Most of NSW (including outback - on holidays, not much of Nth Coast though)
Most of SA (including outback - on holidays)
Most to Southern Qld (Birdsville, Boulia etc, inclduding outback - on holidays, we are going to the Gulf this Saturday on holidays)
Southern NT (on holidays)
ACT
and of course, every part of Victoria (or thereabouts)

First 18 years, born/grew up in the Dandenong Ranges, Vict, so saw most of Vic (should of been at school but didn't like it).

Since then, a damn lot of Sydney..26 moves in six years, so I won't bore people and name them all.
Then in Qld, lived at the 'Burdekin Dam' and did alot of travelling while there to Red Falls, Townsville, Moreton Isl, to name a few.

Canberra and wherever the ACT club take us _2: Brother lives at Buderim, so a few trips there, also to Hervey Bay, and Noosa.

Easy way is I haven't been to WA or Adelaide.....it has been a wonderful experience for our children when they were growing up, and if anyone has small kids and can travel with them, then do it if the opportunity arises.

better than any classroom.

[mcflux]

Cairns, Mackay, Prussapoint (don't ask)...

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

Prussapoint (don't ask)...

Hey I've been there...

[TURBO_GHIA]

ive been to
byron 4 times
gold coast twice
melbourne once
kiama twice
hyiams beach twice
sussex inlet once
new castle once

[paul7v7]

the whole eastern side incl tassy. haven't been to wa, nt or sa yet

[XRchic]

All around SA including lovely towns like Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Port Lincoln. Also to Flinders Ranges and the outback. Also, in the other direction, Mt Gambier, Naracoorte, and all through the Coorong. Also been to the Barossa a fair bit and the Riverland: Berri, Loxton, Barmera etc. Been down the Yorke Peninsula to Edithburgh, Coobowie, Ardrossan etc. All driving.

All around Vic more times than I can count, including Melbourne, Phillip Island, Geelong, Great Ocean Road and Lorne and Portarlington, Warnambool. Been to Mt Buller and Mt Hotham. Through Horsham and Ballarat. Bendigo and Heathcote! Heaps of times to the Grampians and Halls Gap. Some driving, some flying.

In NSW, have been to Sydney, stayed in Paddington with rellies a few times, been through parts of country NSW when I was a kid. Been to Armidale. Some driving, some flying.

Qld, have been to Brisbane, Gold Coast, Toowoomba and Gatton. Couple of times flying, once driving. Have not been further north in Aus.

WA, Perth and Fremantle. Driven once, flown once.

ACT - drove to Canberra once.

Have not been to NT or Tassie.

[XA-Coupe]

All over Vic ( of course )
Sydney (there yesterday ) most towns betwen on the hume and vua Cann river
Canberra
Adelaide ( there last month )
Pt Augusta and Peterborough
Tassie - everywhere.
Brisbane ( and ipswich )
Hamilton Island
Never been to NT or WA but will soon... but it's cheaper to go overseas :(

[bindi]

My turn!
Fremantle, WA - last year, first time on a plane sad hey. Loved the place, it's fabulous!

Canberra - we drive there every couple of years, love the place.

Scone, Newcastle, Wyong, The Entrance - sister used to live up that way.

Outback NSW - various towns like Lithgow, Oberon, Mudgee, Dubbo, Baffhurst, Orange, Narandera (sp?), Cooma etc.

Other NSW towns - Wollongong, Sydney (beaches and the Cross are vip), Bateman's Bay, Sussex Inlet etc

SA - went to Adelaide, drove it across the desert. Decided to camp once we got there near the beach, and the biggest storm in 3 years decided to attack our tent and it blew down. All our belongings got soaked and we ended up having to rent a caravan... got to Glenelg, rode the tram, got really bored in SA and drove home in disgust, vowing never to return! We stopped when we went through Victoria at a place that had the best trees... flame trees. Lovely.

Never been to QLD, Melbourne, NT or Tassie. One day I will get there. Then it's NZ and Europe.

[Tote]

Most of NSW including the back country
Most of Qld as far north as the gulf and Cooktown and as far west as Birdsville and Mount Isa
Melbourne via the Hume and Cann River, Mildura, Swan Hill, Bendigo, Ballarat
Drove around Tassie on Holidays
2 trips to WA including driving north from Perth to Carnarvon and south from Broome to Dampier
SA from Adelaide to Port Lincoln and across to Perth by train.
ACT
Not been to the Territory yet
Regards,
Tote

[Steffo]

Adelaide (Once by car - passed through lots of places getting there, Wagga Wagga, Hay, Mildura etc)
Brisbane
Melbourne
Canberra
Surfer's Paradise
Maroochidore/Noosa (Sunshine Coast)
Byron Bay
Wollongong
Gerroa/Gerringong (Awesome area south of Kiama, NSW.. wouldn't mind living there)
Newcastle
Gosford
Coolongatta
Tweed Heads
Katoomba
Kurrajong (sp?) Heights, Blue Mountains (picking ripe peaches there.. mmm)

Um, yeah.

[FordFan86]

Melbourne, Adelaide, Geelong, Sydney.

[dogbreath_48]

ummmm...this is embaressing :P

drove to canberra - family holiday
drove to cooma - family holiday/landrover 50th celebrations
train to mildura - family holiday
drove down the coast a few times - family holidays
regularly drive to wodonga - family farm.

ummm....that's pretty well it...
no planes, no boats, just cars and 1 train.

-Stu

[XR6Gal]

I've driven from Brisbane to Melbourne via Dubbo.
Been through a lot of Victoria, NSW & Canberra.
Driven from Brisbane to Cairns & The Daintree, but caught plane back.

Pretty muchly seen most of the east side of Queensland, been out as far west as Emerald.

I'd love to see WA, SA & NT & Tasmania

[Discovery]

Wow, this one got me thinking!

I've been to lots of places:

Vic - pretty much all of it!

NSW - too many times to count, including capital cities and smaller country towns, too many to list.

SA - Adelade and small towns on the highway on the way. Once again a number of times.

NT - Uluru/ surrounding areas. Flew up, drove back, stayed at many places in between Oodnadatta Track etc.

WA - Perth and surrounds. Four times, have rellies there.

QLD - Brissy, Surfers, Sunshine Coast, Hamilton Is. Too many times to count!

Tas - All of it pretty much.

ACT - Canberra... lots!

I'm running out of places to go!!

Hmmmm....

WA - Most of the southern half and up to Karratha and Newman. Lost count of the number of times I've been across the Nullabor (Car passenger, driver, train, plane).

SA - Most of the southern bit.

NT - Up to Darwin from Alice Springs (gotta love those three trailer road trains!). All round Darwin (before it got blown away). Even got to go on the Ghan when it was running on the old tracks.

Vic - Melbourne, Geelong, Anglesea, Lorne (as far as I got - ran out of time). Portland (flew there with work). That bit at the top you go through on the way from Sydney to Adelaide.

NSW - Southern Highlands, a lot of the Snowies, up to Parkes and Forbes, Bathurst (twice, once while flooded), Broken Hill, Sydney and surrounds. Walked up to the top of Mount Kosiosco (before they renamed it to Mount Wheelbarrow).

ACT - Canberra and surrounds.

Qld - Brisbane.

Tas - Where's that?

[NAK302]

quicker to say where i havn't been. Tasmania.
although i only spent a short time in Perth and Port Headland, which will be rectified in 2007 when we go over for the GT nats.
stand outs for me are:
approaching Ayers Rock by car.........simply awesome
driving into a secluded beach called twin eagles on the Gove peninsula
my first game attendance at the MCG....Australia v Brazil soccer international 1999
and obviously being able to do stupid speeds on the Stuart Highway for mile after mile

[Bearman]

Flown to Darwin for work but got plenty of time off. Awesome place!!

Road trip to Sydney (visit my bro and his family) via Parkes and Bathurst on way up, down the coast on the way back. Brilliant!!

Canberra a few times (mostly via Cann River). Got rellies there.

Bairnsdale in East Gippsland, folks live there.

Future trips planned - Perth and NSW South Coast (my favourite place).

[4.9 EF Futura]

Ive been to Sydney and Melbourne more times than I care to remember. For work, usually arrive at 8am and fly out at 6pm... I hate it, never get to venture out of the CBD. Had a few 3 day visits to Sydney, also for work and will be spending a few days in Melbourne in august...

Beautiful cities, just wish i could visit for pleasure as opposed to business.

Seen most of SA... south east, the west, bit of north...

[CAMS290]

Driven trucks all over Australia, apart from Tassie, but went to Tassie as a kid.