Thread: Moving to Melbourne

I prefer the inland route and have done more times that i can count from the time i was 7 or 8 when dad got his first rangie, for the next 15 years or so we travelled up and down that highway almost every school holidays visiting my grandparents where ever they parked their van at the time.

As I hate the coast road my preference is new england hwy to windsor via the putty road , up richmond road to the M7 and down to liverpool thence hauling the hume.
Can be a day trip to Windsor if you have to. Watch Putty road for Skippys cousins together with wally the wombat at night.

Did BNE-Windsor a month ago and the road was good all the way.

No help with road conditions but travel a lot with three kids. Games are the go for the three and four year old for us. Car Cricket gets a good work out. Its a bit of waffle but he rules go like;
Choose a batter, score one run per car, four runs for say a cool 4wd disco, six for a b double and out is any red car.

The commentry in between runs is what keeps the kids interested think Richie Benaud!!!
I spy and "what animal is that" makes up a few more hours when we call lunch or drinks for the cricket

"what animal is that" is a bit like who am I with a few key atributes given untill someone guesses what the animal is.

We travel best with each of our three seperate out of hand reach- lucky our d3 is a seven seater making this easy as She who must be obeyed occasionaly moves to the back if things get out of hand.


Hope you have some warm clothes mate it is chilly down here in Melbourne

Originally Posted by weakestlink

No help with road conditions but travel a lot with three kids. Games are the go for the three and four year old for us. Car Cricket gets a good work out. Its a bit of waffle but he rules go like;
Choose a batter, score one run per car, four runs for say a cool 4wd disco, six for a b double and out is any red car.

The commentry in between runs is what keeps the kids interested think Richie Benaud!!!
I spy and "what animal is that" makes up a few more hours when we call lunch or drinks for the cricket

"what animal is that" is a bit like who am I with a few key atributes given untill someone guesses what the animal is.

We travel best with each of our three seperate out of hand reach- lucky our d3 is a seven seater making this easy as She who must be obeyed occasionaly moves to the back if things get out of hand.


Hope you have some warm clothes mate it is chilly down here in Melbourne

Its not chilly, its temperate .

Originally Posted by weakestlink

No help with road conditions but travel a lot with three kids. Games are the go for the three and four year old for us. Car Cricket gets a good work out. Its a bit of waffle but he rules go like;
Choose a batter, score one run per car, four runs for say a cool 4wd disco, six for a b double and out is any red car.

The commentry in between runs is what keeps the kids interested think Richie Benaud!!!
I spy and "what animal is that" makes up a few more hours when we call lunch or drinks for the cricket

"what animal is that" is a bit like who am I with a few key atributes given untill someone guesses what the animal is.

We travel best with each of our three seperate out of hand reach- lucky our d3 is a seven seater making this easy as She who must be obeyed occasionaly moves to the back if things get out of hand.


Hope you have some warm clothes mate it is chilly down here in Melbourne

Excellent information - thank you

Yeah, we planning on stocking up on some of the clothing before we leave - we will need to

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Its not chilly, its temperate .

Thats a BEEG word like Marmalade

As some of the others mentioned, I would go inland to do this trip, but I have no info where to stay in Dubbo, when I do that run, I'm not carting the kids about, so do it in one hit.

What part of this lovely city will you be moving to?

If I remember right Bris. to Melb. is 22 hours driving time, add breaks ect.
If you want open plains type terain head up Towomba range and on to Goondawindi befor heading down the Newell Hwy.
If you want more scenic mountains ect. head out to Warwick and then down the New England.
On the Newel Hwy towns are about 1Hour+ apart, on the New England more towns to break it up.
Can't help on road conditions but you try the each state traffics web sites.

My sugestion for you to think about about is making it a 3 day trip.
Come down the New England, not as flat as the Newell but a far more scenic drive.
The major towns have some play grounds you should be able to find easily for the rug rats to run wild on.
The look out on top of the range just north of Tamworth was a regular stop for us.
Stay at Dubbo for 2 nights, we just grabed an onsite van with ensuite(great with kids).
On the second day head to Dubbo Zoo for the day.
Day 3 head to our part of the world.
This is 2 days of @ 11hours broken up by a free day, less grissles from kids this way.

Don't forget the Parks observitory as a stop.
But subject to time(read longer trip) The Warrumbungle NP is worth a detour, particulary if your up for a walk.
And if on the Newel you could look at Mount Kaputar too.
Still havn't tried the baths at Moree but they are on a to do list.

Safe trip, hope to catch up when you get down here