Thread: Driving to Darwin

Can I ask why they don't want to drive? Wouldn't it be an adventure in itself. Something that youth live for and carry on through the rest of their life.

Life is full of challenges, risks, and rewards. Like a football game.

Adelaide to alice, 2 days, boring
Adelaide to Darwin, 4 days, very boring
Melb to Darwin, 5 days, bloody boring.

I can think of better ways to spend 5 days.

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

but was wondering if this would be safe in SA/ NT?

I don't want to end up like Peter Falconio or get eaten by anything.

Have you seen wolf creek?

Originally Posted by Eevo

Adelaide to alice, 2 days, boring
Adelaide to Darwin, 4 days, very boring
Melb to Darwin, 5 days, bloody boring.

I can think of better ways to spend 5 days.

What are you driving?

Adelaide to Darwin 4 days? 3 if you are going slowly. 2 if you are serious. And it is all interesting.

If I had the time available I would gladly take a car from Melbourne to Darwin for someone, it is a great roadtrip.

Originally Posted by BigJon

What are you driving?

Adelaide to Darwin 4 days? 3 if you are going slowly. 2 if you are serious. And it is all interesting.

If I had the time available I would gladly take a car from Melbourne to Darwin for someone, it is a great roadtrip.

x2 I did it driving a D Rodeo towing a car in 3 days easy peasy from Melb seeing as your closer to the boarder you will do it easy . When i did my trip i got warned not to stay near Tennant creek , Kathrine , Elliott ,Cooper Peady. You will be ok if you listen to all resonable advice

Driving for 8 hours a day it takes 4 days.

Originally Posted by Eevo

Adelaide to alice, 2 days, boring
Adelaide to Darwin, 4 days, very boring
Melb to Darwin, 5 days, bloody boring.

I can think of better ways to spend 5 days.

You must be doing it in a defender. I plan to do it in three days.

No I have not seen Wolf creek. Do not even know where it is.

Boring for some maybe but I love driving, especially if the car is decent.

Bigjon. It is a Fairlane.

Newhue. A couple of reasons why they don't do it themselves. My son is not mad on driving. He goes to Uni at Ballarat which is three hours from our place and he hates doing this. The other reason is time. He turns 21 this month and party combined with Uni exams, he flys into Darwin and plays footy the next day.

I thank you all for your input but no one has yet answered my question.

Is it safe to sleep out side the car?

Also, any one in Darwin want a catch up for a beer? I am going to be bloody thirsty when I get there.

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

Later this month my son and a couple of his mates are going to Darwin to play footy. We have just purchased a new(SH) car for SWMO. My son and his mates are going to buy our old one to use in Darwin.

However they do not want to drive it up, so I am going to take it up and fly home. I am going to do this as fast and as cheap as I can. I was planning on throwing an old cheap mattress in the car and just sleeping on the side of the road beside the car. I have done this on numerous occasions in Vic but was wondering if this would be safe in SA/ NT?

I don't want to end up like Peter Falconio or get eaten by anything.

I often crash in a swag on the side of the road. My only rule is I tend to find a side road and then try and park in the scrub a bit. That way if I am sound asleep I am less likely to have unwanted visitors. One night I did this and was asleep in the back of the car parked in the scrub. Some dude must have seen the car and was peering in with a torch. I don't know who was more scared when I sat up. I don't know if he thought the car was abandoned and if his intentions were to steal. He didn't hang around though.