Thread: Fly...or drive? For me, a no brainer.

When time is not an issue, driving is a far more pleasurable experience.
I have read books written by people who have driven from Australia to UK or vice versa.
Far more interesting trip.

I'm the other way round. I used to fly "lots" for work (I used to subscribe to a website that kept track of the flights, and the length thereof) and the biggest week I ever had was 27 flights, the biggest year was 225,000 miles flown.

It gets to the stage where it feels like a giant bus with benefits.

All the flying also paid for a number of personal flights, plus hotel stays. So given the choice, flight every time thanks.

I guess each to their own Dave. I guess I might feel different if my daily drive was a beige Korean chook-chaser. Being a platinum frequent flyer has never been one of my ambitions. I grit my teeth at the prospect of a three hour flight to Bali.

Originally Posted by GregMilner

. I grit my teeth at the prospect of a three hour flight to Bali.

It will never be a problem for me. I will never have any desire to go to Bali.

I go to southern WA 2 or 3 times each year to catch up with grandkids etc - flying is cheap, quick, convenient. The SYD-PER flight is sometimes over Adelaide and the Bight, other times further north virtually over the railway route - either way it is enjoyable, but .....

When I look out the aircraft window and see where I could be, I would much rather be down there, driving - it adds two or three weeks to the trip (I know some people do it in much less).

If driving, one can always vary the route and there is so much more to see if you drive.

Yep, when time permits I would prefer to drive (it also allows me to avoid Perth).

Greg I love doing trips when time permits
I recently did Canberra - Weipa in 2-1/2 days in my brothers Hilux. It took me about 5-10 minutes to straighten out when we stopped for a break Can't beat a Rangie or late model Disco for comfort on long drives.
I regularly attend the Avalon Airshow and have always driven, but at the last show we took a flight then hired a car. On a short stay we basically had a extra 2 days so we will be doing it again.

Laurie

Originally Posted by GregMilner

I guess each to their own Dave. I guess I might feel different if my daily drive was a beige Korean chook-chaser. Being a platinum frequent flyer has never been one of my ambitions. I grit my teeth at the prospect of a three hour flight to Bali.

Don't get me wrong, there's also times when I'm more than happy to just kick back, pootle along, stop to smell the roses....hang on this place looks interesting.....and those times are also great. The old "let's nip down to the Hunter Valley for a weekend" kind of occasion. And before you know it, 4 days and a couple of thousand kilometres have gone by.

They are two sides of the same coin for me. This world is an amazing place, and seeing it up close and personal from the driver's seat, or from 45,000 feet, I don't really mind too much.

I think exactly like you, Greg, every time I fly. I look out of the window and try to find the tracks and stuff I want to be driving on or have driven on and just wish I was down there.


The time factor is a problem but it only took us four days and three nights to drive to Brisbane last year from Perth, stopping and camping every night at around 6 pm, so it is not all that much time really, if you want to do it. We had 16 days to drive to Caboolture, pick up my Kimberley Karavan and drive home via Birdsville, Coober Pedy, Yulara and the Great Central Road so we did the trip over as quickly as possible and then the return trip at a slightly more leisurely pace. We were only doing 100 to 110 because my son's D1 TDI300 won't go any faster and on the return trip I had the trailer!!