Originally Posted by
pgh234
My wife and I (late 20's) are planning our first trip to Australia. We love hiking and outdoorsy things as well as city and culture.
As of now we were completely set on driving between Sydney (our arrival airport) and Melbourne (our departure airport) to enjoy the coastal road and all of the small towns in between. There are plenty of good itineraries throughout the internet on what we should see and do.
However, I come across threads like this and talked to some Austrailian friends...and they said that driving is a complete waste of time and we should definitely fly.
One more thing...this trip is in July...
What do you think FT?
Hmm...in July it'll be cold and possibly windy/stormy. Certainly not beach weather. The South Coast is more prone to bad weather as it tends to be exposed to whatever is coming out of the south. I definitely wouldn't call it a waste of time, and the South Coast is very beautiful, but in winter I'm not so sure it'd be my first choice.
There's a very good, recent trip report by
matthandy that is worth a read, although he did his trip in Summer.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...syd-lhr-f.html