Later this year, I will be travelling to Austraila with the gf. She wants to visit some family friends in Gold Coast and Sydney (approx 5-6 days in each location). Instead of flying from Brisbane to Sydney, I'm thinking of hiring a car and making a road trip out of it.Are there any Ausfags or people familiar with Australia who can tell me if this is worth doing? And if so, what places on that journey are worth visiting? Byron Bay is an obvious one, but I'd be interested to hear of any others.Gold Coast / Brisbane and Sydney recommendations would also be great if you have them. Thanks.
Honestly, most of what’s interesting in that trip is in the Northern Rivers region. Towns like Mullumbimby and Bangalow are pretty chilled, and the scenery around there is nice too.All this stuff is within a hour’s drive of Gold Coast. You should hire a car and make a few short day trips during your time there. This big road trip you’re talking about will be a lot less interesting than you think.
How much time do you have? Foreigners typically underestimate how big Australia is and how long drives take.
>>2858389Thanks, I’ll keep that in mind.>>2858551The plan would be to take a couple of days total to do this. Leave Gold Coast on morning of day 1, stay somewhere half way on night of day 1, then arrive in Sydney on evening of day 2.
Yes, absolutely worth doing. If it were me and I had time:Night 1 ByronNight 2 somewhere in Dorrigo NPTransit through South West RocksNight 3 Limeburners Ck Nat Park, just near Crescent HeadNight 4 Barrington Tops NP, then back to Syd through Putty.
