Driving to Oz

[S10 GTA]

Last night, whilst browsing the fourm I saw somebody mention a PH member, who drove from the UK to Oz. I have searched and cannot find it anywhere. Can somebody please point me in the direction of it. Thanks

[MX7]

It's on the bottom of the world.

[U T]

MX7 said:

It's on the bottom of the world.

Great answer! You beat me to it.

I recall a post on another forum.."my two dogs have put light scratches on my rear bumper when jumping up into the back. How can I get rid of them?"

My reply..." a vet will charge about £40 a dog, or just chain them up outside the animal rescue centre!"

[S10 GTA]

Brilliant. Left myself wide open there!

[S10 GTA]

Nobody know where the topic went?

[Gareth79]

There was a bloke who rode Sydney to London on a bike: http://www.thepostman.org.uk/

[wcel]

No help to you I know, but my mate had the same plan a few years ago. He left the UK, 6 months later he had got as far as India then had to return home for his job. Put the car into a container and shipped it home, then jumped on a plane.

Wish I had the balls to do something like that

[croyde]

Funnily enough I looked this up yesterday and the thread linked to this site:

http://www.london2sydney.net/

[chris333]

wcel said:

No help to you I know, but my mate had the same plan a few years ago. He left the UK, 6 months later he had got as far as India then had to return home for his job. Put the car into a container and shipped it home, then jumped on a plane.

Wish I had the balls to do something like that

You won't get very far on balls...you need wheels!

[jumpingloci]

'There was a bloke who rode Sydney to London on a bike: http://www.thepostman.org.uk/'

... cool, that was me. Thanks for the mention.

OP, not sure why you were enquiring but if there's any info I can help with I'd be glad to; documentation, visas, route, that sort of thing.

Quite a common route now. There are a few tour companies doing it in buses over three months. On a motorbike is common, in a car slightly less so due to the cost of shipping over Burma, to Darwin etc. Said to be getting harder due to getting visas for places like Iran and Pakistan.

Anything else, just ask.

[Marlin45]

Couple of guys I bumped into recently are just finishing their overland trip. Ended up in Japan.

One of the brothers is in TV and has put together a very good animated site with detailed pics from each stop point and vid along the route. Sorry but the blog is in Flemish

May be of interest?

http://www.rijstkorrel.be/

Vehicle they are using is unusual too

Edited by Marlin45 on Friday 11th November 21:14

[S10 GTA]

Thanks. Only reason I enquired is because it sounded like an epic read, that's all. Id never have the guts myself.

[acer12]

http://www.dublintosydney.com/ here is another one, BMW were so impressed they bought the car and put it on display

[chilistrucker]

think i've seen on the truck forums somewhere that there is a bus service twice a year from the uk to oz.

[bikemonster]

chilistrucker said:

think i've seen on the truck forums somewhere that there is a bus service twice a year from the uk to oz.

But you have to wait 364 days and then two come along at once.

[chilistrucker]

bikemonster said:

But you have to wait 364 days and then two come along at once.

ding, ding, tickets please.