To Drive Or Not To Drive Australia?
Visiting Australia is not like visiting Vatican City. You can’t really see it all in a day. A year might not even be enough. It’s 4,000 kilometers from Sydney to Perth. Even the flight takes five hours.
So what if you want to experience Oz in all its diverse glory, from the other-worldly grandeur of Ayers Rock to the pristine beauty of the Gold Coast beaches? …
Keeping It Cool On The Road: Mini Fridges
It is hard to place a value on an icy cold drink in the middle of the blazing summer, but if you happen to be driving in Australia’s vast outback, the stakes are raised.
Petrol stations come and go infrequently, and unless you are able to align your consumption to these scattered beacons it may be worth considering a car fridge. …
Toadbusting Tourists in the NT, Potentially
Camp at the Kakadu. Experience Australia’s nocturnal creatures. Bag some cane toads.
Say what?
A rather unusual proposal is being mulled over by Darwin’s Lord Mayor Graeme Sawyer to recruit tourists on safaris to help bag toxic cane toads that have now overrun the area. …
Brisbane Toll Roads, Charges and Passes
Brisbane has five major toll roads which are all operated by Queensland Motorways. They consist of the Gateway Bridge and Motorway, the Gateway Extension Motorway, the Logan Motorway and the Port of Brisbane Motorway.
The toll roads are fully electronic meaning cash is not accepted. To pay for your usage if you don’t have an electronic tag fitted in your…
Melbourne Toll Roads, Charges and Passes
Melbourne has two major toll roads – CityLink and Eastlink. Both are fully electronic and do not accept cash. Instead, you’ll need to purchase their respective electronic passes (whether in advance or within 2-3 days after using the toll road).
CityLink
CityLink in its entirety, connects Malvern (Monash Fwy) in the south-east to Essendon (Tullamarine Fwy) in the north-west…
Sydney Toll Roads, Charges and Passes
| Sydney Toll Roads | |||
| Toll Roads | Cash | Cost | Phone |
| M2 – North Ryde toll W | M | Yes | $4.95 | 13 76 26 (RoamExpress) |
| M2 – Only Pennant Hills Road toll W | M | Yes | $2.20 | 13 76 26 (RoamExpress) |
Toll Roads in Australia
Toll roads are found in the metropolitan areas of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
Everywhere there is a move towards electronic payment sensors with the acceptance of cash being phased out. This means it is possible to use the toll road without physically paying for it on the spot (your car registration plate will be photographed as you go through…
Funi and Wang Wang graces Adelaide Zoo
This is not exactly a car hire story but then Giant Pandas are the pinnacle of cute. Funi and Wang Wang, two national treasures the Chinese have graciously entrusted to Australia for the next 10 years, officially landed in Adelaide today and will be ready to receive fawning human fans from Monday, 14th December 2009.
Giant Pandas are an endangered species meaning they are at a very high risk of extinction…
Google Maps Live Traffic Updates
Google Maps’ live traffic updates for Australia is yet another nifty new feature to make all our lives simply too easy. Indeed, now we can plan ahead and make smarter driving decisions. As Murphy’s Law would have it, how many times have we picked a time or route to drive someplace, only to be realize too late that it was…
