Make The Journey Part Of The Adventure

How good is Christmas and holidays?

I’ll let you know mid-January, because this year again my family is planning a visit to my hometown of Adelaide.

Driving.

Yes, it sounds crazy, but the key is to have my own transport when I’m back home so we can go wherever we want, whenever we want, without having to rely on my parents having a car available.

The last time we did the drive we made the journey part of the holiday, so each stop was a mini break in itself.

We had a surprise stay at Sea World Resort, a trip to Sea World, and a quick visit to Movie World, further south we had a few days in Port Macquarie where we dropped into the Koala Hospital.

One of the truly great things we did is walk over the Sydney Harbour Bridge, if you’re in Sydney it’s worth doing. An iconic landmark, awesome view and you get to see up close how this amazing piece of engineering was put together.

On our trip back we stayed in a former hometown of mine Orange in NSW and went for a look at Australia’s largest telescope near Coonabarabran. Making the drive part of the holiday is key to making long days in the car bearable.

This trip I’m thinking of a lap or two of Mt Panorama at Bathurst, if you haven’t done this one before it’s amazing. It looks steep on the TV, but that doesn’t do it justice as to how hilly the track is. And if you've got some ideas of things to do in Canberra, I'd love to hear them, because the capital is on the cards too.

The last time we went south we were well and truly ready for home on the way back and did Goondiwindi to Mackay in one day. In total it was over 7000 across three weeks, but I loved every bit of it.

If you’re travelling over Christmas may the petrol prices be low, the days in the car feel short, and the weather just awesome.

Scotty

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