We recently drove Caboolture - Tamworth, and then Tamworth - Muswellbrook. In total took about 11-12 hours.

We left at 3am. Jazz fel asleep one she got in the car, and slept until breakfast, when we stopped at 7am. So we got a good bit of driving in. From then on it was stopping every two hours as she just wouldn't last any longer. And she's a really good traveller.

We got in to Tamworth at about 1-2pm I think. Stayed at a motel the night. We could have kept driving the 2ish hours to Muswellbrook but she just wouldn't have lasted any longer at all. As it was i was singing the last hour to ward off a meltdown!

Our drive back was similar, though she managed a little better. We drove back along the coast and stayed at Ballina, and then in the morning drove the 3ish hours home.

My advice: food, books, toys, books, music, books. Books you can read to her from the front seat. I spent a fair bit of time in the last hours reading to her from the front seat LOL! And if in doubt: stop for a rest. Nothing worse than finding yourself driving desperately looking out for the blue REST STOP signs with a wingey wringley cranky toddler in the back. Better to stop if you think they're going to get whingey. Learnt that the HARD WAY