Ok... Let me lay it out for you
Moving from Perth to Melbourne is EXPENSIVE. Anyway you look at it. It sucks. BUT, there are a few options I have. Well, 3 really.
1 - Drive across - removalist for moving.
2 - Drive across - hire a trailer and move myself
3 - Ship car - removalist for moving - fly across.

Should be noted that all of these options involve me travelling alone with a 14 month old and a 4 year old.

Option 1: Approx $1000 to drive over (excluding service/prep the car for the drive, say $600) + approx $1600 for the removalist = $3200.
Allowing about 5 days to do the drive, having to stop every few hours, drive and amuse the girls, deal with grumpiness and extreme prices across the desert.

Option 2: Approx $1300 to drive over (extra petrol money for having massive trailer hooked up) + $600 to prep car + $900 for the trailer = $2800
Allowing about 5 days to do the drive, having to stop every few hours, drive and amuse the girls, deal with grumpiness and extreme prices across the desert. Plus I have NEVER driven a car with a trailer , let alone a 10x6 metre furniture trailer with 1000kg of stuff in it, across a desert. Alone.
Probably by far the cheapest option $ wise, but not sure if I can do it.

Option 3: $600 to ship car + $700 for flights + $1600 for removalist = $2900


The variable being of course the cost of petrol across the Nullabor, the cost of preparing the car and the cost of food/accom on the road.

I am really lost. I don't want to commit to driving a trailer etc across with the girls and get stuck whoopwhoop wth a screwed car or hitting a kangaroo or something like that, which I cannot afford and will totally leave us stranded. Although these things are all unlikely, I am a worrier about this sort of thing. Plus, seriously lacking faith in myself at the moment.

The EASIEST is of course option 3. I have to do basically nothing but survive a 4 hour flight with the girls, BTDT.

Of course, I have about half the amount of money I really need, NO idea how I am going to afford to do anything, but where there is a will there is a way (right...RIGHT???)

Secret option 4, in case of severe money fail, is sell car (about $7000) use money to pay for removalist and buy $5000 when we get to Melbourne. Really don't want to do that, but if push comes to shove, that is the go. Car goes up for sale May 25 unless I have the money to move it.

Anyway...what would you do? Advice, experiences, anyone? Help me please.