Driving the Nullabor... 6 months pregnant and with a 3 year old...
So... We must be mad!
But we have decided that when we move back to Melbourne in 3 months we will drive over across the Nullabor. We figure that since we will not be coming back to Perth to live, there really will be no other chance or time to do it, so may as well do it now.
The issues we have: Charlotte will be a couple months shy of her 3rd birthday and I am concerned about keeping her adequately amused for 4-5 days without needing to stop so often it becomes 6-7 days.
I will be about 5.5-6 months pregnant, and not sure what I will be like sitting in a car for that long etc.
So has anyone driven it?
Anyone driven it with young kids and/or pregnant?
Interested in how much it costs roughly, how long it took and how you kept the kids amused...
Any and all advice, opinions and info appreciated please!
Ummm.... there's rest stops along the way, with tables and chairs, but that's really the best of it. The plant life is the same pretty much the whole way across, but we did notice that the ants change every few hundred ks. There's roos and emus to watch for, there's RFDS landing areas (we called them pedestrian crossings ) and that's all you're looking at for your four days. As far as stops, there's a few big things - whale, oyster etc, and the telegraph station at Eucla. We stopped at every single point of interest as well as Christmas Lunch in Cessnock and a party in Cobar (driving from Syd) and still made it to Perth for the party we were going to on the 29th. And we were not hurrying.
I reckon you could do it. You're a smart and creative soul; you'll find ways to make this work. But yeah, it's a drive you only do once!
Yep did it once, never again LOL! nothing to see really, just can say we did it. I was 5.5 months pregnant at the time we moved to WA and was no worried at al in the car - I could actually hold my bladder better than my DH!!!! When I had bubs in SA and DH drove back with my car, I let him drive with someone else & I flew with bubs....didn't need to go again.
Though we travel lots anyway & just get going so not to have to stop much, we recently did a 2day trip from QLD to SA with 2 kids no worries at all. We have a DVD player & DS is getting a leapstar for christmas to keep him amused this year. We also put a large bag of toys beside him that he can get to himself, books, cars etc. Always buy something small that is new, have snacks handy, music, favourite blanket etc so you don't have to keep stopping for the. It can take even longer if you continually stop and there are not lots of places to stay on the way so you are forced to do a certain amount of k's in one day.
Yep, done it once. No kids though at the time. We moved from WA to the east coast and towed a boat with lots of our belongings in it. It was boring, and we only stopped when we needed to (fuel, toilet, food, sleep). It didnt take us that long (but saying that, we used to travel long distances lots and could do Perth to eastern Kimberley region of WA in 30 hours). First night we stopped on the side of the road in our swags, but saying that I'd never do that again. It was COLD and scary. Only one more overnighter along the way.
We took lots of food, particularly fresh fruit to snack on the way as the food was pretty terrible, and a friend packed us a basket of non perishable nibbles as well.
As for your almost 3 year old, songs, CD's, a magna doodle, books she can read, and books you can read to her, puppets, sewing cards (I make my own out of cardboard and shoelaces), and any other small new games.
Good luck, I' sure all will be fine once you set off and get into the swing of things.
Forgot to mention that you might need to get used to doing 'bush wees'
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) and that's all you're looking at for your four days. As far as stops, there's a few big things - whale, oyster etc, and the telegraph station at Eucla. We stopped at every single point of interest as well as Christmas Lunch in Cessnock and a party in Cobar (driving from Syd) and still made it to Perth for the party we were going to on the 29th. And we were not hurrying.
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