Im looking into a WA trip at the end of the year and wondering if it would be cheaper (and more worthwile) to drive or fly as im on a very tight budget.
the way i see it is driving over and having all your kiting and camping gear or flying with limited gear capacity.
if we drove, the cost would be split between 2, also does anybody know how to get the best deal on plane tickets, book early or last minute??
any advice would be great
Thanks
Been thinking about this myself (from a windsurfing angle but)
I reckon you'll loose many precious days driving of your hols (if you only have a certain number free from work say, but if a student or whatever, then this may throw the equation in favour of driving, if it is cheaper).
Wonder how many tanks if takes to get to WA coast from NSW coast? Imagine the cost of fuel on the Nullabor! $2, $3 per L, more?
Cheaper way - kite there (or for me sail) across the Bight! haha
Might be better to get the car taken over by train (think its about $700), then fly over (oneway ticket) , pick car up in Perth. Kite up and down the coast and then drive back. Saves doing the drive twice and probably cheaper going half in the train and plane tickets then it would be in petrol, food and accom to get over there (depending on what car u have). Probably only worth while if u have a 4 weeks or more to do it in . Then u could kite in SA, VIC, South coast on the way back. Cheers Tez.
Hey there
My husband and I were on a low budget as well but we managed to get a return flight from Brisbane to Perth for $450 each. (Booked it pretty early.) In Perth, we hired a campervan from standbycars.com.au and it cost us about $1200 for two weeks. You can only book them about three weeks in advance but if you don't travel right at peak season you get pretty hot deals.
There is also the clubredcars where you can hire a station wagon incl. camping gear for something like $350 a week. (Done that four years ago and it went fine too. Not as comfy as in the campervan 
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We didn't spend much money on accomodation as we went to a library first to get the book about free campsites and I tell you, you can camp at a lot of places for free or even find friendly people who offer you to sleep in their driveways. It looks like we are real tighta... but sometimes in life, you know, you can still travel with just a little money.
I did the Nullabour thing too. But the fuel cost is just too much. And I just know from Brisbane it takes you five days and night of driving. It's not worth it. You could think of the train. Perth to Adelaide (don't know to Sydney) was $620 incl. (one way) the car on the train and it took two and a half days.
Well, really calculate it through. I would say how I did it last time with the flight and the campervan was the best value for money.
Good luck!
dont, stay at your local, WA is full. we're still trying to get rid of the pesky euro kiters that have been here all summer.
Watch for 2-for-1 airfares (e.g. Perth-Melbourne for $76+$30 for "sport" equipment). Buy (or rent) an old van/wagon ($500-1,000), water jugs, petrol/Coleman stove, instant noodles, sail/shade cloth in Perth and hope you make it to Geraldton, where you can camp on the beach for $6/night.
