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Hey all,

Me and my mates are planning on doing a road trip down to Albany early next month, Thought i would put it up here in case ive forgotten anything or someone has any ideas =]

There will be and my three mates, we decided we will take the Skyline and my mates Patrol so that there are two in each car instead of two being stuck in the back for 5 and a half hours. We have decided to split everything equally, so no one is paying more than anyone else.

Accommodation will cost us $130 each.

Id say we only need maybe $50 each for food for the whole trip.

How much petrol you reckon we should allow for? I think 3 tanks? One tank there, one tank for while we are down there, and one tank for the way back?? So $75 each...

And then everyone can decide how much they wanna spend in terms of alcohol and stuff.

Anything else i should consider???

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hmm you only going to Albany.. I drove from SA to Perth in the Stagea stopping over night every 700-800kms lol I made sure I had two spare tyres for the trip. Water and toilet paper lol I stopped for lunch and that was it. (stopped over night so had dinner, then breaky before I left)

Just make sure you got water, spare radiator hoses and your spare tyre has air in it. :D Oh and some oil incase you spring a leak.

Check your tyre pressure too and all fluids before you go.

Enjoy. I love road trips.

Hey all,

Me and my mates are planning on doing a road trip down to Albany early next month, Thought i would put it up here in case ive forgotten anything or someone has any ideas =]

There will be and my three mates, we decided we will take the Skyline and my mates Patrol so that there are two in each car instead of two being stuck in the back for 5 and a half hours. We have decided to split everything equally, so no one is paying more than anyone else.

Accommodation will cost us $130 each.

Id say we only need maybe $50 each for food for the whole trip.

How much petrol you reckon we should allow for? I think 3 tanks? One tank there, one tank for while we are down there, and one tank for the way back?? So $75 each...

And then everyone can decide how much they wanna spend in terms of alcohol and stuff.

Anything else i should consider???

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hmm you only going to Albany.. I drove from SA to Perth in the Stagea stopping over night every 700-800kms lol I made sure I had two spare tyres for the trip. Water and toilet paper lol I stopped for lunch and that was it. (stopped over night so had dinner, then breaky before I left)

Just make sure you got water, spare radiator hoses and your spare tyre has air in it. :) Oh and some oil incase you spring a leak.

Check your tyre pressure too and all fluids before you go.

Enjoy. I love road trips.

Haha yeh, goin to Albany cos there is this chick that lives there that i met while i was in Melbourne lol. Plus i am going during my study week of uni lol, should really be studying just before exams, but if rather get crunk in some far away place =]

And Hoony, as for not inviting anyone lol, youre welcome to come if you can find accommodation haha. Lets all go on a phat cruise to Albany =D

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That's barely a road trip haha, this is a road trip :)

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Haha i think its a pretty good effort considering im meant to be studying for exams!

Besides im going to visit a friend lol. I dont know anyone else that far away from Perth lol

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I drove my 32 to Albany, so hard to keep it at a respectable speed :(

Albany really isn't that far away. Fill up in Armahole, then stop in Mount Barker (~50km before Albany), the roadhouse is open pretty late there and they have Ultimate - I think we passed through about 8pm.

On the way back, top up in Mount Barker again and you're good to go :P

Mt Barker -> Armahole.. 2hrs 45mins :D

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I drove my 32 to Albany, so hard to keep it at a respectable speed :(

Albany really isn't that far away. Fill up in Armahole, then stop in Mount Barker (~50km before Albany), the roadhouse is open pretty late there and they have Ultimate - I think we passed through about 8pm.

On the way back, top up in Mount Barker again and you're good to go :P

Mt Barker -> Armahole.. 2hrs 45mins :D

ok, 2hrs 45? Taking that as a personal challenge lol =P

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Spare water, coolant and oil never hurts, and fill up your spare tyre before you go/borrow an air compressor. Never funnier then hearing of flat spare tyres.

And don't forget your mobile charger, lol.

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For the love of god, Albany to Perth & back is a day trip at most. Fkn Perthies. The road is fine.

Yes there are a few coppers on the road, mostly around Mt Barker & then closer to Albany.

Remember though, it is the content of the fuel tank that determines when the next stop will be, not the content of the weakest bladder in the car.

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