Perspective

[Steve D]

1800km does sound a tad ambitious for a weekend if I actually want to spend a bit of time in Melbourne - given one of the main reasons for the trip is to keep my future job hopes alive
Perhaps Jetstar and then find a hire shop in Melboune is the way to go.....
Melb - are there any good XS hire shops

[steptoe]

Sydney--Melb---give or take,, bout 900 klm,I think,, on a bike be an enjoyable 10-11 hr ride on bloody beautiful roads {compared to up here anyway} 

or what ever a flight costs 

[Steve D]

So chaps, if I'm staying in Sydney for a few weeks later on in the year and want to visit the place I worked at in Melbourne is it worth me looking at hiring a bike and making an extended weekend round trip or do I just visit Jetstar.com and do it the easy way?

[steptoe]

man !!! that's unreal,,,

dunno what you mean Melb,,,, It's only a couple of days ride

[spanner1954]

  now that is bloody stunning!! here in the uk ya see maps with ozz and nz on them but untill now ya never really thought of a size in comparrison. an strewth! thats bloody huge !!     respect spanner.

[melbxs]

Helps show how much of a challenge it will be to get us all in one spot for a barbie.

[Eveready1100]

I had a visit last week by a couple from my old Ulysses branch who were on their last leg of a round Australia trip. As we chatted over dinner that night, the subject of the vast distances involved in traversing our fair country compared to other nations overseas came up.
   They've since reached their homebase and the nice lady, Janice was kind enough to send this image to me, to emphasise what we were talking about.



Now, this really puts it in perspective, now, doesn't it??