Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "Let's Address Some Things." video.

  1. I agree, no one should pressure you or even have any entitlement to presume to you or anyone else has the freedom to at a whim to take on travel half way around the world. Only you can decide the feasibility to undertake such a trip. I have no doubt from your various episodes that you have the desire to visit both Australia and NZ. BUT even when circumstances exist the trip MUST be well planned and targets for the trip properly prioritised and planned. Time and distance play a big roll as does cost, in deciding what to see and where to go. Even living here in Australia, most people only see a tiny fraction in their life time. Many even hardly anything beyond local area they grow up in. Far destinations for many are never visited, even though they dream to do so. For those with ambition and dreams, often it only becomes practical after retiring, when they sell up, get a vehicle and caravan and go off for years. Even they need plans, and preparation. That in reality change as they travel at leisure. Anyway depending on aims for any trip, time and budget set many limits. If aim is beyond visit to a few major cities, to see the 'big' tourist spots only, a month is very tight. But to include wider seing of Australia and it natural wonders a month is actually very tight too short in fact. If you fly costs are driven high, as beyond airfares there will be car rentals and accomodation. Yet to drive the vehicle rental and fuel costs, are also significant. As examples of long trips packing too many things in one trip. My own trips in own 4WD vehicle and mostly camping have been typically 1.5 to 2 months covering 12000km to 20000km. That for example one trip, Victoria, through mid NSW to Queensland to Fraser Island then in stages right up to to Cairns , Cooktown, Daintree Rainforest , Reef Tour, Whale tour , Stop at several gem diggings, and then straight home. Many driving stages of 800 to 1000km in a day to next destination, few places stopping no more than two days stay. Yet 1.5 months and covered 13500km. Another Victoria, via Adelaide to Coober Pedy OPAL fields in 2.5 days, near 2000km. Then to Ayers Rock, Henley Meteor crater, Alice Springs, through Tennant Creek, Katherine to Kakadu Park for 5 days touring there, then quick Darwin stop having so far travelled 5300km in 20 days. Onwards to Kunnunurra WA, then onwards to Bungle Bungles, for 3 days, and then to Derby, Broome and back track home via Kunnunurra Kathrine Alice Springs, Adelaide to Melbourne in 5 days, 16700km and all up 47 days travel. In my parcels you will find some travel related info that may be useful, but given circumstances use it as info as s by the time you will be comfortable to travel all this way some will be obsolete as far as costs. The info though in general is valid long term and short term. New info can always be provided. I again stress do not let anyone pressure you to travel, that MUST be by your own circumstances and time and financial possibilities , no one else can determine that.
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