Originally Posted by
someguy1357
I would be starting from Melbourne, then head north towards Brisbane. What i need to know is what is the bare minimum amount of stuff i would need to take and how much money i would need saved up for if i were to take a year to do it. if anyone can provide a list of stuff or a link to where i can find out the minimum amount of stuff i would need I'd appreciate it.
thanks
Finances are going to depend on the cycling style including where you stay, etc. Amounts have likely changed some but Andrew and Joanne kept track of their 23-month trip finances around Australia and recorded it here:
http://www.where2pedalto.com/finance.htm
I didn't necessarily do my trip on the cheap (though in large stretches the only lodging choices was camping, or in some cases a donga at a roadhouse). However, the exchange rate has made the Australian $ much stronger in past decade so I'd have to save more for equivalent trip today than 2001. This is the list of equipment I brought:
http://www.mvermeulen.com/oneyear/equipment.htm
If you haven't done a lot of touring yet, I'd recommend doing some shorter tours before. Probably no better way to work out your own style as well as refining your own equipment list. It also tells whether the rough time frame is realistic for yourself or whether you likely want to go quicker or slower than this (e.g. a year is perfectly reasonable time, though I found my trip of 8 months was long enough and I was happier spending the other 4 months of that year cycling elsewhere in addition to Australia).