driving to your holiday ?

[jessgray]

is it possible to drive to say QLD with 2 munchkins under 2? DP wants to go up to QLD next month we would be making stops along the way and stuff i just want to know ifanyone else has done it. the kids are fien to travel to ballarat and melbourne.they sleep:laughing:

[Tristans_Mum]

Are they usually good in the car? My SIL did it from Gold Coast to Sydney, the kids were pretty good but yeah they stopped a fair bit.
Good luck if you decide to go.
My partner wants to drive to sydney again :banghead: but DS doesnt not like being in the car for too long anymore

[jessgray]

yeah they both love car rides. ds2 doesnt liek ti when the car stops though:laughing:

[FourAngelKisses]

We drove from Bathurst to Townsville in 2002 with 2 kids aged 2 and 3............in a 2 door Hyundai Excel. It took 3 days and the kids were well behaved, no problems at all aside from the cramped conditions, lol.

[jessgray]

:thumbsup: great so it is possible.
Look out Queenslanders! I'm coming to your state with my pram "the hummer!" :laughing: (see the pram rage thread in general chat )

[FourAngelKisses]

hehe...have fun!! Stopping every 2-3hrs, even if it is only for 15mins, is the key. And make sure you let them take their favourite toy.

[jessgray]

we plan to stop alot so ds1 can have a run round and stuff. wonder if i can talk dp into stopping in sydney (never been there) :laughing:
i'm excited now :laughing: hopefully we do end up going/:fingerscrossed:

[Wazza]

Enjoy the trip as i drive from sydney to the Gold Coats two weeks ago with my Mum (DH had to work) and my 14month old DS. We stopped a few times to let him run around. It was a good idea to leave really early in the morning ad we left Sydney at 2:45 and bubs slept for the first 4 hours- the trip then didn't seem as long. Prepare your stops a little as we found it hard as some servos, places etc didn't have clean or appropriate facilities to change bubs. Spend a bit of time at Macca's as facilities are clean and DS ran happily in the playground.
enjoy your trip as QLD is a great place.


p.s. Try and stay in sydney as it will break your trip and there is lots to see (not that i am biased!?!?!)

[jessgray]

:) thanks for the tips. i think we are going near the end of next month so its near the end of the vic holidays:laughing:

[mum2bubba]

I think it'd be ok as long as you made a few stops here and there, took plenty of food and drinks etc. I remember when I was young we went up to the Gold Coast (from Melbourne) quite a bit (by car) my sister and I were about 3 and 4 the first time, so long as you have a few toys and maybe a cassette/cd with some songs/nursery rhymes they should be ok.

[jessgray]

do you think crayons and a colouring book would be a good thing to pack for ds1?

[FourAngelKisses]

If he doesn't get travel sickness......go for it!!! Or a discman/walkman with his favourite music would be good too.