otzi wrote:

No bears here. And for some reason some one decided to give the passenger a
steering wheel to play with. You'll thus find many drivers dropping out,
directing, pointing, arguing and ignoring perfectly good maps. Never the
less one will find a spot or two to reflect upon only the distances between
them tend at times to be a hours or days apart.

From Sydney there is inland the Blue Mountains and further inland the
Riverina area offers some capital sights. Best considered by map.

If you are considering places further afield, in Victoria there sits the
Grampian Mts. pretty but populated. (maybe not by your standards.) And in
Sth. Australia the more photographic Flinders Ranges offers a good look. Bit
more remote (?) but offering more ancient rock formations. This area
requires days rather than hours. We tend not to have the grand canyon
vistas you may be accustomed to. We can offer unlimited flat space though.
Inland NSW just about affords the curvature of the earth from the roof of
your car. Then again you can get that anywhere with a wide angle lens.

Car hire is essential but driving here is relatively simple. Fences are put
along both sides of the road to stop folk wandering too far off the track.
Can't go wrong really as being an island you'll eventually hit the coast you
then just follow it around.


Otzi, others,
I do plan on renting a car, but will also consider
flying the big distances. For example:
How long is the drive from Sydney to Melbourne, and if you
visited places in between, what would you visit and how
long would that add? The other option would be
to fly to Melbourne, get a car and tour the Victoria
and nearby regions. Here is a link to a site that
explains different routes,
http://www.smallguide.com.au/itin-sydmel.html
but which, in your opinions, are the most interesting
and photogenic places to see?

Roger