UK to OZ - Summer 2012 anyone?

Heya!

I am looking for other cars interested in a UK to Australia overland expedition. I will be doing the route as a one-way trip ending up in Sydney, and it would be nice to have another car for this trip to join as a team!

I drive a 110 Double Cab Pickup, which is almost all kitted up for this.

The route so far seems to be through Eastern Europe/Moscow/Kazakhstan/India/Nepal/SE Asia/Singapore (Ferry)/Darwin/Sydney

Any suggestions or fellow travellers welcome.
Dates are somewhat flexible so far...

Jon

Yeah I'll join you...if I win the lottery Matey? Good luck with your trip, sounds great.

god id love to get back to oz again but as i dont even have enough money to fly there i somehow think i wouldnt have enough to do an overland trip there. would be a great experience though

Ship from Klang in Malaysia as apposed to Singapore, will save you some money and a lot of hassle.

Sounds like a good way of missing all the crap surrounding the fookin Oh!Limpdicks.

bevhelee said:

Ship from Klang in Malaysia as apposed to Singapore, will save you some money and a lot of hassle.

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Thanks for the advice bev!
These are the best tips, and they are VERY much appreciated!!!!



Jon

I could be looking at doing that next year but will probably take a longer route and spend time visiting places.Could take up to year.
I have also spent 6 months in Russia in 1998 and did 38 000 miles in a Citroen BX 19 t was one of the greatest Trips i have done

ac3bf1 said:

Thanks for the advice bev!
These are the best tips, and they are VERY much appreciated!!!!



Jon

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You're welcome, my name is Lee, my daughter is the bev part.

We're currently in Malaysia and will be shipping next Monday to Australia, we came through Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China so if there is anything you need to know just ask.

Lee

bevhelee said:

We're currently in Malaysia and will be shipping next Monday to Australia, we came through Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China so if there is anything you need to know just ask.

Lee

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Well, there would be a LOT to ask!
Firstly I am planning to include India and Nepal in the trip, which makes finding a route very hard unless you drive through Pakistan (which I am trying to avoid). I have found a piste that goes from Pusa Pasture (West China) to Duomaxiang on G219 road (see link below - marked as "Road 1" blue shaded area)

And then from Rutog (China) to Gandpa Gompa (India) (marked as "Road 2" blue shaded area), but I cannot see a border post in this one... can you travel through there legally then?


Link for the whole map here:
London - Sydney - Google Maps

The lines are all possible itineraries... Do you have a map of your trip so far?

Thanks,
Jonathan

Why are you trying to avoid Pakistan?, I'm going to be passing through round about the end of the year with some of the guys I've met here in Malaysia?
Have you arranged a guide for the China leg?
The chinese travel agent will be the one to tell you where you can pass.
I'll try and get hold of my mate here tomorrow to ask him where you could pass, it's already nighttime here, 8 hours ahead.

Lee

Have you asked on the HUBB if anyone has travelled there?

bevhelee said:

Why are you trying to avoid Pakistan?, I'm going to be passing through round about the end of the year with some of the guys I've met here in Malaysia?
Have you arranged a guide for the China leg?
The chinese travel agent will be the one to tell you where you can pass.
I'll try and get hold of my mate here tomorrow to ask him where you could pass, it's already nighttime here, 8 hours ahead.

Lee

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I'm trying to avoid Pakistan for no real good reason at the moment, but purely on people "suggesting" it is unsafe...

Chinese guide is the next thing I need to organise... If you want to pass me the contacts of the one you use it would be great, thanks!

Jon

How is Afghanistan for security? I heard it's an amazing country... Has it calmed down enough there to travel through it?

Jon

We used a guy called Wang Lun if I remember correctly,

nature [email protected]

Try that, speaks good english and not too expensive.

Sorry haven't got a clue about Afghanistan.

Lee

hi myself and my girlfriend are going to emigrate to oz and after seeing this thread we may well be interested in joining you on this trip we a few things to check but if your still looking can for someone to tag along could you get in touch
many thanks lee

landyman33 said:

hi myself and my girlfriend are going to emigrate to oz and after seeing this thread we may well be interested in joining you on this trip we a few things to check but if your still looking can for someone to tag along could you get in touch
many thanks lee

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Hi Lee,
I sent you an email through the forum.
Let me know if you get it

Jon

we are on for a similar trip in 2013 (jan/feb) but sticking to Central Asia, Mongolia and then onto Siberia. We will ship out of Vladivostok.

The old route used to be south through Iran skirting south Pakistan and into India, not sure how feasible this is anymore. You will struggle with land borders for foreigners in northern parts I would imagine. you will need to transit China via the KKH to get into India. I did read an article in the Overland Journal some time ago, looked fantastic.

Griffdowg said:

we are on for a similar trip in 2013 (jan/feb) but sticking to Central Asia, Mongolia and then onto Siberia. We will ship out of Vladivostok.

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Honestly speaking, the route was done to also have some sort of "expedition" through India/SE Asia as these are beautiful areas to visit...
I ama ware of Vladivostok as a favourable shipping point for OZ, but I was trying to drive SE Asia to get to see more "while I was there"...

Griffdowg said:

The old route used to be south through Iran skirting south Pakistan and into India, not sure how feasible this is anymore. You will struggle with land borders for foreigners in northern parts I would imagine. you will need to transit China via the KKH to get into India. I did read an article in the Overland Journal some time ago, looked fantastic.

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I will obviously have to look into this much much more...
ALL imput though is HIGHLY appreciated guys, thanks

Jonathan

bevhelee said:

You're welcome, my name is Lee, my daughter is the bev part.

We're currently in Malaysia and will be shipping next Monday to Australia, we came through Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China so if there is anything you need to know just ask.

Lee

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Hello Lee,

My single biggest question is gaining entry into China with the vehicle.

I would dearly like to travel from UK to Beijing.
I guess through Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and finally into China.
So please, how did you manage to get into China. ?
Over the past few years, I actually spend more time living in China (Weifang in Shandong province) than I do in UK.
As such, I am certainly no stranger to China, and do ride in Weifang on a Chinese registered motorbike.


Vette

Hi,

we are going to OZ next year. We will be leaving UK in March 2012.
Here is our website Delicajourney and here you can see pics of our car delica | seznam alb – rajce.net

We are going to visit few people in Russia, so we will have local guides, we can speak russian. We want to visit South Korea and ship car from Japan.
It would be great to meet with you.

Helena+Kamil