Costs of trip

[bobnick]

This was posted on my Australia thread. It being directly Motorhome related i thought some may want to look and....................well i can only imagine.
As promised some numbers.
Going to put this on Motorhome chat so others can tut.
Van hired for 6 weeks and 4 days.
Total Ks done 11,667
Diesel burnt 1673.95 litre
Total cost A$ 3,766.61 (about £1,950)
Oil used 2 ltrs
26 sites stayed on which includes 1 wildcamp
25 sites had 16 amp leccy, water, grey dump on the pitch.
1 of the 26 water should be purchased at A$ 1 per 40 ltrs (we didn't need as filled at site before)
Cheapest site was A$20 (bout £11) most expensive A$ 120 (bout £70)
Saw about 36 Kangaroos
Saw about 18 Emu's
Saw countless Lizard type things (one was close to 1 mtr long)
1 blown tyre. (cost refunded within 24 hours)
Rental cost for the period A$ 16,471,86 (approx £8,400)

Loved it and would do it all again from tommorow.
As mentioned map of route to follow in few days.

 

[Mikey RV]

Thanks for that Bob, really interesting but you never said how many beers or can’t you remember.

 

[Northernraider]

How much!!!

 

[The general]

Money well spent !!!!!!

 

[Puddleduck]

How much!!!

Worked out as per day it's not so bad when I was quoted £150 a day for an automatic car in the UK - and it wasn't anything fancy.

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[Northernraider]

Worked out as per day it's not so bad when I was quoted £150 a day for an automatic car in the UK - and it wasn't anything fancy.

That's ridiculous too.

I've bought cars for that lol

 

[Puddleduck]

That's ridiculous too.

I've bought cars for that lol

Intermediate​

Skoda Octavia or similar
Automatic

Get the Standard for only £7.48* more.

• Vehicle​

  Edit
• time and distance 1 Day(s) .
• Unlimited Mileage
  Included

Included

• RFL/VED 1.88/DAY
  Included
• VALUE ADDED TAX (20.0%)
  Included

Estimated Total
£139.06*


Not sure if the boot would take mu wheelchair and luggage plus shopping,

 

[bobnick]

Intermediate​

Skoda Octavia or similar
Automatic

Get the Standard for only £7.48* more.

• Vehicle​

  Edit
• time and distance 1 Day(s) .
• Unlimited Mileage
  Included

Included

• RFL/VED 1.88/DAY
  Included
• VALUE ADDED TAX (20.0%)
  Included

Estimated Total
£139.06*


Not sure if the boot would take mu wheelchair and luggage plus shopping,

Can u brew a cup of tea in it and have a good nights kip.............................and a poo.

 

[bobnick]

Thanks for that Bob, really interesting but you never said how many beers or can’t you remember.

A lot more than i should.