I thought I had the perfect trip planned for our family vacation in August. I used much of the advice from this travel forum when deciding where to stay. THEN! My husband just decided last night that he would rather drive up the east coast from Sydney to the Great Barrier Reef and use the extra days to do that, rather than drive the Great Ocean Road from Adelaide to Melbourne. So now, I am pretty much back to square one (after we spend the first few days in Sydney).
I am now looking for suggestions as to where to stop/stay and best things to do on the way up. Still like the smaller towns best, and quaint/charming is always a plus! This looks like a 3 day drive at least. We are thinking that we can see the Australia Zoo outside of Brisbane for one of the stops.
Luckily, all the hotel bookings I have already made are refundable, and I can switch the date of the boat tour on the GBR out of Port Douglas. We will end up flying out of Cairns into Melbourne rather than Adelaide as previously planned (no flights booked yet, so at least that's good news).
Any ideas will be appreciated! Thanks!