How Much Does It Cost To Travel Around Australia? | What No-one Else Is Telling You!

It has to be one of the biggest questions we get asked and see asked in travel forums. How Much Does It Cost To Travel Around Australia?

We cover all budgeting and personal finance related to travelling around Australia.

How do we afford it? Can you make money while travelling? How much does it really cost?

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00:00 Intro
02:59 How Much Does It Cost To Travel Around Australia?
04:49 How Much Will It Cost You?
09:16 Tips Before You Set Off
11:43 How Fast You Travel Has A Big Impact
13:14 Trip Of A Lifetime Or Lifestyle Change?
14:41 How Does Everyone Afford It?
21:18 Fixed vs Variable Costs
23:49 Does An Offgrid Setup Save You Money?
27:11 Generating Income While Travelling
35:00 Passive Income
36:28 How Much Does It Cost Us To Travel?
46:15 Money-Saving Tips
48:45 ECC Giveaway

[darrengray]

Thanks for the honest and transparent budget review. Oh and I'd love the $100 voucher, just sayin!

[kellgray]

Great vid, thanks for sharing your honest opinions and tips. Our 12 month trip started 4 years ago! Still with no planned end date! We travel and work along the way and agree with all your tips especially the groceries, fuel & accommodation. We also like to follow the old rule K.I.S.S - keep it simple stupid 😆 Happy travels guys 👍🏻

[daviddawson]

Very nice episode guys Beer 🍺 cost me a lot 🍻🍻🍻🍻

[tillykelp]

Good, frank chat about the nuts and bolts of financing the trip. You have given hopeful travellers like me a much needed reality check. Kudos to you both for your openness.

[PHancock]

Some really good tips, thanks. Buying "in season" food and "on special" items saves heaps too; it all adds up. I made an accounting form in Google Forms and did some changes to the spreadsheet to help with keeping track on spendings. Then I put this link to my home screen on the phone. All i do is open the "App" fill in the form and save, I can look at the spread sheed any time and keep a track on spending, it really makes a difference and so easy. Average spend for us is $1100 a month for everything (we don't drink, so there's a good saving). Thanks for sharing your stories and ideas.

[KrisBerry-kzgt]

Fabulous video. Thanks for being so honest. We are planning a long trip and this information has given us confidence that we can and will do it ❤

[graemegrieve]

Thanks Liz & Simon for another useful off grid vid… love your content.
Also, living in Victoria I use ECC frequently and they are so helpful and nice people… no surprise you support them.
Regards Pam & Graeme

[joking]

Good video. Agree. Speaking as a Grey Nomad who travels 9 to 10 months per year the easiest way to blow your budget is all the incidental items such as more pub meals, more visits to the local bakery and entry fees which we would not normally spend while at home.

[celiairving]

Hi Guys, Greetings from Canberra☺️. Great content! I think it is one of the best I’ve seen on this topic. We head off at the end of the year, so I’ve been researching videos that cover info that may help with preparation as well as when we are on the road. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

[jacksonno]

What a well planned and organised video! This is so helpful and educational. Thank you for sharing and helping others.

[bevandrews]

You guys just get better and better, great vid!!

[jonkiem]

Thanks for that legends, I love your honesty and willingness to share your personal finances. A lot of food for thought. We can’t wait to see your new van. Cheers

[ANDREASIMMONS-yu]

Omg we love you guys. You so much remind us of us. We have been watching & your advise for our upcoming transition from home living to hopefully soon hitting the road we can’t thank you enough. We look so forward to seeing your trips weekly. ❤❤❤❤

[ianmason]

Fantastic once again. I really enjoy your work and I gain much info, so valuable; I will reduce my mistakes when I start traveling. I look forward to your caravan insights coming up. Thank you for sharing all this with us. One day I hope to meet you on the road. I will shout you both a beer and a wine, or maybe two.

[janicesouth]

Wow another very informative Off-grid episode, it shows that we can all learn how to budget while on the road, we are careful on our caravan adventures and definitely don't go without, we eat out, also have plenty of food and also wine and beers etc thank you both for sharing your tips ❤

[kerrimeier]

Love you guys so informative. We leave next week on our 6 month trip long service leave our excitement levels are off chart. looking forward to next weeks episode as always

[mezblyton]

Great discussion guys. Much appreciated. Only doing shortish trips atm til I finally retire but long service leave is definitely a bonus to help get out and about. Enjoy your travels in your new van.

[petathompson]

Thanks this has been great looking forward to seeing more of you guys ❤😂

[Numbers]

Great work, great analysis, nicely detailed, and explained. Comments about return on capital expenditure, eg selling van/ vehicle was great.

[mickward]

Great video guys. Love your work. Just started following you both. We have a 2017 Wildtrak and a 19.6ft van that we just bought, so watching your past videos give us some great info. Might see you on the road one of these days.
Mick & Lina.