I attended a country wedding last weekend in another state. The only practical option was to drive there (from home - MEL) which was 6.5 hours each way. While I enjoyed the wedding I didn’t enjoy the drive and I realised don’t like road trips at all. We alternated the driving and when I was the passenger I kept drifting in and out of (a very restless) sleep and while I driving I felt tense the whole time making sure I kept to the speed limit, took the right route, stayed awake etc.
I kept thinking ‘in six hours I could fly anywhere in Australia’ and would rather fly 3+ hours to PER or CNS than drive 6 hours again. What I missed about flying when on the road trip (other than the time saving) was that someone else was doing the ‘driving’, I could get up and walk whenever I wanted to (toilet etc), I could drink, and I could watch movies etc. Especially for intl flights, I would much rather a few drinks and a long chat over a leisurely lunch onboard a plane (especially in a premium cabin!) than a road trip trying to keep the driver awake by making conversation.
If someone said to me ‘lets drive 6 hours somewhere for a holiday’ I would answer with ‘no, lets fly 6 hours somewhere instead’. Someone at work said they were driving 10 hours for their new year’s holiday (NSW Central coast I think?) where as I am flying about 10 hours to Cambodia for mine and would much rather my trip than theirs.
I find flying exciting and relaxing, while driving is tiring, inefficient and frustrating.
Given we all enjoy flying here, do you still enjoy long road trips? I’m not talking about an hour sunrise tour being driven in some exotic country to see a natural wonder, I’m talking about an all-day Australian drive through regional areas where its 100s of kilometres of forgettable highways.
I kept thinking ‘in six hours I could fly anywhere in Australia’ and would rather fly 3+ hours to PER or CNS than drive 6 hours again. What I missed about flying when on the road trip (other than the time saving) was that someone else was doing the ‘driving’, I could get up and walk whenever I wanted to (toilet etc), I could drink, and I could watch movies etc. Especially for intl flights, I would much rather a few drinks and a long chat over a leisurely lunch onboard a plane (especially in a premium cabin!) than a road trip trying to keep the driver awake by making conversation.
If someone said to me ‘lets drive 6 hours somewhere for a holiday’ I would answer with ‘no, lets fly 6 hours somewhere instead’. Someone at work said they were driving 10 hours for their new year’s holiday (NSW Central coast I think?) where as I am flying about 10 hours to Cambodia for mine and would much rather my trip than theirs.
I find flying exciting and relaxing, while driving is tiring, inefficient and frustrating.
Given we all enjoy flying here, do you still enjoy long road trips? I’m not talking about an hour sunrise tour being driven in some exotic country to see a natural wonder, I’m talking about an all-day Australian drive through regional areas where its 100s of kilometres of forgettable highways.