Trip of a Lifetime: The Oz Bus from London to Australia

I came across this company a few days ago and think it’s simply brilliant. An enterprising company called Oz Bus has started running a bus journey from London to Australia.

Before you ask, “How?” First, you need to know that the trip takes 13 weeks. The journey begins in London and takes you all the way to Sydney, Australia overland. The journey takes you through the following countries:

England
France
Belgium
Germany
Czech Republic
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
India
Nepal
Myanmar
Thailand
Malaysia
Indonesia
East Timor
Australia

What an amazing journey this would be! You’d get to see a large chunk of the world in a short period of time. This trip is not for the faint of heart, it does take 13 weeks, it’s expensive and you’ll spend a lot of time camping. Overall the journey costs £3,850 or approximately $5,800.

They have the following dates for 2009:

24th May 2009 to 23rd August 2009
23rd August 2009 to 22nd November 2009
6th September 2009 6th to December 2009

They are also planning another journey that takes you from London to New York, going East, much like they did in the TV Show Long Way Round.

If I had the money and the time, I would definitely do this. It would be such an adventure and it would quickly fill up that passport book with exotic stamps.

And for all those wondering, how do they drive across the water to Australia? There are ferries from Indonesia.

Check out the Oz Bus Website here.