Hey Folks!  My names Steve, I'm a US Marine, New Yorker and have been riding since I've been walking.  About to come to visit you all on the trip of a lifetime for myself.  Flying into Sydney right before new years, picking up an E-Glide on Jan 2nd and riding about Australia and Tasmania for 29 days before flying back to the states on Feb 1.

Welcome mate, certainly picked a warm time to ride if your headed up Qld way....

Wasn’t planning on heading up to Queensland...  General idea was to go from Sydney to Melbourne take the ferry down to Tasmania, then up to Coober Pedy, Alice Springs, Uluru, Devils Marbles, then back down and across to Brisbane and down to Sydney again. 

Hey Steve, and welcome to Aussie Forum, and have a great time while your here. You have picked a beautiful time of year to travel, "specially Tasmania. Have fun.I've travelled thtry pretty much overm but mate my recommendations would be as I;m an old bugga.

Welcome,

A trip across the Nullarbor to WA will stick in your mind forever, makes your Lonely Highway 50, look like a walk in the park. Enjoy your stay in OZ wherever you go.

Welcome to the forum and sounds like an awesome opportunity. 

Hi Steve and welcome.
Sounds like you are in for a great trip.
Remember we drive on the other side of the road and can't turn left on a red light.
Will you be able to make posts to the forum while you are here?. That way folk may be able to chime in with recommendations when you are in a certain vicinity.
Starting from Sydney I would not suggest going to Melbourne the shortest way (The Hume hwy). As it is a fairly boring ride.  Going by the coastal way would be more scenic for a start.
How long have you allowed for Tasmania?.
Cheers

good stuff!!

Welcome Steve, you are in for a great ride. 

Thanks for all of the advice fellas, I'm still trying to process everything.  I'm actually still deployed right now in Central America so I've pretty much looked at a Map and tried to get a general idea of what to do and where to go between that and google searches...  

If your riding through Alice springs PM me USMarinePOG0402

Extend Tassie by an extra 3 days at least, so much to see.

And for your next trip you'll have to have a look at NZ (New Zealand a little island off Oz) plenty of good roads to cruise on

And get yourself a good map of tassie 

We all need a nice one of those FB.

welcome usmarine,if you travel the great ocean road,we are 17 km inland from port campbell,might be able to find a beer and a bed.enjoy your trip.the summer tourist traffic on the great ocean road is hectic [ the majority travel east-west] but it is a great ride. cheers.