How can I get from UK to Austrailia without flying?

Actually, apart from the hugely expensive liner travel, it has always been possible to pay for passage on freighters. You can find an example of this at:

http://members.aol.com/CruiseAZ/transat.htm

http://members.aol.com/CruiseAZ/freighters.htm

Australia and New Zealand passenger sevices (on freighters) can be found at:

http://members.aol.com/CruiseAZ/col.htm

They give examples of lots of different routes apart from going via the USA. However, they do warn you that they book up quite far in advance.

The Trans-Siberian is an amazing experience, and I once met a chap in Northern Pakistan, who was try to motor cycle his way across Asia (wonder if he made it!?). You are only limited by your imagination (and I guess from the postings here that a lot of folks are fairly limited! :-) Luckily they won't be the ones you're sharing a cabin with!!

Happy travels!

There's a book by Peter Moore called The Wrong Way Home. He went overland from UK to Australia. It's tricky but possible. How will you get across the Atlantic Ocean though?

I've travelled from Japan to the UK but that was reasonably easy. Just the Trans-Siberian across Russia and then trains through Europe.

EDIT: Why the negativity from other posts? It's not easy but it's possible and very rewarding. It's a great way to see different countries, cultures and people rather than flying over them at 30,000 feet, eating a packet of aeroplane peanuts. Travelling overland isn't 'half-brained'. It's the experience of a lifetime.

You can check out this website - it goes overland Europe - Asia - Australia..would need a bit of time to do it but it sounds like fun!

www.oz-bus.com

Steal a loaf of bread - it worked for the convicts 200 years ago!

i dont know why some people are so negative. sounds like a great adventure trip. i dont know much about this subject though, so I cant offer an answer, but good luck with it.

Hitch a lift with Tony Bullimore??? Swim-walk-swim??? Say "Beam me up Scotty"??? What's wrong with qantas anyway???

em.. is tis a trick qn. @_@"" it seems so ironic.. i mean, goin trought the states or russia n so on, requires u to take a plane too??

try gettin a big map, n stand on the map of uk, then count to three n u wld be at the aus, jus take a big step.

WOW! I'm sure people have done it, but not for a couple of hundred years since they discovered us down here!

Go for a really really long cruise. I hope your retired!

Swim?

no, that would be a silly thing to do. I dont think anyone has done it. maybe someone with half a brain has done it. Ask them