{"id":12515,"date":"2021-03-24T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T03:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/?p=12515"},"modified":"2021-03-24T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T05:54:57","slug":"listen-up-wotifs-ultimate-aussie-road-trip-playlist-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wotif-road-trip-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen up&#8230; Wotif\u2019s ultimate Aussie road trip playlist is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We asked, you delivered! We put the call-out to our awesome Facebook and Instagram community for their favourite Aussie songs for a road trip and boy did they come through with the musical goods. And the result? <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4maEENp7K3NnssQQBqMQ19?si=FRqQ7qOaSf2jJYwPpzTIGg\">Wotif\u2019s very first travel playlist<\/a>! From Farnsey to Barnesy, these tunes are sure to fast track you to holiday mode before you even reach your destination.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4maEENp7K3NnssQQBqMQ19\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sure, my expertise may be more travel than music, but here are five of my faves. Just try and tell me these tracks aren\u2019t proof of some road trip playlist perfection:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">1. Bee Gees &#8211; Jive Talkin\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Every so often &#8211; and specifically when a Bee Gees track slips into an Aussie playlist &#8211; I\u2019m happily reminded that these funky chickens and I share citizenship, which is always extremely cool to me. Frankly, you could play any Bee Gees track in a moving vehicle and I\u2019ll pull a Hustle as quickly as I\u2019d likely pull a muscle doing it.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">2. Crowded House &#8211; Don\u2019t Dream It\u2019s Over<\/h2>\n<p>Some say Crowded House isn\u2019t truly an Aussie band (born in NZ, made in Melbourne &#8211; potato, potahto) but no true blue Aussie ever stayed dried-eyed upon hearing this truly nostalgic track. Also, who hasn\u2019t pressed their head up against a back seat window and thought, \u2018it\u2019s all too short!\u2019 while this melancholy ditty was blasting? It\u2019s practically the road trip equivalent of a D&amp;M.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">3. Baker Boy &#8211; Cool As Hell<\/h2>\n<p>It might be harder for us than it is for Baker Boy to actually be cool but if we listen to this song and follow his suggestion, we can definitely catch his vibe. I consider this the perfect soundtrack to that hand-snake-out-the-window thing we all do when the road trip really kicks up.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">4. Choirboys &#8211; Run to Paradise<\/h2>\n<p>Aside from the obvious road trip tie-in, there\u2019s something about how easily this song dropped into school disco playlists when I was growing up that makes this an enduring personal favourite. Get the windows down, this one\u2019s made for pumping.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px;\">5. Powderfinger &#8211; My Happiness<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s the wonky opening riff that fans have described as a \u2018warbling magpie\u2019 that really does it for me. Popping this track on feels like coming home, much like that lost CGI slinky that arches its way through suburban streets in the very memorable film clip. (It rode a skateboard! Crazy).<\/p>\n<p>Wot are you waiting for? Pick an\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/road-trips?pwaLob=wizard-car-pwa&amp;rfrr=wotif.blog.article.listen-up-wotifs-ultimate-aussie-road-trip-playlist-is-here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/road-trips?pwaLob=wizard-car-pwa&amp;rfrr=wotif.blog.article.listen-up-wotifs-ultimate-aussie-road-trip-playlist-is-here\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">awesome Aussie road trip route,<\/a> get behind the wheel and hit play on your next getaway! Plus, click <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/6b9xxl48zeg84h1d0c37svhy3\">here<\/a> to add our epic playlist to your collection.<\/p>\n<p><em>Heads up! Due to COVID-19, government restrictions are in constant review and travel guidelines may change. We strongly recommend that all travellers seek further information about destinations and attractions before scheduling trips or making bookings, take extra care and follow all rules.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We asked, you delivered! We put the call-out to our awesome Facebook and Instagram community for their favourite Aussie songs for a road trip and boy did they come through with the musical goods. And the result? Wotif\u2019s very first travel playlist! From Farnsey to Barnesy, these tunes are sure to fast track you to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12517,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[740,761,765],"tags":[947,383,36,946],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12515"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12550,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12515\/revisions\/12550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wotif.com\/vc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}