FORGET star-rated accommodation - crossing the Nullarbor under a million stars on the road to the MCG is better than any hotel, says Barbara Hartfield.

She and her Integrity Coaches co-driver David Booth, with 25 eager footy fans, arrived in Melbourne at about 8.30am after the epic 3400km road trip.

Ms Hartfield and their touring party left Perth at about 8am on Wednesday for the two-day drive and she said their journey was pleasantly uneventful.

In fact the going was so smooth, Mr Booth said they actually had to slow down for the final part of the journey otherwise they would have arrived in the dead of night.

For the 25 on board, it was the first time they had taken the journey. Videos and quizzes helped the the group pass the time and Ms Hartfield said it was a ‘good atmosphere’.

Heading across the Nullarbor towards the South Australian border, mobs of kangaroos greeted to adventurers, almost forming a guard of honour along the highway.

Mr Booth said they saw plenty of kangaroos for much of the journey, although the animals were most concentrated near Balladonia and Cocklebiddy.

But for Ms Hartfield, no sight beats the Nullarbor sky in the middle of the night.

It’s the first time she had driven from west to east but she said no matter how many time people make the crossing, the scenery from inland Australia is ‘just fabulous’.

Some of the passengers will make their own way back to Perth but Mr Booth there are a few who will jump back on the coach to do it all again on Sunday morning.