- We left home on Thursday 23 August 2018 and returned on Tuesday 26 March 2019. That makes it about 7 months or 214 days.
- We travelled just over 16 000 kilometres through all Australian states – Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.
- We spent 119 nights under canvas.
- We stayed in cabins in caravan parks in Leeton (NSW) Port Augusta (SA) and Queenscliff (Vic) for 5 nights on the first leg, and at Blackheath and Kandos (NSW) for 5 five nights while the camper trailer was being repaired on the way home.
- The rest of the time we stayed at the home of a friend in Perth for one night, and with family in Hobart from mid-December to March.
- We visited 22 National Parks and reserves in all states:
- Queensland - Cania Gorge, Eungella – Broken River Campground
- New South Wales - Blue Mountains
- Victoria - Twelve Apostles Marine National Park
- South Australia – Bool Lagoon
- Western Australia – Boorabbin, Kalbarri, Cape Range – Kurrajong Campground, Ningaloo Marine Park, Francois Peron – Big Lagoon Campground, Dryandra Forest – Gnaala Mia Campground, Leeuwin-Naturaliste – Boranup Forest – Jarrahdene Campground, Gloucester , Walpole – Nornalup, Waychinicup (Two Peoples Bay, Cheyne’s Beach), Fitzgerald River – Hammersley Inlet Campground, Monkey Mia, William Bay, Stoke’s Inlet ,Cape le Grande – Lucky Bay Campground, Cape Arid – Belinup Campground
- Tasmania - Mount Field
- We camped in 10 of those National Parks.
- We had to have the car serviced twice while we were away – in Ceduna and Hobart, and emergency repairs were carried out in Clare and Esperance. We found the Toyota dealers in these places to be fantastic.
- We endured extremes of temperature, as well as wind, rain and sunshine.
- We can't wait to head off on another adventure - hopefully the Top End sometime next year.
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| This map shows our travels since 2016 - Google Maps tracks our movements, which might seem a little scary but I think it's a nice way of seeing where we have been, and where we need to go. |
