Well we finally did it, The Big Trip. Left Ferntree Gully Victoria on June 3 and drove up to Cape Tribulation Far North Queensland 10 days later on June 13. Then across to the Gulf on June 16 down to Mount Isa on June 19. From here it was west to the Stuart Highway and down to Alice Springs NT on June 22. Stayed there for a couple of days before heading out to Uluru on June 25 and stayed a few days there. Moving on from "The Rock" we travelled to Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Rangers SA via Coober Pedy and Woomera. After staying at Wilpena Pound for 3 days we headed home via Mildura then Shepparton and arrived back home to Ferntree Gully on July 5.
Here are a few facts:
10951 kilometers
35 days
1393 litres of fuel used
12.72/100 average.
:: Home to Dubbo NSW - 3rd June ::
:: Dubbo to Bourke NSW - June 4 ::
:: Bourke NSW to Charleville QLD - June 5 ::
:: Charleville QLD to Longreach QLD - June 6-7 ::
:: Longreach QLD to Winton QLD - June 8 ::
:: Winton to Townsville June 9 and 10 ::
:: Townsville to Cairns June 11 ::
:: Cains June 12 ::
:: Quick trip to the Daintree and Cape Tribulation June 13 ::
:: Out to the Great Barrier Reef June 14 ::
:: Cains to Croydon June 15 ::
:: Croydon to Karumba June 16 ::
:: Karumba June 17 ::
:: Karumba to Cloncurry June 18 ::
:: Cloncurry QLD to Mt Isa QLD June 19 ::
:: Mt Isa QLD to Barkly Homestead NT June 20 ::
:: Barkly Homestead NT to The Devils Marbles National Park NT June21 ::
:: Devils Marbles NT to Alice Springs NT June 22 ::
:: Alice Springs NT June 23 and 24 ::
:: Alice Springs to Uluru June 25 ::
:: Yulara and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park June 26 and 27 ::
:: Yulara NT to Coober Pedy SA June 28 ::
:: Coober Pedy June 29 ::
:: Coober Pedy to Woomera June 30 ::
:: Woomera to Wilpena Pound July 1 ::
:: Wilpena Pound July 2 and 3 ::
:: Wilpena Pound SA to Mildura VIC July 4 ::
:: Mildura to Shepparton and then Ferntree Gully July 4 and 5 ::