The Trip

Setting off from Leeton at the crack of dawn to ensure we cover as many miles as possible in a day to reach our goal destination of Broken Hill will be day one. My travel motto til now has been that if your desitnation is greater then 5 hours away opt to fly. No option on this adventure, open roads ahead for approximately 16,000ks +.

On Saturday 17th August Damian and I will be heading across Australia on an 8 week camping adventure. We'll be taking in the Oodnadatta track, Lake Eyre, Ayers Rock, Kings Canyon a bit of a longer stop over in Alice Springs before heading off on another length of the trip. From Alice we are bound for Mataranka, Jabiru via Gunlom Plunge Pool (hope it's as spectacular in person as it is in the photos) then Jabiru before arriving in Darwin. All this in the first 2 weeks. Along the way we will meet up with Steve & Robyn(Damian's uncle & aunt from Perth) who are traveling with a few other friends. From all reports of Darwin it sounds like we might want to retweak our itinerary to be able fit it all in. 8 weeks in proving not enough time to do it all but all is not lost it is our backyard we can come back.

Heading off from Darwin it will be fun times ahead. I declare now that I like camping although I've personally never done it for more than 3 days, so approaching the 3rd week heading further outback will toughen me up. Damian's in for a treat! We'll be setting off for Litchfield NP, Katherine, Sullivan's Creek, Kununurra. From Kununurra we say good-bye to any form of luxury for a week as we venture across the Gibb River road. Lots to see and do along the way (will save the finer details for when we've experienced them for you along the way). The reward at the end of the Gibb Road will be arriving in Broome to walk along Cable beach.

It is when we arrive in Broome that we are at a crossroads, spend a couple of days to head up and check out Cape Leveque or head off earlier down south. Make that decision as we get closer. After all we are on holidays, we can do anything.

The change of scenery from red dirt of the off road tracks to the highways of Western Australia along the coast line will be a welcomed change. We'll zig zag a little down the WA coast and inland. So much to see so little time but here's a taste of where we'll venture:- Port Hedland, Karijini NP, Exmouth, Monkey Mia (swimming with dolphins) then onwards bound to Perth.  Heading from Perth will be on the open road of the Nullabor Plain. Too excited about the 1st seven weeks that its hard for one to get excited about the final length of the trip so will save that for another post.

We welcome any recommendations as we trek around. So that is the summary of "The Trip". Till the next post.......