Thursday, July 8, 2021, Darwin:
It’s been six months now since we left Victoria on our year off and because the ‘Trol’ needs a service, we are forced to take a little hiatus in our travels today, so we have some time in the van to reflect and catch up on things. I thought it would be interesting to look back on the last six months and share some stats and highlights with you.
Car stats…..
Distance travelled by car: 17,528 km.
Distance travelled towing caravan: 11,762 km.
Number of places stayed in van: 60.
Number of places stayed in swag: 4.
Fuel quantity purchased: 3,236.3 Litres.
Fuel cost: $4,718.00
Most expensive fuel: 185.0 cpL (Warmun Roadhouse)
Average fuel consumption: 18.5 L/100km
Trip Highlights…..
Personal achievements: Steep Point (most westerly point of Australia), Cape Inscription (Dirk Hartog Island), Nullarbor crossing.
Favourite National Parks: Karijini NP, Purnululu NP, Cape Range National Park, Francois Perron
Favourite places/towns: Kalbarri, Esperance, Denham, Exmouth, Broome, Rottnest Island, Cape Leveque (all WA)
Best activities/tours: Horizontal Falls flight and boat, Whale Shark dive, Orcas Whale-watch tour, Helicopter flight over the Bungle-Bungles, Francois Peron NP 4WD tour.
Best Caravan Parks: Lake Argyle CP, Boab CP Katherine
Best Station stay: Bullara Station, Exmouth Gulf
Best free camp: Mary Pool rest area – Mueller Ranges WA, Wolfe Creek Crater NP, Bunda Cliffs Nullabor, SA
Most memorable events: Tropical Cyclones: Odette & Seroja, Stairway to the moon, Broome WA
Best Sunset location: Cable Beach WA
Best Star-gazing location: Karijini Eco-lodge WA
Best beaches: Turquoise Bay, Cape Range NP, Wharton Beach, Cape Le Grand NP
Best Gorge: Knox Gorge, Karijini NP
Best Waterfalls: Fortesque Falls, Karijini NP; Tolmer Falls, Litchfield NP
Most sociable town/city: Broome WA & Darwin, Northern Territory
Most helpful Roadhouse: Nundroo roadhouse SA
Most expensive Caravan Park: El Questro Station WA – $72.20 per night.
Cheapest Caravan Park: Cowell Motorhome Park – $10 per night.
There have been sooo many more highlights, (and lowlights for that matter, but they are mostly Covid-19 related) it would take too long to list them all here. Special mention has to go to the tidal variation in Derby WA, the sand dunes at Fowlers Bay SA, Wooramel River Retreat for its most incredible artesian baths, the diversity of wildlife around the country and the red dirt of the Pilbara, we are sure it stole our hearts although we’ll be cleaning that out the car and van for years to come, hahahaha!
The last six months journey has been truly incredible and we have not taken a moment of it for granted.
We are so excited to continue on our journey for another 6 months as we head east and travel along the East Coast of Australia.
“Take only photographs, leave only footprints” – Greg Elliot, Flashpackers Travel
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