Overall

We have had 79 days away and experienced all types of environments and weather.Someone commented - "...only in Australia". Our great South Land!

From the The Great Barrier Reef,to the Outback deserts and scrub lands,salt lakes,lush pastoral districts, wild rugged coastlines, and rivers like the Murray.
From Tropical heat to dry heat, cold and rain, to freezing cold temps that result in white-outs on the road.
We have experienced the Gold Coast theme parks,snorkelling, scuba diving, gem fossicking, Aussie historical sites and museums, Nature Parks, amazing geology and the bushwalks to see them,a flight over Uluru and Kata Juta, many one of a kind towns like Coober Pedy,the School of the Air and Royal Flying Doctor service,and learnt how amazing Australians are -inventive, resilient, courageous etc, and seen much more too hard to list.

What an amazing trip in our own backyard !! and we have only been 'half way around the block'. I would encourage all to do some of it at least once!( this has been our 2nd or 3rd time for different sections and we have still come away saying 'next time...')

The Facts:( for those into these things)
We have driven 11,200 km's in 79 days, Spent $2,800 on fuel and oil, used 2050 L's of fuel.
Free camped 1/3 of the time( probably would be more without a teenager on board tho' Jess didn't mind one way or the other), spent $xxxxx on caravan parks and $xxxx at the supermarket. We had budgeted $100 a day and finished over budget by about $75 a week. Not bad in my opinion. One thing helped,we had saved our 'Rudd money' for our extra,big day trips.



P.S: For those reading this post as a first post I encourage you to look at some of the following post's photos or maybe even read some and be encouraged to travel a little of this land.
If you have children,do not be afraid of travelling with them, they are more resilient than you think. The time spent together is so worthwhile. School you may ask?? Our girls from 2yrs to 14 yrs of age have always gained so much more when travelling. Jess has a sense of the everyday real world things (like where things come from)and a real knowledge of our countries heritage and geology etc. There are families out there doing it.
Our belief, never leave till tomorrow what you can do today, as tomorrow may be too late.

Enjoy!!
Lynne