I've uploaded a sample of our Cape York photos into a web album here: Cape York
Some videos to follow....
Sunday, 2 November 2008
Believe it or not we had a flat battery in the car yesterday. After driving to our storage unit in Footscray (a suburb in Melbourne about 20 minutes away from where we are staying), the car wouldnt start again! I called RACV who arrived in under 20 minutes and jump started me.
I guess we were very, very lucky this didn't happen where the RACV were not within 20 minutes and/or phone range at all!
Chaz and Emma completed a tour around Australia over 6 months in 2008. They covered the most Easterly, Northerly and Westerly points of the continent in their Land Rover Discovery and a tent. This is a story of their travels.....
Google Map
Check out the approximate route we took around the country by clicking the logo below:
We travelled anti-clockwise and drove almost exactly 30,000Km's (19,000 miles) in total.
Departed Melbourne 18/19th April Snowy Mountains via Cooma (NSW) to include Mount Kosciuszko - the highest point in Australia. And a visit to the Snowy Hydro Scheme/Dam World Class Engineering project (also you can watch the movie "The Man from Snowy River" to get a feel for the area) Cooma Pebbly Beach Greenpatch Jervis Bay Wollongong Blue Mountains (NSW) Jenoloan Caves Avoid Sydney CBD Hunter Valley Port Stephens Myall Lakes Coffs Harbour Byron Bay - the most Easterly point in Australia Nimbin Surfers Paradise (QLD) Tamborine Mountain Brisbane Caloundra Noosa Heads Fraser Island Agnes Waters Rockhampton Mackay Whitsunday Islands Great Barrier Reef Townsville Cairns (Far North QLD) Kuranda Palm Cove Port Douglas Mossman Daintree Cape York - the most Northerly point in Australia Captain Billy Landing Drive across the Savannah Way Katherine (NT) Kakadu National Park Darwin Bungle Bungles Kimberleys Region (WA) Broome Exmouth Coral Bay Steep Point - the most Westerly point in Australia Pinnacles Perth Fremantle Esperance Drive across the Nullarbor Plain Oodnadatta (SA) Flinders Ranges Returned Melbourne 30th October.