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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.....
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- Arkaroola
- Bath (of course)
- Blue Mountains
- Bungle Bungles
- Cape Range National Park
- Cape York
- Capricorn Coast
- Coober Pedy
- Flinders Ranges
- Fraser Island
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Great Ocean Road
- Jenolan Caves
- Jervis Bay
- Kakadu
- Kimberleys
- Lake Mungo
- Lawn Hill National Park
- Margaret River
- Melbourne
- Murray River
- Ningaloo Reef
- Nullarbor
- Oodnadatta Track
- Queensland's Daintree Rainforest
- Shark Bay and Francois Peron NP
- Snowy Mountains
- Steep Point
- Tathra
- The Cotswolds
- Travel Northern Territory
- Whitsunday Islands
- Wilson's Prom
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The Itinerary
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.
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.
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4 comments:
Nice pictures of travel you got here.
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I am also fond of travelling. This activity gives us full relaxations and we should wander at anywhere after 2 and 3 months. You have captured very nice pictures. Melbourne Wedding Cruise
Good images of your travel. Me and my wife is about to go into a travel spree just with our rv throughout australia. Just essentials and inflatable car beds.
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