G’day Erik. This is the itinerary for your first longship adventure around Australia. We made it up as we went along and changed it regularly. We only gave ourselves a week to get ready. The decision to buy a Winnebago, take the rest of the year off and drive around Australia was completely an impulse decision based on a unique and unexpected series of circumstances. You only get one life little buddy and I want to spend as much time of it with you as I can. We had four months of travelling around Australia. Our trip included Broken Hill, Flinders Ranges, Uluru, Olgas, Kings Canyon, Alice Springs, Macdonnell Ranges, Katherine Gorge, Kakadu, Litchfield, Darwin, Bungle Bungles, The Kimberley, Broome, Ningaloo Reef, Margaret River, Kalgoorlie, Nullabor Plain, Eyre Peninsula, Murray River.
Lotsa Love Dad
Central Australia 2009
August 2009
000 Sydney NSW to Canberra ACT 350km
001 Canberra ACT to Sydney NSW 320 (670km)
002 Sydney NSW to Canberra ACT 330km (1000km)
003 Canberra ACT to Parkes NSW 310km (1310km)
004 Parkes to Cobar NSW 443km (1753km)
005 Cobar to Broken Hill NSW 467km (2220km)
006 Broken Hill & Silverton 78km (2298km)
007 Broken Hill NSW to Wilpena SA 479km (2777km)
008 Wangarra Lookout Hike Flinders Ranges SA 8km
009 Mullgoa Falls Hike Flinders Ranges SA 24km (32km)
010 Wilpena to Port Augusta SA 163km (2940km)
011 Port Augusta to Lake Hart SA 238km (3178km)
012 Lake Hart to Coober Pedy SA 359km (3537km)
013 Coober Pedy to Marla SA 244km (3781km)
014 Marla SA to Yulara NT 490km (4271km)
015 Kata Tjuta Hike NT 8km [40km] 111km (4382km)
016 Summit Hike Uluru NT 6km [46km] 52km (4434km)
September 2009
017 Base Hike Uluru NT 15km [61km] 58km (4492km)
018 Yulara to Kings Canyon NT 300km (4832km)
019 Kings Canyon Ridge Hike 6km [66km] 20km (4852km)
020 Kings Creek Hike 2km NT [68km] 19km (4871km)
021 Kings Canyon to Alice Springs NT 472km (5343km)
022 Explore Alice Springs NT 58km (5401km)
023 Alice Springs to Ellery Creek Big Hole 120km (5521km)
024 Ellery Creek to Glen Helen Resort 75km (5596km)
025 Glen Helen Resort to Alice Springs NT 149km (5745km)
026 Explore Alice Springs NT 26km (5771km)
027 Explore Alice Springs NT 25km (5796km)
028 Alice Springs to Trephina Gorge NT 91km (5887km)
029 Arltunga East MacDonnell Ranges NT 112km (5999km)
030 Trephina Gorge to Alice Springs NT 73km (6072km)
031 Alice Springs Desert Park NT 42km 6114km
032 Explore Alice Springs NT 22km (6136km)
033 Alice Springs to Gem Tree NT 97km (6233km)
034 Gem Tree to Ti Tree NT 305km (6538km)
035 Ti Tree to Devil’s Marbles NT 204km (6742km)
036 Devil’s Marbles to Barkly NT 316km (7058km)
037 Barkly Homestead to Cape Crawford NT 369km (7427km)
038 Explore Gulf of Carpentaria NT 332km (7759km)
039 Cape Crawford to Daly Waters NT 274km (8033km)
040 Daly Waters to Mataranka NT 171km (8204km)
041 Mataranka Thermal Hot Springs NT 0km (8204km)
042 Explore Mataranka Falls NT 33km (8237km)
043 Mataranka to Darwin NT 454km (8691km)
044 Explore Darwin NT 94km (8785km)
045 Darwin to Aurora Kakadu NT 205km (8990km)
046 Aurora to Jabiru Kakadu NP NT 49km (9039km)
October 2009
047 Ubirr Kakadu NP NT 88km (9127km)
048 Jabiru Kakadu NP NT 0km (9127km)
049 Jabiru to Yellow Water NT 85km (9212km)
050 Yellow Water Kakadu NP NT 0km (9212km)
051 Cooinda to Litchfield NP NT 383km (9595km)
052 Explore Litchfield NP NT 72km (9667km)
053 Litchfield NP to Darwin NT 153km (9820km)
054 Darwin NT 61km (9881km)
055 Darwin NT 46km (9927km)
056 Darwin NT 26km (9953km)
057 Darwin NT 20km (9973km)
058 Darwin to Edith Falls NT 295km (10268km)
059 Edith Falls to Katherine Gorge NT 89km (10357km)
060 Katherine Gorge NT 0km (10357km)
061 Katherine Gorge NT 0km (10357km)
062 Katherine Gorge to Victoria River NT 236km (10593km)
063 Victoria River NT to Lake Argyle WA 321km (10914km)
064 Explore Lake Argyle WA 0km (10914km)
065 Lake Argyle to Kununurra WA 105km (11019km)
066 Explore Kununurra WA 58km (11077km)
067 Explore Kununurra WA 23km (11100km)
068 Kununurra to Parry Lagoon WA 145km (11245km)
069 Parry Lagoon to Home Valley WA 145km (11390km)
069B Karunjie 4WD Track East Kimberley WA
070 Home Valley to El Questro WA 80km (11470km)
071 El Questro Wilderness Resort WA 20km (11490km)
072 El Questro to Doon Doon WA 260km (11750km)
073 Doon Doon to Halls Creek WA 256km (12006km)
074 Halls Creek to Fitzroy Crossing WA 328km (12334km)
075 Fitzroy Crossing to Derby WA 283km (12617km)
076 Explore West Kimberley WA 370km (12987km)
077 Derby to Broome WA 224km (13211km)
November 2009
078 Explore Broome WA 37km (13248km)
079 Explore Broome WA 26km (13274km)
080 Explore Broome WA 10km (13284km)
081 Broome to Cape Leveque WA 250km
082 Explore Cape Leveque WA 0km (13544km)
083 Cape Leveque to Broome WA 220km (13764km)
084 Broome to 80 Mile Beach WA 374km (14138km)
085 80 Mile Beach to Munjina WA 512km (14650km)
086 Munjina to Karijini NP WA 90km (14740km)
087 Karijini NP to Exmouth WA 700km (15440km)
088 Exmouth to Ningaloo Reef WA 90km (15530km)
089 Explore Ningaloo Reef WA 29km (15559km)
090 Explore Ningaloo Reef WA 27km (15586km)
091 Ningaloo Reef to Coral Bay WA 215km (15801km)
092 Explore Ningaloo Reef Coral Bay WA 0km (15801km)
093 Explore Ningaloo Reef Coral Bay WA 0km (15801km)
093b Mum’s Ningaloo Reef Scuba Dive Coral Bay WA
094 Explore Ningaloo Reef Coral Bay WA 0km (15801km)
095 Explore Ningaloo Reef Coral Bay WA 0km (15801km)
096 Coral Bay to Carnarvon WA 250km (16051km)
097 Carnarvon to Whalebone Bay WA 297km (16348km)
098 Whalebone Bay to Monkey Mia WA 69km (16417km)
099 Monkey Mia to Overlander Roadhouse 157km (16574km)
100 Overlander Roadhouse to Kalbarri 257km (16831km)
101 Kalbarri to Geraldton 168km (16999km)
102 Geraldton to Cervantes 276km (17275km)
103 Cervantes to New Norcia 173km (17448km)
104 New Norcia to Fremantle WA 161km (17609km)
105 Explore Fremantle WA 0km (17609km)
106 Explore Perth Zoo WA 44km (17653km)
107 Explore Fremantle WA 67km (17720km)
107b Explore Aquarium Perth WA (17720km)
December 2009
108 Fremantle to Yallingup 284km (18004km)
109 Yallingup to Gracetown WA 74km (18078km)
110 Gracetown to Margaret River WA 51km (18129km)
111 Margaret River to Fonty’s Pool WA 216km (18345km)
112 Explore Manjimup WA 20km (18365km)
113 Explore Fontys Pool WA 0km (18365km)
114 Fontys Pool to Albany WA 248km (18613km)
115 Albany to Stirling Range WA 128km (18741km)
116 Stirling Range to Esperance WA 427km (19168km)
117 Esperance to Cape Le Grande NP WA 66km (19234km)
118 Cape Le Grande NP to Kalgoorlie WA 458km (19692km)
119 Kalgoorlie to Kambalda 83km (19775km)
120 Kambalda to Fraser Range WA 251km (20026km)
121 Fraser Station to Cocklebiddy WA 333km (20359km)
122 Cocklebiddy to Great Australian Bight 366km (20725km)
123 Great Australian Bight to Ceduna SA 424km (21149km)
124 Ceduna to Venus Bay SA 198km (21347km)
125 Venus Bay to Cowell SA 458km (21805km)
126 Cowell to Melrose SA 246km (22051km)
127 Melrose SA to Lake Cullulleraine VIC 451km (22502km)
128 Lake Cullulleraine to Echuca VIC 426km (22928km)
128b Erik’s First Mountain Bike Ride Echuca VIC
129 Echuca to Rutherglen VIC 206km (23134km)
130 Rutherglen VIC to Canberra ACT 396km (23530km)
131 Christmas Eve Canberra ACT
132 Christmas Day Canberra ACT
133 Canberra ACT to Raymond Terrace NSW 438km (23968km)
134 Raymond Terrace to Tyndale NSW 471km (24439km)
135 Tyndale to Lismore NSW 110km (24549km)
136 Explore Lismore NSW 0km (24549km)
137 Explore Larnook NSW 0km (24549km)
138 Lismore NSW to Brisbane QLD 225km (24774km)
January 2010
139 Brisbane QLD to Lismore NSW 225km (24999km)
140 Lismore to Taree NSW 444km (25443km)
141 Taree NSW to Canberra ACT 578km (26021km)
