Checking the Boundary Fence

The upside, down-under tour of Australia





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The Plan

The plan is now set. We'll be lapping Australia anticlockwise hitting all mainland extremities of Australia.  Why anti-clockwise?  No idea, although it does mean we will do less kilometres then going clockwise (think about it).

We've done a lot of the mapping and planning now. The trip looks like it will be about 20,000km, averaging a bit over 300km per day over the 60 days to get around Australia. Sounds easy enough!

We will also add a SPOT tracking page once the trip starts so you can see where we are at. You can find out about these neat little devices here.



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Breakdown of the Plan

The following breaks down the plan

From To kms Days avg kms Start Date End Date
Byron Bay Cairns 1900 3 633 Sat, 1 Aug Mon, 3 Aug
Cairns Rest day 1 Tue, 4 Aug Tue, 4 Aug
Cairns Normanton 2500 9 278 Wed, 5 Aug Thu, 13 Aug
Normanton Darwin 2100 7 300 Fri, 14 Aug Thu, 20 Aug
Darwin Rest day 1 Fri, 21 Aug Fri, 21 Aug
Darwin El Questro 1200 4 300 Sat, 22 Aug Tue, 25 Aug
El Questro Broome 1600 6 267 Wed, 26 Aug Mon, 31 Aug
Broome Rest day 3 Tue, 1 Sep Thu, 3 Sep
Broome Monkey Mia 2500 7 357 Fri, 4 Sep Thu, 10 Sep
Monkey Mia Perth 1000 3 333 Fri, 11 Sep Sun, 13 Sep
Perth Rest day 1 Mon, 14 Sep Mon, 14 Sep
Perth Adelaide 3000 5 600 Tue, 15 Sep Sat, 19 Sep
Adelaide Melbourne 900 2 450 Sun, 20 Sep Mon, 21 Sep
Melbourne Brisbane 1800 3 600 Tue, 22 Sep Thu, 24 Sep