Saturday, Aug 27, 2016 at 11:42
The replies below suggest going north to QLD. I didn't suggest that because
1- you said you'd travelled already mainly up the QLD coast and
2- You seemed to emphasise the southern and western states.
Yes, there's the FNQ inland, but Sept Oct, especially Oct in inland FNQ it gets bloody hot and humid and gets worse as the year progresses. Was in Palmer River gold country around
Laura in Oct 2010 - 42 deg. Awful. Depending when you start your trip, if you went north, that's about the time you'll be there.
NSW south coast and southern states will be cool in Sept, but you bracketed your starting date Sept-Nov. In Nov it's glorious and as you go south those cool states will warm up. Feb-Mar is best for Tassie.
Though it's lovely, don't confine yourself to the coast - there are beautiful hinterland and inland Nat Parks to explore and plenty of
free camping in some Nat Parks and all state forests. Just
check for hunting in state forests and some Nat Parks - you and your GF probably don't want to mix it up with JD and Coke, guns and pig dogs, etc.
If you go to WA you could maybe make a bit of a circuit in NSW, SA and Vic - coastal on the way there, and once back from WA, do some inland stuff.
Flinders Ranges (SA) are hot in summer but cool off in autumn and are spectacular with wonderful camping in the gorges.
Perhaps from there to
Clare Valley wine region if you're interested,
Mt Remarkable NP (Mambray Ck
campground, but there are others),
onto the Murray via minor roads and towns, find your own free camps, there are plenty (explore tracks off the road near creek and river crossings) eg Yanyarrie Creek north of
Carrieton.
Explore some history along the Murray (both Vic and NSW sides) on the way to
Mildura and
Wentworth (confluence of Murray and Darling rivers),
then maybe
Lake Mungo (two campgrounds - the back one is nice via a 70km loop, get the notes for interpretation and history and is relatively secluded),
Menindee Lakes,
Broken Hill.
From
Broken Hill consider
Mutawintji NP, wonderful walks, aboriginal
heritage (book a guide if you can)
and then outback NSW to
White Cliffs (great drive, opals),
then various state forests, Nat Parks, free camps to civilisation.
Or do that circuit vice versa, but try to do it in springtime. A bit hot in summer, especially outback NSW -
Broken Hill,
Mutawintji,
White Cliffs.
Cheers
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