Tuesday, Apr 14, 2015 at 14:23
Totally agree with Val. There are many many fabulous
places accessible via tar or decent dirt. We've done the Strezlecki Track,
Birdsville, western Qld and many other
places with a Kia Sorento and a homemade camper on dirt roads.
As Val said, much is within cooee of dirt roads (even Burke and Wills' Dig Tree is not that many k's off the tar these days!)
You won't see everything in 12 months. Do what you can and change course when necessary.
We travel with a small dog that frets when boarded and that restricts us in ways, but oh boy, the things we have still managed to see and do!
We're about to do the
Kimberley and can't visit a few spots with a dog but we have quite a lot of things that we can see. Sometimes we have to lock her in the trailer with the windows open and sometimes we have to take it in turns to see something. We always say "
Well, we saw more than we would've in our living room!"
You'll get to campsites and ask about sights. People will be able to tell you the current road conditions and you may have to make it a day trip in-and-out to the see the basics instead of spending a few days there...
Perhaps if they're of reasonable age, you could give everybody a chance to add to a "what would you like to do" list...and they'll be thrilled with ticking it off. If there's a really difficult request, discuss and modify.
Your kids (and you!) will have the adventure of a lifetime and will talk about the experiences forever...they will not talk about "Gee, we wish we could've gone to such-and-such spot".
:)
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