Friday, Jan 22, 2016 at 00:49
I was thinking more like 10 - 12 months :O.
We toured the
Gibb River Road and (linked by the Tanami)
Alice Springs and key features in Central Australia in three months, coming from and going back to the south west of Western Australia. The following year we were six weeks between
Alice Springs and
Darwin alone, seeing
Kakadu on the way north and
Litchfield on the way south to
Daly Waters to head east and continue our loop. Your can see them in My
Blogs here. Both of these trip did include some 'down time'. If something breaks when out in the sticks, waiting for parts can take a couple of weeks.
Really it depends on what types of country you like to see. Then you have to get off the roads, stay a while and do the walks, or all you will see is the white line down the road and trees or scrub as you pass.
The best way to plan a trip is to put a few circles of
places you want to see most of all on a map and join in the dots, then you can look a you next preferences that fall near to the line.
My way of planning a short holiday is the have a rough idea of direction, and head out, touring and exploring as we go while being responsive to what locals or other travellers tell us we must see or stay. When nearing half way through the time frame, look for another route if possible and turn to tour that on the way
home. Even if it only takes you through one state, you will be relaxed and have seen more with a whole lot less fuel. There will inevitably be some double ups, as for us in the west it is often the Eyre Highway there and back.
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