One More Sleep!!!!!

Well the time has finally come. Tomorrow morning we head off on our long anticipated four month trip.
In summary, the route is Gold Coast, Cameron's Corner, Innaminka, Birdsville, Mt Isa, Katherine, Broome (via bitumen), Cape Leveque, Middle Lagoon, GRR, Mitchell Plateau, Kalumburu, Darwin, Kakadu, Litchfield, Accross Western Gulf to Lawn Hill, down to Cloncurry, Charters Towers (original home town), then south back to Gold Coast).

The packing and preparation are finished. The fridge is full. I even found room for 16 bottles of good red wine for the occasional mellow evening watching the sunset.

I did the original budget based on average of $1.75 per lt for diesel. Might need to adjust that a bit and find some savings elsewhere. But no matter what price fuel is; we are gooing.

I'm carrying three spare tyres on rims, plus a set of tyre pliers and repair kit. Borrowed a Tirfor hand winch from a friend. I figure if I carry one, I won't need it.

Comms are UHF, GSM, CDMA and sat phone.

Unless I find somewhere to get on line on the way, I'll tell you about it in early September.