Which way to go?

Howdy, the weather is one natural event that probably stimulates more discussion than any other. With most of the country in severe drought, any rain is a welcome godsend to those enduring hardship. For the tourist and traveller, rain can be a blessing or a curse. Timely rain will replenish creeks, reservoirs etc, often stimulate fish to bite, beautify the countryside and allow nature to display at it's best (or sometime worst - depending upon your perspective). I see you are starting your trip from Melbourne. If you are from Victoria, you will know that it's common knowledge that Melbourne often has bizarre weather conditions including many rainy, windy, hot, dry, cold days (on average)

The east coast gets a lot of it's annual rainfall during the summer months. Summer rain is not an uncommon experience. The further north you go the closer to the tropics and the influence of the monsoon/wet season.

If you have a look at this site DOWNUNDERONLINE you can check out each state for monthly averages inc. temperatures, rainy days, etc etc. That may be of some help to you in your planning.

go anticlockwise its shorter

DD

Wet season is still on in March and even into April, (about mid).

Its normally recommended to go around anti clockwise if you tow a caravan or somthing heavy.

I f you are not going to be in northish qld or nt until late April you should be OK.

Rain up East coast of NSW is normally gone come late feb early march.

Best of luck Boo Boo

Damien

Weather wise anti clockwise is the go - and believe me driving into head winds across the Nullabor, or up the WA Coast uses fuel big time, especially if you are dragging a van.

But, if true to your name, and want to travel dangerously, why not get to the end of your street, toss a coin and go left on heads, right on tails. Keep doing that till you are out of town and go that way.

Then again - you might see a lot of town too!

But you could toss heads for clockwise, tails for anti clockwise and see what happens.

Chances are that you will find lots of water in North Qld, but we had that problem in April when we did our big trip. Plenty other places were open though and you cannot do everything.

Just have a ball what ever
Max

If you are an overseas visitor and do not know about Australia's weather then go to this site www.bom.gov.au

If you are a local and do not have a clue about the weather patterns on this island continent then maybe some further education is necessary. Go to www.bom.gov.au

Cheers