Around Oz from Perth - Which way in August ?

Lucky bugger, over the top via WA first, to beat the wet. Cheers

North is the go. Miss the southern Winter and get across the top in the dry season. If it's early August you are leaving, you have at least 3 or 4 months, though it will start to warm up a bit from September. Also the chance of some storms in November, but not the real wet.

If you go across to the East, you wouldn't want to be hitting the far North until late April at the earliest, possibly later depending on the wet season. So it would need to be a 12 month trip. Going North first gives you more flexibility.

Your points are valid though. The North is best (I think) just after a wet, rather than just before. But the only way you can go East is if you are prepared to give the trip a full 12 months. If you decide to cut the trip short, it will be the North that you will miss a lot of as you really can't do it too early

G'day

Anticlockwise....as you will have the tradewinds blowing you along.

You will have to plan your journey a bit better so as to get to your destination places at the right time, weatherwise.

You will only see about a 10th and will have to do the trek many more times in all directions to cover and see many of the marvellous places.

Cheers