Hi all.
I am retiring next April and after a short overseas trip will be ready to hook up the van and head off around June next year.
I will have unlimited time, but unfortunately not unlimited cash, so have decided to allow 12 months to do a round Australia trip, departing from the Nth Coast of NSW.
Here is what we want to achieve
We want to find some warm weather for the rest of the winter
We want to concentrate a fair amount of the time on looking around WA
We dont want to be in the top 1/2 of Australia during the wet season, but we do want to do the WA coast, the Kimberlys and
Darwin
We also want to take in thee don't want to do Qld at all (no offence to the Qlders but did that a few years ago)
We dont want to have to do any backtracking if possible, except where absolutely necessary.
The plan I have hatched can be done in reverse but basically at this stage I have planned to go from Port Macquarie to
Broken Hill,
Port Augusta,
Alice Springs,
Darwin,
Broome,
Exmouth,
Perth, SW corner of WA taking in all the sights there, Kalgoorlie, Nullabour,
Port Lincoln,
Port Augusta,
Adelaide (and all the sights of the Baroosa, McLaren Vale, Victor Harbour etc)
Renmark, along the Murray to Albury then basically
home.
So, from
Port Augusta, am I best to head to the west then work my way up to the top in the following autumn for a warm winter the following year or do I turn right and head to the centre then
Darwin for the winter, then work my way towards the west and see
Broome etc before it gets to hot and humid.
Do the seasons allow enough time to do this given the distances involved in WA.
I am sure there are some of you out there that can offer advice or other suggestions.
Thanks,
Cruiser