Clockwise or Anti Clockwise

Hmmm Tony H and Tony V posting similar with in a minute.... spooky lol.

Hiya Tony,

We are thinking that we will head straight toward Melbourne from here (Gold Coast) in late Jan do the Tazzy experience and head back to the mainland about mid March.......We would want to take all of Autumn and Winter before heading home again......

it's downhill also, so will save on fuel, food costs and tyre wear ......

Most roads are measured on the white line so its the same distance


We did:- Feb left Brissie down east coast as far as Batemans Bay, Canberra ,Echuca, Melbourne, GOR, Adelaide, Alice in early may, on to Darwin, Kakadu then west and down the coast till November and across the Nullabor.
Never had ANY rain from Adelaide to Geraldton.

That goes with the flow so to speak and it can be busy but by booking ahead acouple of weeks we always got accomodation.

I reckon figure 8 is the way to go.....which direction depends on time of year.

SW headwinds in Spring heading down the WA coast will chew fuel as we found in 2005. This year we hit Perth late April and slowly went north trying not to catch up to the heat and humidity. And by and large we had tail winds. So at Geraldton went inland via Yalgoo and did the Miners Loop. back to Kalbarri and still 30 degrees but low humidity. Got to Port Hedland on 19th May via Steep Point, Quobba, Cape Range NP and Dampier and had temps in high 20's so quite pleasant.
But now catching up to a late burst of the wet approaching Broome which took out the GRR. So did Cape Leveque ( fantastic but humid) and back in Broome 1st June ( to High season prices) but now roads dry and Mitchell Falls open and temps under 30.
It looked like the dry had finally set in but in the first 10 days of July Broome had another 100mm of rain and GRR closed again. People have been stranded on the Ooodnadatta and Birdsville tracks this winter as it's been the wettest for decades in some cases. So with a bit of luck, 2011 will be drier. The moral of the story is that you need to be prepared for the weather to disrupt your plans... W

Woops - It may be Clockwise or Right hand turns :-)