Wrap Up

Wrap Up

Our trip has had a lot of highlights:

• At the top of the list was the visit to Birdsville and the Big Red Bash.
• Then it was the country that we covered to get to Birdsville and come away, with particular mention of the road from Winton to Boulia.
• We must mention the Bedourie Camel & Pig races.  It was an amazing day.
• The "Silo Trail" drive through the Wimmera and the Mallee was a great way to start a trip.
• The Maleny Botanic Gardens and Bird Aviary was excellent.
• Chilling out at various places along the Queensland coast was a great tonic.
• We drove home, from the Gold Coast, via Sydney and spent most of the time on motorway. It was a good decision as we had not planned to do any sightseeing on the way home.  The road is very good and will be much better in a year or so - when duplication in northern NSW is complete.

Some statistics:

• 71 - The number of days that we were away
• 9660 - The number of kilometers that we travelled
• $30 - The average cost of diesel per day
• $29 - The average cost of accommodation per day
• 22  - The number of nights that we bush/free camped
• 1670 - The number of photos that I took
• 2 - The number of swims in the ocean.
• Many - the number of lovely people that we met.
• None - the number of major issues that we had.

The weather:

• Mostly cool to cold night - great caravan weather.
• Mostly lovely days - great for holidays.

I hope that you enjoyed the journey - we did.