Friday, September 9, 2011

The summary

The summary


309
Total days away
37
Days in Europe
Note: all other figures in this table relate to the Australian leg only
272
Days in Australia
45
TEDs (Toilet emptying days) - (estimated number, because I can't find my list)
114
Different caravan parks, overnight stops, friends front gardens
plus 1 proper hotel (Thanks Marita)
Note: that's for the Australian leg
27852
Kilometres
3421
Litres of diesel
3
Litres of engine oil
2
Services (1 before leaving, 1 in Perth)
6871
Photo's in total
6011 in Australia
860 in Europe
20 km's
Shortest day
968 km's
Longest day
2
Number of showers (each) in MM

Best buys:
The camera
The electric frypan
Kathmandu clothes bag (actually they were a gift. Thanks Julie.)
MM itself of course

Favourite spots:
Coral Bay (WA)
Nelson Bay (NSW)
Cape le Grand (WA)

Least used items:
The travel iron

Highlights package
Wine regions of South Australia
Cape Legrand WA– white white white sands and blue blue blue sea
Coral Bay WA: swimming (not sleeping) with the fishes
Exmouth Turquoise Bay WA (apart from swimming with the Reef Shark)
Kimberly countryside WA
Lake Argyle WA
Kununurra WA
Edith Falls NT
Darwin NT – great spot for a winter getaway
Seeing sprinklers for the first time in 5 years - everywhere but Victoria
Twin Falls / Jim Jim Falls - Kakadu NT
The amazing free camps - everywhere 
Cape Tribulation and the stunning rain forests QLD
Port Douglas – relaxing tropical holiday QLD
Port Douglas / Mission Beach QLD
Catching up with family and friends around the country and overseas

Thanks to all our travel advisors for the advice that made the whole trip easier.
Thanks to family and friends for accommodation and hospitality.
Thanks to new friends that we met along the way for sharing the experience, with a  special mention to the cast and crew of The Other Way is Liverpool and Olivia the only blogee who was actually born during the production of this blog.

Finally, thanks to you faithful blogees for following our adventures and for the wonderful and encouraging feedback along the way.

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