Finally… after multiple false starts and schedule changes due to COVID with borders opening and closing we can finally get the ‘Big Trip’ under way. Our launch date was set at Thursday, 5th May 2022 giving us time to re-organise the pack-up and renting of our home and allow enough time for Western Australia to open the border and keep it open long enough to give us some sort of comfort that it will stay open.
Ant & Dee
Ironically, our nephew Anthony and his wife Dee started their ‘big lap’ two months before us risking that the W.A. border would be open by the time they got there. Luckily they timed it perfectly because they’re on a tighter schedule than us and we get the benefit of their knowledge for when we get there, although we will likely be travelling in the opposite direction. You can have a look at their spectacular trip at:
Anyway… back to us! Originally we were planning to travel slowly across to W.A. and spend Chrismas 2021 in Margaret River but COVID kyboshed that plan. Now that we’re leaving in May 2022, with the onset of winter, we’ll be travelling through the bottom of Victoria over to Adelaide and then turning north to see Uluru in the ‘cooler’ winter months. From Uluru we’ll go straight through the centre to Darwin and then head south-west from Darwin back down to Perth and Margaret River for post-Christmas 2022… After that we’ll head back east and decide on a route.
We’ll be updating the blog as we go and invite you to follow us on our Grand Tour…
Five nights in Albany the former whaling capital of Australia. Visiting Discovery Bay Whaling Museum, Castle Rock, Tondirrup National Park and the museum district.
An overnight freecamp behind the ‘Grande Old Dumbleyung Inn’, a country pub with character and history. Lake Dumbleyung is the place where Donald Campbell broke…
Five nights in Ledge Point over the Australia Day Long Weekend avoiding holiday campers and visiting Lancellin, more stromatalites, Gingin and the Gravity Discovery Centre…
AN overnighter at the Nanutarra Roadhouse between Onslow and Exmouth. Very isolated but the sunset over the Ashburton River is breathtaking… as was the wind.
Four nights at Eighty Mile Beach, a remote full service caravan park on the beach between Broome and Port Hedland. A fisherman’s and shell collector’s…
Four nights at beautiful Mataranka relaxing in the warm, crystal clear waters of Bitter Springs and Mataranka Springs. Very possibly the most pleasant thing you…
Three nights at the magnificent Kings Canyon and the Kings Canyon Resort campground.
Different to Uluru and Kata-Tjuta but no less stunning in it’s grandeur…
A much more comfortable and enjoyable drive from Sale to Yanakie, especially with full batteries. Apollo 13 was back on course and the oxygen scrubbers…
