well its the day b4 we leave, the day of packing fitting all this gear into the car and camper, we are both very excited and looking forward to this great adventure

Well 6 days to go,
Rod's birthday today,lunch with the family and farewell.
Getting very nervous but also very anxious to hit the road :)

Proposed Itenary

Leave Sat 30th June 2012

Sat 30/6  Mildura- free camp

Sun 1/7 Port Augusta

Mon 2/7 Woomera- free camp

Tues 3/7& Wed 4/7 Coober Pedy-Riba’s Underground Camping-

ph: 08 8672 5614

Thur 5/7& Fri 6/7- Uluru-Curtin Springs Cattle Station

Ph: 08 8956 2906

Sat 7/7& Sun 8/7- Alice Springs

Gday Mate Tourist Park Ph: 08 8952 9589

Mon 9/7- Tennant Creek

Devils Marbles Campground

Tues 10/7- Daly Waters

Daly Waters pub Caravan Park Ph: 08 8975 9927

Wed 11/7,Thurs 12/7& Fri 13/7- Katherine

Katherine Gorge Campground Ph: 08 8972 1253

Sat 14/7,Sun 15/7,Mon 16/7& Tues 17/7- Kakudu

Mardugal Campground Ph: 08 8938 1120

Wed 18/7,Thurs 19/7,Fri 20/7,Sat 21/7& Sun 22/7-Darwin

Howard Springs Holiday Park Ph: 08 8983 1169

Mon 23/7- Sullivan Campground, Gregory National Park

Ph: 08 8975 0888

Tues 24/7,Wed 25/7& thurs 26/7- Lake Argle Resort

Ph: 08 9168 7777

Fri 27/7,Sat 28/7,Sun 29/7& Mon 30/7

El Questro

Tues 31/7& Wed 1/8- Bungle Bungle Range

Site 26

Thurs 2/8,Fri 3/8& Sat 4/8- Fitzroy Crossing

Fitzroy River Lodge Ph: 08 91915141

Sun 5/8& Mon 6/8-Windjana Gorge National Park

Camp 632 Ph: 08 9192 1036

Tues 7/8& Wed 8/8- King Leopold Ranges

Silent Grove Camp area Ph: 08 9192 5500

3 days 9/8,10/8&11/8 spare days

Sun 12/8&Mon 13/8- Derby

Kimberly Entrance Caravan park Ph: 08 9193 1055

Tue 14/8,Wed 15/8& Thurs 16/8

Cape Leveque Broome

Kooljaman Ph: 08 9192 4970

Fri 17/8- Willie Creek Broome

Free Camp

Sat 18/8- Pardoo Station

Ph: 08 9176 4930

Sun 19/8&Mon 20/8

Pilbara

Dales Campground, free camp

Tues 21/8-

House Creek Bridge- free camp

Wed 22/8,Thurs 23/8,Fri 24/8,Sat 25/8,Sun 26/8,Mon 27/8&Tues 28/8

Exmouth- Ningaloo Station Ph: 08 9942 5936

Wed 29/8,Thurs 30/8,Fri 31/8 & Sat 1/9

Coral Bay- Bayview Coral Bay Caravan Park

Ph: 08 9942 5932

Sun 2/9& Mon 3/9

Carnarvon ?

Tues 4/9,Wed 5/9,Thurs 6/9,Fri 7/9 &Sat 8/9

Monkey Mia- Shark Bay Caravan Park

Ph: 08 9948 1387

Sun 9/9,Mon 10/9& Tues 11/9

Kalbarri ?

Meet the McGirr family

Wed 12/9,Thurs 13/9,Fri 14/9,Sat 15/9,Sun 16/9,Mon 17/9&Tues 18/9

Cervantes

Pinnacles Caravan Park Ph: 08 9652 7060

Wed 19/9 thru to Mon 24/9

Bunbury

Packing

where will it all fit everyday Wendy seems to find more that we can't do without. We are having to cover conditions from the cold to the hot

The Packing starts

have pulled out all we plan to take and sorted into where it will all go

Car Ready

Have had the car fully serviced and the rego and insurance all paid hopefully it will travel the whole trip trouble free.

The Journey Starts

After 2yrs of planning and an endless outgoing of $'s the day is fast approaching for departue.
  What originally started as a black top tour of Oz has now evolved into a combination of both black top and offroad experiences.
We purchased an offroad campertrailer 12mths ago and not having had an previous knowledge of them we were mainly governed by our budget.We set some basic needs when purchasing mainly a hard floor that would allow for fast setup for those 1 night stops,slide out kitchen,good storage,offroad suspension,offroad hitch,battery,water tank.
 Our purchase of the Pinnacle hard floor met all these needs at a very reasonable price, although not of the quality of some of the more well known brands I felt at the price it would allow me to modify and add to it.
Next to come was the choice of the tow vehicle, we had a Dualis awd but it was nor suitable for our needs.
 Again we are restricted by budget and after much toing and froing and from advice from others we decided on a Toyota Prado.We have added dual batteries,electric brakes,roof cage and draws and fridge slide.
 Our plan is to leave Wollongong on 30th June and head west to Broken Hill then across to Coober Pedy where we will spend 2days then onto Uluru.
 We only have 4mths so intend to fast track the first part so we can get to all the good bits