Down under 2016

This is our itinerary so far, just to give you an idea of what we're doing. I'll try to update this page regularly, and add links to individual post as I write.

 16/6Fly to Singapore
 17/6Arrived in Singapore, plane to Cairns 
 18/6Arrived in Cairns, stay at Caravella's
 19/6Cairns: jetlag
 20/6Cairns: 4WDrive tour
 21/6Cairns: started overnight trip to Cape Tribulation
 22/6Overnight trip to Cape Tribulation
 23/6Cairns: laundry day
 24/6Cairns: started GBR dive trip
 25/6GBR dive trip
 26/6GBR dive trip
 27/6Picked up Spaceship, drove to Townsville, stayed at BP truck stop 
 28/6Townsville: brekkie with Madelyn, Day trip to Magnetic island
 29/6Arrived in Airlie Beach, stay at Flametree Tourist Village 
 30/6Day trip Whitsunday sailing cruise
 1/7Stopped at Eungella NP to watch platypusses, arrived at Cape Hillsborough
 2/7Sunrise with wallies & roos at the beach, stay at Calliope bush campsite 
 3/7Arrived in Hervey Bay, stay at Scarness beach campsite 
 4/7Started overnight trip to Fraser Island, stay at Eurong beach resort
 5/7Back from overnight trip to Fraser Island
 6/7Arrived in Noosa, stay at Big4
 7/7Walk Noosa NP, arrived in Brisbane, stay at Newmarket caravan park
 8/7Brisbane: drive up Mt Coot-Tha, handed in Spaceship, stay at Big Bird
 9/7Brisbane: city walk
 10/7Arrived in Byron Bay, stay at Backpackers Inn at the Beach
 11/7Byron Bay: dive at Julian Rocks 
 12/7Byron Bay: surf lesson 
 13/7Byron Bay: walked to Australia's most easterly point
 14/7Arrived in Sydney, stay at Eva's backpackers
 15/7Sydney: walk through the Rocks, ferry ride 
 16/7Sydney: Kings Cross market, coffee at Hyde park
 17/7Sydney: Fish market, Museum of Contemporary Art 
 18/7Sydney: lunch at bills, walk QVB, Harbour Bridge, Chinatown 
 19/7Sydney: ferry ride to Rydalmere, concert at Sydney Opera House
 20/7Sydney: rainy day; coffee, books and blogging at Starbucks.  
 21/7Picked up campervan, drove to Blackheath, stay at Glen Tourist Park
 22/7Arrived in Katoomba, bush walking, stay at Katoomba Falls Tourist Park
 23/7Arrived in Huskisson, stay at Tourist Park
 24/7Huskisson: bought heater, whale watch tour (none spotted)
 25/7Whale watch tour (none spotted), drove to Bega, stay at Caravan Park 
 26/7Arrived at Wilsons Promontory, stay at Tidal River
 27/7Walked during the day, drove to Yanakie
 28/7Arrived at Philips Island, penguin parade, stay at Cowes Caravan Park
 29/7Arrived in Melbourne, dinner with Emma, stay at Metro YHA
 30/7Melbourne: walked through the city, coffee at Zumbo's 
 31/7Melbourne: veggie shopping at Queen Victoria Market, walked through the city
 1/8Great Ocean road: Twelve Apostles, stay at Port Campbell Holiday Park 
 2/8Great Ocean road: Loch Ard Gorge, Port Fairy, stay at Gum Tree 
 3/8Arrived in Halls Gap, stay at Halls Gap Lakeside Tourist Park
 4/8Halls Gap: Wonderland trail
 5/8Halls Gap: laundry day
 6/8Arrived in Victor Harbor, stay at Beachfront Holiday Park
 7/8Victor Harbor: walked to and around Granite Island
 8/8Arrived in Adelaide, stay at Adelaide Caravan Park
 9/8Adelaide: city walk, Central Markets, South Australia Art Gallery 
 10/8Arrived in Wilmington, stay at Beautiful Valley (=possum heaven)
 11/8(Alligator) Gorge Circuit Hike, drove to Quorn, stay at Caravan Park
 12/8Arrived in Port Augusta, stay at Discovery Park, laundry day
 13/8Arrived at Wilpena Pound Resort, hike to Warranga lookout
 14/8Arrived in Woomera, stay at Tourist Village
 15/8Arrived in Coober Pedy, stop at Lake Hart, stay at Opal Inn Caravan Park
 16/8Coober Pedy: Desert Tour
 17/8Arrived in Yulara, stay at Ayers Rock Resort Campground 
 18/8Yulara: cultural centre, Uluru base walk, sunset Uluru
 19/8Yulara: sunrise Uluru, Valley of the winds walk, Fields of Lights
 20/8Arrived at Kings Canyon Resort, Kathleen Springs walk
 21/8Kings Canyon Rim Walk, drove to Alice Springs, stay at Wintersun
 22/8Alice Springs: laundry day
 23/8Alice Springs: Desert Park
 24/8Standley Chasm, drove to Barrow Creek, stay at petrol station
 25/8Devils Marbles, drove to Daly Waters, stay at Wayside Inn
 26/8Bitter Springs, arrived at Nitmiluk Gorge Caravan Park
 27/8Nitmiluk: pool day
 28/8 Arrived in Darwin, stay at Discovery Park, Mindil sunset market
 29/8Darwin: Museum & Art Gallery of NT, lunch at Cornucopia 
 30/8Corroboree Billabong cruise, drove to Batchelor, stay at Holiday Park 
 31/8Litchfield Park, drove west, stay at Virginia River Roadhouse
 1/9Arrived at Lake Argyle, laundry day, stay at Resort Caravan Park
 2/9Drove west, stay at Mary Pool Rest Area
 3/9 Arrived in Broome, stay at Palm Grove Campground
 4/9 Broome: moved to Roebuck Bay Caravan Park, Courthouse Markets
 5/9Broome: Whale watch sunset cruise
 6/9Early dinosaur track hike, drove south, stay at Pardoo Roadhouse
 7/9Arrived at Karinjiri NP, stay at Dales Gorge bush camping 
 8/9Dales Gorge hike, drove west, stay at House Creek Bridge rest area
 9/9Arrived in Exmouth, laundry day, stay at Ningaloo Caravan Resort 
 10/9Exmouth: 2 reef dives with whale song, humpbacks playing around boat
 11/9Drove east, snorkeled at Turquoise Bay Area, stay at Yardie Homestead
 12/9Lazy day, Turquoise Bay drift snorkel, Lakeside snorkel
 13/9Arrived at Coral Bay, stay at Bayview Campground
 14/9Coral Bay: lazy day (manta tour cancelled)
 15/9Coral Bay: 2 reef dives, manta snorkel, humpbacks, dolphins
 16/9Arrived in Carnarvon, stay at Coral Coast Tourist Park
 17/9Carnarvon: lazy day
 18/9Carnarvon: Quobba blowholes
 19/9 Arrived at Monkey Mia, stopped at stromatolites, stay at Monkey Mia Resort
 20/9Monkey Mia: dolphin experience, sailing trip
 21/9Arrived in Kalbarri, stopped at Shell Beach 
 22/9  Kalbarri: laundry day
 23/9Arrived in Geraldton, movie night, stay at Belair Gardens 
 24/9Geraldton: brunch at Fleur, browsing shops
 25/9Arrived in Cervantes, stay at Pinnacles Holiday Park
 26/9Arrived in Perth, stopped at the Pinnacles NP, stay at Central Caravan Park  
 27/9Lazy day, planning next leg
 28/9Arrived in Fremantle, visited Shipwreck Gallery, stay at Fremantle Village
 29/9Fremantle: daytrip to Rottnest Island 
 30/9Fremantle: Fremantle Markets, laundry day
 1/10Fremantle: lazy day, waiting out the storm
 2/10Brekkie at Growers Market, drove to Hyden, wave rock walk, stay at campsite 
 3/10Arrived in Albany, stopped at Mulka's Cave, stay at Albany Gardens 
 4/10Albany: hospital day, stay at Rose Garden
 5/10Arrived in Busselton, stay at Kookaburra 
 6/10Busselton: dive cancelled, rainy day, laundry day
 7/10Busselton: Jetty dive
 8/10Lunch in Margaret River, bank to Fremantle, stay at Fremantle Village
 9/10Fremantle: Art Gallery
 10/10Arrived in Perth, handed in campervan, stay at Hay Street Inn
 11/10Perth: wandered through Kings Park
 12/10Perth: lazy day before flying to Auckland 
 13/10Arrived in Auckland, walked to and over Queens Street, stay at Uenuku Lodge
 14/10Auckland: Waiheke Island wine tour
 15/10Auckland: Art Gallery and Diwali Festival
 16/10Auckland: day out with Annie and Andy, west beaches
 17/10Picked up car. Arrived in Whangarei, stay at Little Earth Lodge
 18/10Whangarei: Poor Knights Islands dive       
 19/10Whangarei: walked around Abbey caves, laundry day
 20/10Arrived in Paihia, walked Mangrove track to Haruru Falls, stay at Mousetrap
 21/10Visited Russel, Flagstaf Hill, drive to Ahipara, stay at Endless Summer
 22/10Ahipara: drove to Cape Reigna
 23/10Visited Waipoua Kauri Forest, arrived in Dargaville, stay at Greenhouse
 24/10Arrived in Waitomo, stay at Juno hostel
 25/10Visited Waitomo glow worm cave, drove to Rotorua, stay at Funky Green Traveller
 26/10Rotorua: visited Hobbiton
 27/10Rotorua: museum and Kuirau Park, laundry day
 28/10Rotorua: lazy day, changed hostel, stay at Central 
 29/10Rotorua: Whaka village
 30/10Arrived in Taupo, stay at Rainbow Lodge
 31/10Taupo: Tongariro Alpine Crossing  
 1/11Arrived in Napier, stay at Criterion Art Deco
 2/11Arrived in Wellington, stay at Cambridge Hotel 
 3/11Wellington: Te Papa museum, cable car, wander round town
 4/11Wellington: Cape Pallister, Weta workshop
 5/11Ferry to South Island, arrived in Marahau, stay at Kanuka Ridge
 6/11Abel Tasman Coastal Walk: Marahau to Anchorage
 7/11Abel Tasman Coastal Walk: to Bark Bay
 8/11Abel Tasman Coastal Walk: to Awaroa, stay at Kanuka Ridge
 9/11Arrived in Golden Bay, walked to Cape Farewell, stay at Innlet
 10/11Te Pupu Springs, Grove Reserve, Whanganui Inlet
 11/11Arrived in Hokitika, via Pancake Rocks, stay at Mountain Jade
 12/11Arrived at Fox Glacier, via Franz Josef, stay at Ivory Towers
 13/11Arrived in Wanaka, via Lake Matheson, stay at Mountain View
 14/11Wanaka: Rob Roy Glacier Track
 15/11Arrived in Te Anau, via Arrowtown and Queenstown, stay at Lakefront
 16/11Te Anau: Milford Sound cruise, many kea on way back
 17/11Arrived in Owaka with various stops, stay at Split Level
 18/11Owaka: Cathedral Caves, Nugget Point
 19/11Arrived in Oamaru, went to cinema, stay at Brydon hotel
 20/11Oamaru: Victorian Heritage fĂȘte
 21/11Arrived in Dunedin, stay at Central Backpackers
 22/11Dunedin: Otago peninsula (Albatross colony & Victory Beach)
 23/11Dunedin: biked Otago Rail Trail, stay at Chalet Hostel
 24/11Arrived in Twizel, walked Hooker Valley, stay at High Country Lodge
 25/11Twizel: Walked to Tasman Glacier
 26/11Arrived in Tekapo, stay at Tailor-made
 27/11Arrived at Banks Peminsula, stay at Halfmoon Cottage
 28/11Banks Peninsula, dolphin cruise at Akaroa harbour
 29/11Arrived in Christchurch, via Summir Rd, city wander, stay at Foley Towers
 30/11Christchurch: lazy day (booking stuff)
 

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