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.

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