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Summary of our 2011 lap of Oz.
My Nullarbor Links - April 2011
Frostys' Fossicking Frolics - April 2011
Now for our Big Lap.
Preparing for our Big Lap.
Day 1 - Fri 1st Apr - Melbourne to Swan Hill, Vic - 372 kms.
Day 2 - Sat 2nd Apr - Swan Hill to Morgan, SA - 473 kms.
Day 3 - Sun 3rd Apr - Morgan to Port Augusta - 285 kms.
Day 4 - Mon 4th Apr - Port Augusta to Wudinna - 255 kms.
Day 5 - Tue 5th Apr - Wudinna to Ceduna - 211 kms.
Day 6 - Wed 6th Apr - Sightseeing around Ceduna.
Day 7 - Thu 7th Apr - Ceduna GC is tamed. Yeah, right!!
Day 8 - Fri 8th Apr - Ceduna to Nullarbor Roadhouse - 296kms.
Day 9 - Sat 9th Apr - Nullarbor Roadhouse to Madura - 373kms.
Day 10 - Sun 10th Apr - Madura to Fraser Range Station - 426kms.
Day 11 - Mon 11th Apr - Fraser Range to Norseman - 104kms.
Day 12 - Tue 12th Apr - Fossicking around Norseman.
Day 13 - Wed 13th Apr - Sightseeing around Norseman.
Day 14 - Thu 14th Apr - Norseman to Kalgoorlie - 184kms.
Day 15 - Fri 15th Apr - Sightseeing around Kal.
Day 16 - Sat 16th Apr - Our Gold prospecting tour.
Day 17 - Sun 17th Apr - Super Pit tour and Boulder Market Day.
Day 18 - Mon 18th Apr - Miners' Hall of Fame and The Hay St Brothel.
Day 19 - Tue 19th Apr - Kalgoorlie to Southern Cross - 223kms.
Day 20 - Wed 20th Apr - Fossicking at Yellowdine.
Day 21 - Thu 21st Apr - Southern Cross to Kal - 223kms.
Day 22 - 24 - Fri 22nd - Sun 24th Apr - Chillin' in Kal.
Day 25 - Mon 25th Apr - Kal to Esperance - 386kms.
Day 26 - 28 - Tue 26th - Thu 28th Apr - Exploring in Esperance.
Day 29 - Fri 29th Apr - Esperance to Ravensthorpe - 188kms.
Day 30 - 32 - Sat 30th Apr - Mon 2nd May - Rock Hunting in Ravensthorpe.
Day 33 - Tue 3rd May - Ravensthorpe to Albany - 291 kms.
Day 34 - Wed 4th May - Fri 6th May - Adventuring in Albany.
Day 37 - Sat 7th May - Albany to Augusta - 366 kms.
Day 38 - Sun 8th - Tue 10th May - Adventuring in Augusta.
Day 41 - Wed 11th May - Augusta to Busselton - 89 kms.
Day 42 - Thu 12th May - Busseling in Busselton.
Day 43 - Fri 13th May - Busselton to Karrinyup, Perth - 240 kms.
Day 44 - Sat 14th - Wed 18th May - Exploring Perth.
Day 49 - Thu 19th May - Karrinyup, Perth to Cervantes - 191 kms via Indian Ocean drive.
Day 50 - Fri 20th May - Visiting the Pinnacles at Cervantes.
Day 51 - Sat 21st May - Cervantes to Geraldton - 224 kms via Indian Ocean drive.
Day 52 - Sun 22nd May - Caching and sightseeing in Geraldton.
Day 53 - Mon 23rd May - Geraldton to Kalbarri - 155 kms via Port Gregory Rd.
Day 54 - Tue 24th May - Visiting Hutt River and Quad biking in Kalbarri.
Day 55 - Wed 25th May - Kalbarri to Denham - 385 kms.
Day 56 - Thu 26th May - Visiting Ocean Park Aquarium.
Day 57 - Fri 27th May - Visiting Monkey Mia and Denham's beaches.
Day 58 - Sat 28th May - Denham to Carnarvon - 329 kms.
Day 59 - Sun 29th May - Visiting Point Quobba Blowhole and Quobba Station.
Day 60 - Mon 30th May - Visit Auto Electrician and Carnarvon's 1 Mile Jetty.
Day 61 - Tue 31st May - Carnarvon to Coral Bay - 238 kms.
Day 62 - Wed 1st Jun - Snorkelling at Coral Bay.
Day 63 - Thu 2nd Jun - Marg cleaned the fiver and I swam with a Whale Shark.
Day 64 - Fri 3rd Jun - Coral Bay to Ningaloo Lighthouse CP - 169 kms.
Day 65 - Sat 4th Jun - Exploring the Cape Range NP.
Day 66 - Sun 5th Jun - Snorkelling at Turquoise Bay.
Day 67 - Mon 6th Jun - Shopping in Exmouth and Snorkelling at Turquoise Bay.
Day 68 - Tue 7th Jun - Ningaloo Lighthouse CP to Tom Price - 653 kms.
Day 69 - Wed 8th Jun - Clean up day in Tom Price.
Day 70 - Thu 9th Jun - Karijini National Park - day tour.
Day 71 - Fri 10th Jun - Tom Price Mine tour, Rock Hunting and Mt Nameless lookout.
Day 72 - Sat 11th Jun - Rest day after all our previous activities.
Day 73 - Sun 12th Jun - Tom Price to Robe River Rest Area - 478 kms.
Day 74 - Mon 13th Jun - Robe River Rest Area to Point Samson - 200 kms.
Day 75 - Tue 14th Jun - Checking out Karratha and Dampier.
Day 76 - Wed 15th Jun - Point Samson to Port Hedland - 223 kms.
Day 77 - Thu 16th Jun - Visiting Port and South Hedland.
Day 78 - Fri 17th Jun - Port Hedland to Eighty Mile Beach - 253 kms.
Day 79 - Sat 18th Jun - Exploring Eighty Mile Beach.
Day 80 - Sun 19th Jun - Eighty Mile Beach to Broome - 375 kms.
Day 81 - Mon 20th Jun - Bummin' around Broome.
Day 82 - Tue 21st Jun - Rode and drove into Chinatown.
Day 83 - Wed 22nd Jun - Caching and watching the Sunset.
Day 84 - Thu 23rd Jun - Cycling and visiting the museum.
Day 85 - Fri 24th Jun - Cycling and visiting Malcolm Douglas's Wildlife Park.
Day 86 - Sat 25th Jun - Market Day in Broome.
Day 87 - Sun 26th Jun - Broome to Derby - 220 kms.
Day 88 - Mon 27th Jun - Checking out Derby.
Day 89 - Tue 28th Jun - Derby to Fitzroy Crossing - 259 kms.
Day 90 - Wed 29th Jun - Geikie Gorge cruise.
Day 91 - Thu 30th Jun - Fitzroy Crossing to Halls Creek - 290 kms.
Day 92 - Fri 1st Jul - Halls Creek to Warmun(Turkey Creek) - 162 kms.
Day 93 - Sat 2nd Jul - Bungle Bungles Day tour.
Day 94 - Sun 3rd Jul - Warmun(Turkey Creek) to Kununurra - 198 kms.
Day 95 - Mon 4th Jul - Checking out Kununurra.
Day 96 - Tue 5th Jul - Amethyst fossicking with Jimmy - The Rock Doctor.
Day 97 - Wed 6th Jul - Checking out Kununurra.
Day 98 - Thu 7th Jul - Sunset cruise on the Ord River.
Day 99 - Fri 8th Jul - Kununurra to Victoria River - 318 kms.
Day 100 - Sat 9th Jul - Victoria River RH to Katherine - 193 kms.
Day 101 - Sun 10th Jul - Katherine to Renner Springs - 512 kms.
Day 102 - Mon 11th Jul - Renner Springs to Barkly Homestead - 323 kms.
Day 103 - Tue 12th Jul - Barkly Homestead to Mount Isa - 452 kms.
Day 104 - Wed 13th Jul - Mighty Navara 80k service in Mount Isa.
Day 105 - Thu 14th Jul - Mount Isa to Cloncurry - 123 kms.
Day 106 - Fri 15th Jul - Cloncurry to Kynuna - 182 kms.
Day 107 - Sat 16th Jul - Kynuna to Longreach - 346 kms.
Day 108 - Sun 17th Jul - Longreach to Rubyvale - 390 kms.
Day 109 - Mon 18th Jul - Rubyvale to Rockhampton - 330 kms.
Day 110 - Tue 19th Jul - Rockhampton to Bundaberg - 289 kms.
Day 111 - Wed 20th Jul - Bundaberg to Dicky Beach - 294 kms.
Day 112 - Thu 21st Jul to Day 124 Tue 2nd Aug - Having fun at Dicky Beach.
Day 125 - Wed 3rd Aug - Dicky Beach to Southport - 178 kms.
Day 126 - Thu 4th Aug - Jay's 30th Birthday.
Day 127 - Fri 5th Aug - Enjoying ourselves on the Gold Coast.
Day 128 - Sat 6th Aug - Went to Ipswich Gem show.
Day 129 - Sun 7th Aug - Marg went to Harry Potter, while I counted the blades of grass.
Day 130 - Mon 8th Aug to Day 131 Tue 9th Aug - Enjoying ourselves on the Gold Coast.
Day 132 - Wed 10th Aug - Our day on the water.
Day 133 - Thu 11th Aug to Day 135 Sat 13th Aug - Enjoying ourselves on the Gold Coast.
Day 136 - Sun 14th Aug - Corvette day.
Day 137 - Mon 15th Aug - Visited Spotlight and hunted for tyres.
Day 138 - Tue 16th Aug - The girls invade Spotlight.
Day 139 - Wed 17th Aug - Our 34th Wedding Anniversary.
Day 140 - Thu 18th Aug - Harry meets 'his maker'.
Day 141 - Fri 19th Aug - Enjoying ourselves on the Gold Coast.
Day 142 - Sat 20th Aug - Step grand daughter's 5th Birthday party.
Day 143 - Sun 21st Aug to Day 145 Tue 23rd Aug - The rains have arrived.
Day 146 - Wed 24th Aug - The rains are abating. Hopefully.
Day 147 - Thu 25th Aug - Dad's 81st Birthday.
Day 148 - Fri 26th Aug - The mighty Navara gets new tyres.
Day 149 - Sat 27th Aug - The weather has cut up rough again.
Day 150 - Sun 28th Aug - visited Carrara Markets.
Day 151 - Mon 29th Aug - Off to Harbourtown.
Day 152 - Tue 30th Aug - Bingo at our Club.
Day 153 - Wed 31st Aug to Day 154 Thu 1st Sep - My battle with Telstra.
Day 155 - Fri 2nd Sep - Gold Coast Show day holiday.
Day 156 - Sat 3rd Sep - Walked to Aussie Fair.
Day 157 - Sun 4th Sep - Father's Day.
Day 158 - Mon 5th Sep - catchup with Johnno.
Day 159 - Tue 6th Sep - Bingo Day.
Day 160 - Wed 7th Sep - Dinner at our 'Club'.
Day 161 - Thu 8th Sep - magic pictures of George.
Day 162 - Fri 9th Sep - Yippee - My shoes arrived.
Day 163 - Sat 10th Sep - A windy day in camp.
Day 164 - Sun 11th Sep - Where is the Moscow Circus?
Day 165 - Mon 12th Sep - My Birthday - Happy Birthday, old fart.
Day 166 - Tue 13th Sep - Bingo at our club.
Day 167 - Wed 14th Sep - Surprised by Mum and Dad.
Day 168 - Thu 15th Sep - The Circus is in town.
Day 169 - Fri 16th Sep - Plan to ride with Dad.
Day 170 - Sat 17th Sep - Going to the Moscow Circus.
Day 171 - Sun 18th Sep - Picnic at the Beach.
Day 172 - Mon 19th Sep - Buggering about at camp.
Day 173 - Tue 20th Sep - 18 - that's all I needed.
Day 174 - Wed 21st Sep - A windy day in Paradise.
Day 175 - Thu 22nd Sep - Family Dinner.
Day 176 - Fri 23rd Sep - A beautiful day in Paradise.
Day 177 - Sat 24th Sep - our last day on the Gold Coast.
Day 178 - Sun 25th Sep - Southport to Moree - 532 kms.
Day 179 - Mon 26th Sep - Moree to Peak Hill - 446 kms.
Day 180 - Tue 27th Sep - Peak Hill to Shepparton - 574 kms.
Day 181 - Wed 28th Sep - Shepparton to Home - 224 kms.
Our completed 2011 route.
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