2005 Round Australia – Western Half

2005 Trip Well after a few years break from our round Australia travels we were back in the saddle and off again. This time undertaking a similar route to our 2000 trip. This trip had us departing on May 1 and heading north through Ouyen, Burra and Roxby Downs to Coober Pedy. From there up the Stuart Highway to Alice Springs then on to Katherine. We then headed due west through Kununurra, to Broome.

We booked a cruise on the Kimberley Quest II travelling through the Buccaneer Archipelago and the Bonaparte Archipelago. We spent 8 days exploring many of the Kimberley region’s islands and inland waterways. On return to Broome we head north up the Dampier Peninsula to revisit Middle Lagoon and Cape Leveque.

On return to Broome we journeyed south through to Perth along the coast with a short detour into the Pilbara region to visit Karijini National Park then back to the coast and on to Exmouth. From Exmouth we continued our southward journey to Perth, around to Albany via the coast, across the Nullabor and then back home to Melbourne.

Again we traveled in our caravan with the back of the Toyota Prado set up for all our camping gear. At different times during the trip, we stored the caravan and took off to experience camping life. Our biggest camping trips were the Gibb River Road with shorter camping trips to Ayers Rock, Kings Canyon, the Macdonnell Ranges, El Questro and the Dampier Peninsula

Total trip distance was 22,000 km and we took 5 months.

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Travel Reports
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May 1 to May 25 – Melbourne to Alice Springs
May 25 to June 2 – Alice Springs to Kununurra
June 2 to June 11 - East Kimberley Region
June 11 to June 24 - West Kimberley Region

June 24 to July 4 - Kimberley Quest Cruise
July 4 to July 20 – Broome and the Dampier Peninsula
July 20 to to August 11 – Broome to Exmouth
August 11 to August 29 – Exmouth to Perth
August 29 to 18 September – Perth to Port Augusta
Sept. 18 to September 30 – Port Augusta to Melbourne

Any Suggestions
Places to visit, things to see, plus any other suggestions are welcome. We would love peoples input on what there is to see on this route. We are obviously aware of the main tourist areas but if anyone knows of unique, out of the way places we would love to hear from you.

Email us at: rljackman@netspace.net.au

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