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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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1. Swan Hill 2. Morgan 3. Port Augusta 4. Wudinna 5. Ceduna 6. Nullabor RH 7. Madura Pass 8. Fraser Range 9. Norseman 10. Kalgoorlie 11. Southern Cross 12. Esperance 13. Ravensthorpe 14. Albany 15. Augusta 16. Bussellton 17. Perth 18. Cervantes 19. Geraldton 20. Kalbarri 21. Denham 22. Carnarvon 23. Coral Bay 24. Exmouth 25. Tom Price 26. Point Samson 27. Port Hedland 28. 80 mile Beach 29. Cable Beach 31. Fitzroy Xing 32. Halls Creek 33. Turkey Creek 34. Kununurra 35. Vic River 36. Katherine 37. Renner Springs 38. Barkly RH 39. Mt Isa 40. Cloncurry 41. Kynuna 42. Longreach 43. Rubyvale 44. Rockhampton 45. Bundaberg 46. Dicky Beach 47. Southport 48. Moree 49. Peak Hill 50. Shepp

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