Well vintage is over. Easter is over. My job as a vintage lab tech is over. 5 grand in the bank. Only one thing to do.
ROAD TRIP!
YEEEHHHAAAAAHHHH! THE PG IS GOING AROUND AUSTRALIA! OR ROUND AUSTRALIA! DEPENDS ON YOUR PREFERENCE!
ANYWAY Below is the itinerary, note places with no dates, I've set no schedules other than I'm leaving tomorrow, staying in Renmark and then heading to Mildura Sat. All places listed below are places where I'll bivouac except Bathurst, which is a way point, and Townsville on the way back from Cairns, which is a waypoint.
Destination State
Renmark SA
Mildura Vic
West Wyalong NSW
Bathurst NSW
Dubbo NSW
Armidale NSW
Brisbane Qld
Calliope Qld
Mackay Qld
Townsville Qld
Cairns Qld
Townsville Qld
Hughendale Qld
Mt Isa Qld
Three Ways Roadhouse NT
Mataranka NT
Darwin NT
Timber Creek NT
Halls Creek WA
Broome WA
Port Hedland WA
Nanutarra Road House WA
Overland Road House WA
Perth WA
Albany WA
Esperance WA
Cocklebiddy WA
Nullabor Road House WA
Ceduna SA
Port Augusta SA
Adelaide SA
Tarpeena SA
Total distance to be travelled approximately is 14,445 km or 2,000 km further than the distance Sydney to Los Angeles! I've approximated the cost in LPG to be about $1727 so provided I keep other expenses down I should be able to do it in 5 grand easy. Given there will be no accommodation costs, camping with an axe, station wagon, matches, dutch oven and a porta stove for me and cheap goon instead of delightful homebrew and single malt scotch! *Sigh* It will be a sacrifice but I'll just have to hang tough!
Anyway time to burn some CDs for my road trip, shower and sleep. The adventure begins tomorrow! Now, I was planning on a cheap laptop fed by car charger but alas, the arseholes at retravision MG did not have the catalogue special in stock. So I will continue to blog....but in the offline version. IE pen and paper! I'll update the written into the online version when I have the opportunity. I believe I did the same for the five seconds I was working in the mines. Well cheerio beloved readers, I need my shut eye!
PG Out.
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And thanks to Tony for the loan of his special 0 Degrees sleeping bag! Comfy!
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