6 months Stats

Well we've been on the road for 6 months, so time to take stock, check the budget and determine if we can afford to keep going for another 6 months!

After 33 years of working for Telstra, I have taken redundancy and will continue to do the same job as a contractor. My last day with Telstra is 27th June and I intend to start working from the van for 2 or 3 days a week as we keep travelling. This will be challenging, but hope it works out.

Here's the stats so far...

Distance travelled - 23031kms
Average fuel consumption - 13.5l/100km
Cheapest fuel - Ayr $1.13
Dearest fuel - Kings Canyon $1.98
Fuel total -$4050
Accomodation total -$3514

Sick days - NIL
Shortest travel day - 30km (Armidale to Guyra)
Hottest day - 47° Western Sydney
Coldest day - 1.8° Flinders Ranges

Paul's favourites
- Narooma - Sapphire Coast
- Adelaide Hills
- Great Ocean Road
- Lake Argyle
- Ayers Rock

Marg's favourites
- Flinders Ranges
- Jervis Bay
- Great Ocean Road
- Adelaide Hills (OMG the Autumn leaves)
- Bitter Springs - Mataranka

Best tip - National Seniors Card (over 50's). This has saved us heaps of $$...thanks Ian & Jane.

Well we've been able to stick to our $600 per week budget so far (fuel, accomodation, food and spending money)...in fact we're just under. Fuel has been the biggest expense, especially since leaving Port Augusta towards Darwin...we felt like we were constantly filling up, sometimes twice a day!

We're pleasantly surprised how we've been able to find great free or low cost camps, national parks, farm stays, private properties, showgrounds etc to minimise our accomodation costs. I think we've only stayed at 8 caravan parks on the whole trip, and that's only because there's been little alternative.

We've travelled through 5 states in 6 months, leaving only Western Australia and Tasmania to go. I reckon we keep going!Read more