💙 4th month wrap up 💙

SA - VIC - NSW

Another month done 😳

Due to an extreme heat wave affecting SA and Vic we had an unplanned return home for 2 weeks (as a base to work from), which is not counted in the ‘days’
So this wrap up includes the last 5 days from part 2 and the start of part 3 of our trip

We 💙love💙 adventuring with MancHester
Whilst home we removed the existing steel roof rack and replaced it with a rhino rack to lightened the load, and as a result we changed a few things around on the roof to make life just a little bit easier 🥰

💙 New loves -rhino roof racks and position of our bikes 🚲, punctures-less tyres (they have been a godsend recently 🙏🏻)

Not many ‘oops’ moments this month 🙏🏻 just a lost wheel hub cap, but it’s an expensive oops 😳

👍🏻 Highlights - too numerous to list them all but include, exploring the high country, following the Upper Murray River and dipping our toes in its crystal clear waters🏞️, Tom Curtain and the Katherine Outback Experience🐎🐕🐐, Kitty Flannegan, our first rodeo🐂🐎, Nest Cinema 📽️and all the places we have run/walked/hiked/cycled🏃🚶🏼🚴🏻, the people we have met, the fabulous sunsets/sunrises🌅 and clear starry skies🌌…..

👎🏻 Lowlights - pesky bugs 🐜 🪰🦗, starlink overheating 🥵 , lost $ cancelling a booking due to heat wave 💰

😥 Challenges -heat wave with 4 consecutive days of 42-49.6 degrees 🥵, surviving a 47km bike ride 🤪, hunkering down for a few days of persistent rain 🌧️, resisting the temptation to stay too long in one place because there so much to do 🤷🏼‍♀️

🍻Pubs visited - not as many as we expected 😜 but incl Woodshed Brewery- Murtho, the quirky Ettamogah Pub, Bethanga Hotel, Jingellic Pub, The Royal Hotel - Adelong and Caragabal Pub

Next-we have just 1 month left before we return home and back to work so we are going to make the most of our time left 😊
And hope fuel doesn’t become too expensive, or run out 🙏🏻

Stats for trip, to date:
#️⃣ 15025km covered (11253 km towing), including 3585km (2257 km towing) this month
#️⃣ 668km of dirt road (602km towing)

#️⃣ 15.67l/100km average fuel economy (from FuelMap Australia)
💰 $5262.48 for 2569.1l diesel

💰 Highest fuel 2.99l (William Creek & Pink Roadhouse Oodnadatta SA)
💰 Lowest Fuel $157.9l (Glossop SA)

🏃🏼434.6 km run, including 9 parkruns
🏃🏻‍♀️103.1 km hiked
🚴🏻 435 km cycled

💰$70.80 highest camping costs - Kings Canyon Resort (with discount 😳)
💰$0 lowest camping costs
🏠 This month we have mainly split our time between free and low cost camping, with only 7 nights spent at caravan parks (4 for aircon during a heat wave and the remainder due to their location)
Total 116 nights incl 50 caravan parks, 36 free camps, 1 pub camp, 11 donation camps, 18 low cost camps (showground/RV parks etc)
💵 $2586.10 spent on accomodation (inc 2N showground stay for concert)

💵 $3541.30 spent in tourist activities (incl tx for the Outback Experience, Kitty Flanagan and rodeo, replacement fishing rod 🎣, posting wine home 😜and $1540 on flights✈️)

💰$60.80 spent on laundryRead more