We experienced a lot of Australia on that trip from Townsville in North Queensland to Adelaide in South Australia and return – all with our 6-8 month old baby along for the ride. In 1987 we undertook a two month/6000km trip towing our then camping trailer behind a Commodore Station Wagon. (Look at dust-proofing your vehicle when travelling over dirt roads). The fine red dust that hid the potholed and corrugated road base infiltrated every nook and cranny. Talk about Slow Travel!ģ00 km of that distance (between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek) was then unsealed road. Our van had overheating problems if we drove at speed, so we did the whole trip at 80kph. There was our caravan trip from Townsville to the Gold Coast return.Īnd one from Coffs Harbour to Brisbane which formed part of a larger one to Durras North and Moruya south of Batemans Bay.īack in the 80’s we drove our Nissan E20 long wheel base Campervan 6,000 km from Perth in Western Australia, up the west coast and across northern Australia to Townsville. We’ve also camped in an RV for 3 weeks in Canada including the beautiful Banff to Jasper trip, but that is another story! We have been exploring Australia on and off in two different caravans over the last eight years in Queensland and New South Wales.

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