T and I decided to go on a, possibly, once-in-a-lifetime long trip around Australia both by land and by air. We started with a quick work and leisure drive to Portland, VIC, and Mount Gambier, SA. For the main trip, we initially wanted to go along the coast and drive back to Melbourne via inland. However, the Australian weather didn’t agree with our plan, so we were forced to change it. We just decided that planning ahead wouldn’t work here. So, our final route became:

Melbourne VIC – Wilsons Promontory VIC – Lakes Entrance VIC – Junee NSW – Barmedman NSW-Coonabarabran NSW –  Warrumbungle National Park NSW – Lightning Ridge NSW – Goodooga NSW – Moree NSW – Boomi NSW – Brisbane QLD- Hervey Bay QLD – Teebar QLD – Brisbane QLD- Townsville QLD (flew)- Brisbane QLD – Ballina NSW – Nambucca Heads NSW – Forster NSW-Nelson Bay NSW- Cairns QLD (Flew via Newcastle) – Nelson Bay NSW- Goulburn NSW- Euroa VIC-Melbourne

Most of the time, we just followed the sun until we could no longer escape the rain, which was quite fun and challenging at the same time. Will tell you more about most places part by part. Hope you enjoy our stories as much as we actually did.