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Back home after a lap


Hi all, back home after travelling 28,000km  lap of Australia, 10 months duration & free camped all the time with my Troopy & 15ft Van.

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Wow that sounds like one hell of a time Goanna. Tell us some stories, I for one won't get bored if you do and any photos that may get thrown in as well. smile

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What a fantastic trip Goana. 28,000 ks. How many times did you stop to get the Troopy serviced?

As Firefly said stories and photos please. Congrats what a trip.

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Goodonya Goanna, that's fantastic!

But you've left us hungry for more... details, pics, good/bad spots to stop, advice from what you learned.....

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Well done!  We're 15 mths into our 2yr lap of Aus & only done from Gladstone clockwise around to Perth & we still have to delay till March before heading further north.
We have a WWOOFING job for a few weeks to save us some money while we wait.

Cheers
Jon

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Hylda&Jon wrote:

Well done!  We're 15 mths into our 2yr lap of Aus & only done from Gladstone clockwise around to Perth & we still have to delay till March before heading further north.
We have a WWOOFING job for a few weeks to save us some money while we wait.

Cheers
Jon



Gosh guys, I think that 2 year time frame is sounding a bit optimistic - by the time you do all the wonderful stuff in northern WA, then Darwin and the rest of the NT, you could add another 12 months easy to that!

 



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Nicholstones wrote:

 

Hylda&Jon wrote:

Well done!  We're 15 mths into our 2yr lap of Aus & only done from Gladstone clockwise around to Perth & we still have to delay till March before heading further north.
We have a WWOOFING job for a few weeks to save us some money while we wait.

Cheers
Jon



Gosh guys, I think that 2 year time frame is sounding a bit optimistic - by the time you do all the wonderful stuff in northern WA, then Darwin and the rest of the NT, you could add another 12 months easy to that!

 

 




We could have actually added another year or 2 on what we have already done, but,...maybe next trip.



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Goanna wrote:

Hi all, back home after travelling 28,000km  lap of Australia, 10 months duration & free camped all the time with my Troopy & 15ft Van.



    28,000km  good effort, but tell us more, photos' would be nice
      the best place to stay ? places not to stay? places to see ?
    we are only on our first year out there only done 17000km

 



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well done .. Goanna ..

It must feel like a personal accomplishment ..



.. and to Hylda & Jon ..

I'm soon to head off from here to slowly make my way to Perth after spending a lot of time on the Nullabor .. with anticipation to heading up the west coast about the same time as yourselves .. so will watch your movements with interest ..

Jon        (Currently at the Black Kockatoo Bush Camp near Naracoorte .. SA)



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.. and to Hylda & Jon ..

I'm soon to head off from here to slowly make my way to Perth after spending a lot of time on the Nullabor .. with anticipation to heading up the west coast about the same time as yourselves .. so will watch your movements with interest ..

Jon        (Currently at the Black Kockatoo Bush Camp near Naracoorte .. SA)

Would be good to meet up sometime in the future, I believe all us Jonathans are good blokes.

Safe travelling

Jon




 



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He must be still unpacking.

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