15 May 2008

August 2008 Expedition Planning

Posted by Mick under: 4WD; Expeditions .

OK…it looks like i’ve got some time available in August to fit in a two week expedition :)

The options i’m currently looking at:

Across mainland Australia from East to West
After driving from Melbourne into northern NSW, this one would start at Australia’s most eastern-point which is “Cape Byron” in New South Wales (28°37′58″S, 153°38′20″E - map) and would go through the middle of our great country to the most western-point at “Steep Point” in Western Australia (26°09′05″S 113°09′18″E - map). The return trip would be down to Perth, across the Nullabor and back to Melbourne.

In a straight line its nearly 4,000km or 2,479 miles one way.

Across mainland Australia from South to North
Starting at the Australia’s most southern-point at “South Point” in Victoria (39°08′20″S, 146°22′26″E - map)..or as close as i can get to it and then heading to out most northern-point at “Cape York” in Queensland (10°41′0″S, 142°32′0″E - map).

In a straight line its nearly 3,200km or 1,981 miles one way.

Here are some interesting links on Australian Extremities - Geoscience Australia and “Extreme points of Australia” at wikipedia.

The Burke & Wills Expedition Route
Starting at the monument at “Royal Park” (map) in Melbourne and following the track to “Karumba” (map) which is just a little north of where they actually finished and on the southern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria itself.

In a straight line its nearly 2,300km or 1,427 miles one way.

Hmmm…all of them have sections that will require a permit of one type or another so its off to do a few more weeks of research before a decision is made :)

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