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Our Travels across Australia so far…

7 nights in Murwillumbah, NSW (pop. 9,812~)

1 night in Crescent Head, NSW (pop. 1,633~)

5 nights in Wangi Wangi, NSW (pop. 2,920~)

1 night in Merriwa, NSW (pop. 1,042~)

15 nights in Orange, NSW (pop. 40,127~)

3 nights in Tea Gardens, NSW (pop. 2,837~)

14 nights in Morisset, NSW (pop. 4,078~)

10 nights in Tea Gardens, NSW (pop. 2,837~)

3 nights in Swansea, NSW (pop. 5,044)

13 nights in Kellyville, NSW (pop. 27,011)

8 nights in East Maitland, NSW (pop. 11,860)

2 nights in Wangi Wangi, NSW (pop. 2,920)

2 nights in Berry, NSW (pop. 2,667~)

3 nights in Grong Grong, NSW (pop. 250~)

2 nights in Nandaly, VIC (pop. 30~)

3 nights in Newstead, VIC (pop. 572~)

2 nights in Berwick, VIC (pop. 50,298~)

4 nights in Breakwater, VIC (pop. 1,014~)

40 nights in Ararat, VIC (pop. 8,500~)

1 night in Apollo Bay, VIC (pop. 1,790~)

2 nights in Breakwater VIC (pop. 1,014~)

1 night in Byaduk VIC (pop. 129~)

1 night in Moyston VIC (pop. 403~)

2 nights in Walpeup VIC (pop. 158~)

2 nights in Nandaly VIC (pop. 30~)

1 night in Leitchville VIC (pop. 558~)

1 night in Burrumbuttock NSW (pop. 366~)

3 nights in Jugiong NSW (pop. 255~)

1 night in Gunning NSW (pop. 659~)

3 nights in Wallerawang NSW (pop. 1,980~) 1st stop

Kilometres/Litres so far…

TOTAL KILOMETRES: 15,000km+
TOTAL LITRES CONSUMED: 1,500 litres+

Cafes – Ranked by Coffee Quality

  1. Bastion Lane – Uki, NSW
  2. Urban Grounds – Toowoomba, QLD
  3. SEDE Cafe – Ararat, VIC
  4. Gallery Cafe – Stawell, VIC
  5. Most have not made good coffee…

Butchers in Small Towns – Ranked

  1. Newstead Meat Supply – Newstead, VIC
  2. The Good Meat Co. – Leitchville, VIC
  3. Brisbane Valley Meats – Esk, QLD
  4. Clugston Butchers – Hopetoun, VIC

Pies/Bakeries in little towns – Ranked

  1. Uki Pies – Uki, NSW – forest rump is a must!
  2. Heatherbrae Pies – Heatherbrae, NSW

Tourist Destinations – Favourites

  1. Great Ocean Road – Coast of VIC
  2. Macquarie Pass – to Berry, NSW
  3. Lava Blisters – Byaduk, VIC

Camp Sites – Free & Paid – The best!

  1. Grong Grong Earth Park – Grong Grong, NSW
    1. Pizza oven, community garden, great play area, rail line, etc.
  2. Berry Showground – Berry, NSW
    1. Best facilities and layout of the showgrounds we’ve used.
  3. Newstead Racecourse – Newstead, VIC

As we start to get time (and into a rhythm) we’ll add more information, photos, etc to sub-pages for each leg of our trip around Oz.

Town links are to Wikipedia articles. Population counts are sourced from the same, which cite from ABS Census data (2016/2021/etc).

Kilometres and Litres (etc) are being tracked through Fuelio, a brilliant app that makes fuel economy/maintenance/etc tracking easy.