Hi all
Hoping to tap the collective brains trust (again) as I am planning something fairly big (for us anyway).
Let me take you through our background, the high level goals, then the mid level plan before asking you all to critique it, improve it or poo poo it if it is unrealistic.
Background: we are a family of 5 so 3 kids aged 6-12. The kids can do good days driving but it then need to be broken up with activities or they go nuts (like all kids) so we can peel off 800kms in a day but need a day or 2 of rest after that. We are all very fit and active so love beaches, bushwalking (youngest did the 12km Rawnsley Bluff hike at the Flinders in July) etc.
I tow a 2.8t caravan behind a well equipped 100 series petrol Landcruiser but we prefer free camping and only hit caravan parks to recharge, restock and clean laundry…
Plan is leave Syd Boxing Day and take 3 days to get to Port Lincoln, meet up with wife and kids and explore area, cross Nullabor in 4 days and spend time in SW WA till we need to head home for school at end of Jan.
I have a mate who owns a factory in Perth where he can store the van securely before my dad drives it to Broome and back into storage till we arrive in July school hol’s for 3 weeks in Kimberly. We then put it back into storage for 3 months till we come back in October and drive down to Canarvon for Ningaloo etc for Spring School holidays.
I am not 100% sure what happens after that - i either drive it home myself or (hopefully) the family has so much fun, i send family home, drive it down to Perth, back into storage and pick it up again after Xmas next year and do SW WA again before bring it home.
This will be a huge bucket lister for me and the wife and the family is pumped. Plane fares have been purchased so this is all systems go.
So, questions for July and October legs will follow far later, but in terms of the coast from Esperance to Perth, what are the must see highlights, what to avoid and any secret spots and tips?
Also – anyone done this with a dog?
Hoping to tap the collective brains trust (again) as I am planning something fairly big (for us anyway).
Let me take you through our background, the high level goals, then the mid level plan before asking you all to critique it, improve it or poo poo it if it is unrealistic.
Background: we are a family of 5 so 3 kids aged 6-12. The kids can do good days driving but it then need to be broken up with activities or they go nuts (like all kids) so we can peel off 800kms in a day but need a day or 2 of rest after that. We are all very fit and active so love beaches, bushwalking (youngest did the 12km Rawnsley Bluff hike at the Flinders in July) etc.
I tow a 2.8t caravan behind a well equipped 100 series petrol Landcruiser but we prefer free camping and only hit caravan parks to recharge, restock and clean laundry…
Plan is leave Syd Boxing Day and take 3 days to get to Port Lincoln, meet up with wife and kids and explore area, cross Nullabor in 4 days and spend time in SW WA till we need to head home for school at end of Jan.
I have a mate who owns a factory in Perth where he can store the van securely before my dad drives it to Broome and back into storage till we arrive in July school hol’s for 3 weeks in Kimberly. We then put it back into storage for 3 months till we come back in October and drive down to Canarvon for Ningaloo etc for Spring School holidays.
I am not 100% sure what happens after that - i either drive it home myself or (hopefully) the family has so much fun, i send family home, drive it down to Perth, back into storage and pick it up again after Xmas next year and do SW WA again before bring it home.
This will be a huge bucket lister for me and the wife and the family is pumped. Plane fares have been purchased so this is all systems go.
So, questions for July and October legs will follow far later, but in terms of the coast from Esperance to Perth, what are the must see highlights, what to avoid and any secret spots and tips?
Also – anyone done this with a dog?
