Australia Route Map
Follow our journey around Australia on this page with a map of the route we’ve travelled. Each location is numbered, see the table below for links to the blog post for each location. You can also follow progress on Outbackjoe’s Facebook Page.
We have two other route map pages that cover our international travels.
Distance Stats
Odometer at Start of First Trip: 75,800km
Odometer Reading at End of First Trip: 130,925km
Total distance traveled on First Trip: 55,125km
Odometer at Start of Second Trip: 153,000km
Current Odometer Reading: 205,322km
Total distance traveled on Second Trip: 52,322km
Legend
 Location of a particular blog post. See list below for links |
 Black Line: Original camping trip of ridiculous proportions Feb 2012 to March 2014 |
 Red Line: The hiatus in Perth March 2014 to May 2017 |
 Green Line: Phase two camping trip of ridiculous proportions May 2017 to March 2019 |
 Notable Catch |
Route Map
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| 1A: Farewell Fonzie, Goodbye Perth |
57: Wagait Beach |
| 1B: Return to Perth after a Year around Oz |
58: Adelaide River |
| 1C: Buggered Suspension Bushes |
59A: West Alligator Head, Kakadu |
| 1D: New Front Bushes |
59B: 4 Mile Hole, Kakadu |
| 1E: Vehicle Prep for Big Trip |
60: Jim Jim Falls and Twin Falls, Kakadu |
| 2A: Shelley Beach, West Cape Howe National Park |
61: Daly River, Northern Territory |
| 2B: Notable Catch: First Catch On Tour! |
62: Edith Falls, Northern Territory |
| 2C: First Thermomix Banana Smoothie |
63: Savannah Way – Mataranka to Roper Bar |
| 3: Albany |
64: Savannah Way – Nathan River Road |
| 4: Climbing Bluff Knoll, Stirling Range National Park |
65: Towns River to Lost City, Limmen River National Park |
| 5: Climbing Mt. Hassell, Stirling Range National Park |
66: Notable Catch: Borroloola – Barra Time |
| 6: Porongurup Wine Festival |
67: Tablelands Highway, Nortern Territory |
| 7: Moingup Spring, Stirling Range National Park |
68: Mount Isa, Cloncurry and Walkabout Creek |
| 8: Boat Harbour Camping Area, Wellstead, near Bremer Bay |
69: Winton, Queensland |
| 9A: Bremer Bay |
70: Longreach, Queensland |
| 9B: Wallabies at Bremer Bay Caravan Park |
71: Muckadilla Hotel, Queensland |
| 9C: Fisheries Beach, Bremer Bay |
72A: Brisbane and New Years on Sunshine Coast |
| 9D: John Cove Beach, Bremer Bay |
72B: XXXX Beer Factory and Goma |
| 9E: Dillon Bay Beach, Bremer Bay |
72C: Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary |
| 10: Tooregullup Beach, Fitzgerald River National Park |
72D: Getting Ready Again in Brisbane |
| 11: Quaalup Homestead, Fitzgerald River National Park |
73: Cooloola Beach, Great Sandy National Park |
| 12A: Hopetoun |
74A: Notable Catch: Fraser Island Great Dart Haul |
| 12B: Cuttlefish Caught at Hopetoun Jetty |
74B: Champagne Pools, Fraser Island |
| 13: Munglinup Beach |
74C: Dingoes on Fraser Island |
| 14A: Skippy Rock and the Damien Debarkle |
74D: Lake Mckenzie, Fraser Island |
| 14B: Rat update after Skippy Rock |
74E: Lake Wabby, Fraser Island |
| 15A: Esperance |
74F: Maheno Wreck, Fraser Island |
| 15B: Leaving Esperance for Easter |
74G: The Great Bogging, Fraser Island |
| 16: Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grande National Park |
75: Gimpie, Queensland |
| 17: Condingup Tavern and Alexander Bay |
76: Sunshine Coast Hinterland |
| 18A: Seal Creek and Poison Creek, Cape Arid National Park |
77: Holiday Break: Work in Port Hedland |
| 18B: Notable Catch: Salmon at Poison Creek |
78: Airlie Beach, Queensland |
| 19: Point Malcom and Israelite Bay, Cape Arid National Park |
79: Townsville, Queensland |
| 20A: Mt Ragged, Cape Arid National Park |
80: Bowen, Wooroonooran National Park and Mt Bartle Frere |
| 20B: Climbing Mt Ragged |
81A: Cairns, Queensland |
| 21: Balladonia Road |
81B: Great Barrier Reef Diving from Cairns |
| 22: Balladonia |
81C: Port Douglas Fishing Charter |
| 23: Stops along the Nullarbor |
82: Daintree and CREB Track |
| 24: Crossing the Nullarbor into South Australia |
83: Cooktown, Queensland |
| 25: Notable Catch: Davenport Creek Beach Mulloway |
84: Cape Melville National Park |
| 26: Notable Catch: Denial Bay Squid Haul |
85: Musgrave, Cohen and Archer River |
| 27: Murat Bay, Ceduna |
86: Chili Beach, Iron Range National Park |
| 28: Leaving the South Coast |
87: Frenchmans Track Cape York Peninsular |
| 28: Googs Track |
88: Captain Billy’s Landing, Heathlands Reserve, Cape York |
| 29: Mt. Finke |
89: Fruit Bat, Eliot and Twin Falls, Cape York Peninsular |
| 30: Railway Ghost Towns and Glendambo |
90A: Jardine River and Umagico, Cape York Peninsular |
| 31A: Coober Pedy |
90B: Mutee Head, Cape York Peninsular |
| 31B: Crocodile Harry’s Nest, Coober Pedy |
90C: Seisia and Bamaga, Cape York, Queensland |
| 31C: Underground Bed and Breakfast, Cooper Pedy |
90D: Punsand Bay, Cape York Peninsular |
| 32: Uluru, Kata Tjuta National Park |
90E: The Tip of Cape York, Queensland |
| 32B: Climbing Uluru |
90F: Somerset, Cape York Peninsular |
| 33: Ellery Creek Big Hole, West MacDonnel National Park |
90G: Thursday Island, Torres Straight |
| 34: Barrow Creek |
91: Heading Back South: Jackey Jackey, Old Telegraph Track, Weipa |
| 35: Devils Marbles |
92: Karumba, Gulf of Carpenteria |
| 36: Whistleduck Creek, Davenport Range National Park |
93: Normanton, Queensland |
| 37: Wycliffe Well |
94: Balgal Beach and Rollingstone, Queensland |
| 38: Daly Waters |
95: Charters Towers, Queensland |
| 39A: Mataranka and Elsey National Park |
96: Banana, Queensland |
| 39B: Return to Mataranka |
97: Claude Wharton Weir, Gayndah, Queensland |
| 39C: Mataranka Bat Photos |
98A: Noosa Heads, Queensland |
| 39D: Mataranka Revisited |
98B: Notable Catch: Brisbane and Bribie Island Flathead |
| 40A: Darwin with Mum |
99: We’re Back! Crows Nest National Park |
| 40B: Bush Passionfruit on side of road |
100: Back to Work! |
| 40C: Weekend in Darwin |
101A: Wilbinga Camp Labour Day |
| 40D: Quick Trip to Darwin |
101B: Wilbinga Beach Camp |
| 41A: Katherine, Northern Territory |
101C: Peak Beard at Wilbinga Camp |
| 41B: Katherine Walk Around |
102: Notable Catch: Myalup |
| 41C: Using the Thermomix in Katherine |
103A: Yeagarup, Lost Camera and Work |
| 41D: Fireworks Catalog for Territory Day |
103B: Yeagarup Beach Revisited |
| 41E: How to Fix a Soft Plastic Lure |
104: Four wheeling – Mundaring Power Line Track |
| 41F: Removing Roof Racks |
105: Ledge Point Camping |
| 41G: Installing new Roof Racks |
106: New Years Geraldton and Horrocks |
| 41H: Dinner in Katherine |
107: Leschenault Penisular Beach Camp |
| 41I: Katherine Museum |
108A: Notable Catch: Easter Camp Deepdene Beach |
| 41J: Springvale Homestead |
108B: Notable Catch: Anzac Day Camping |
| 41K: Katherine Gorge, Nitmiluk National Park |
108C: Notable Catch: Free Food Salmon Camp |
| 41L: Dead Bat Electrocuted on Power Lines |
108D: Salmon Fishing Camp |
| 41M: Katherine: Bloom Town |
108E: Notable Catch: Salmon Fishing Camps |
| 41N: Joe’s 31st in Katherine |
109: Wrights Bridge Camp |
| 41O: Katherine Mangos |
110A: Notable Catch: Warren River First Trout! |
| 41P: Snake in Backyard |
110B: More Warren River Trout |
| 41Q: Praying Mantis Eating Moth |
111: Lane Poole – First Redfin |
| 41R: The Dream is Over – Life Beyond Katherine |
112: Back on the Road Great Central Road |
| 42A: Flora River Nature Park |
113: Uluru and Kata Tjuta |
| 42B: Making a Spoon at Flora River |
114: Kings Canyon, Palm Valley and Hermansburg |
| 43: Katherine Hot Springs |
115: West MacDonnell Ranges to Alice Springs |
| 44: Oolloo Crosing |
116: Tanami Track |
| 45A: Douglas Hot Springs |
117: Halls Creek and Bungle Bungles |
| 45B: Robin Falls |
118A: Kununurra and Wyndham |
| 45C: Grove Hill Heritage Hotel |
118B: Notable Catch: Big Ord River Barra |
| 45D: Pine Creek |
119: Lake Argyle |
| 45F: Return to Grove Hill for the Party |
120: Cape Domett |
| 46A: Litchfield National Park |
121: El Questro |
| 46B: Return to Litchfield |
122: Gibb River Road |
| 46C: Litchfield, Tjaynera Falls and the Reynolds 4WD Track |
123: Mitchell Falls to Port Warrender |
| 47A: Darwin Territory Day Fireworks |
124: King Edward River and Kalumburu |
| 47B: Night out in Darwin |
125: Gibb River Gorges |
| 48: Buffalo Creek, Darwin |
126: Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek |
| 49A: Window on the Wetlands |
127: Derby |
| 49B Notable Catch: Barramundi at Shady Camp |
128: Telegraph Pool |
| 49C: Shady Camp, Mary River National Park |
129: Broome |
| 49D: Return to Shady Camp |
130: Cape Leveque West Coast |
| 49E: Point Stuart Wilderness Lodge |
131: Cape Leveque |
| 49F: Jumping Crocodiles on Adelaide River |
132: 80 Mile Beach |
| 50: Merl Camping Area, Kakadu National Park |
133: Port Hedland, Roebourne, Wickham |
| 51: Gunlom Falls, Kakadu National Park |
134: Karratha to Carnarvon |
| 52A: Dundee Beach |
135: Devonport |
| 52B: BFC V2 Commences |
136: Highlands to Hobart |
| 52C: BFC V2 Executive Summary |
137: Notable Catch: Tahune Airwalk |
| 52C: Boat Creek, Dundee Beach |
138: Tassie South, East and North |
| 52D: Notable Catch: Finnis River Mouth Catfish Bonanza |
139: Twilight Cove and Eyre |
| 53: Berry Springs |
140: Nullarbor bearing failure |
| 54A: Timber Creek and Gregory National Park |
141: Nundroo |
| 55B: Joe Creek, Gregory National Park |
142: Melbourne and Great Ocean Road |
| 55: Bullita Stock Route, Gregory National Park |
143: Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas |
| 56: Kununurra |
144: From the Nullarbor back Home |
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Location of a particular blog post. See list below for links
Black Line: Original camping trip of ridiculous proportions Feb 2012 to March 2014
Red Line: The hiatus in Perth March 2014 to May 2017
Green Line: Phase two camping trip of ridiculous proportions May 2017 to March 2019
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