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Around Australia: Detailed Plan V1

Detailed Plan Version 1

This first version of the detailed plan was devised during February 2010. It is close to the final route. I may not even post any variations, and document the final route split by days. I will travel Around Australia anti-clockwise. The main reason being: I will encounter mostly tail winds, and will go with the good weather.

Around Australia: Detail Version 1

Route Listing

The routes below (in yellow) are reflecting an arbitrary split of my original routes, which were around the 2,000 km mark. My GPSr, a Garmin zumo 550, needs quite some processing time to calculate such large routes, hence the split into smaller chunks. The routes do not relate to time, as in: one route does not need to be completed in a day; and a day may cover sections from 2 routes.
Sorry for the confusion. Since I do not ride on a schedule, any split of routes is just that, arbitrary and random.

Route #	From	To	km
1	Brisbane	Rockhampton	786
2	Rockhampton	Eungella	452
3	Eungella	Innisfail	665
4	Innisfail	Georgetown	606
5	Georgetown	Cloncurry	686
6	Cloncurry	Daily Waters	1,133
8	Daily Waters	Jabiru	578
9	Jabiru	Wangi	594
11	Wangi	Kununurra	897
13	Kununurra	Halls Creek	438
14	Halls Creek	Broome	1,001
15	Broome	Newman	1,069
16	Newman	Exmouth	908
20	Exmouth	Monkey Mia	748
22	Monkey Mia	Cervantes	791
24	Cervantes	Perth	292
26	Perth	Nannup	772
28	Nannup	Denmark	603
29	Denmark	Esperance	717
30	Esperance	Caiguna	682
31	Caiguna	Ceduna	830
35	Ceduna	Port Augusta	807
40	Port Augusta	Nurioopta	826
42	Nurioopta	Around Adelaide	565
44	Around Adelaide	Cape Jervis	327
45	Cape Jervis	Mt Gambier	898
50	Mt Gambier	Cobden	607
52	Cobden	Ararat	620
54	Ararat	Dandenong	650
56	Dandenong	Wollongong	1,148
60	Wollongong	Tuggerawong	344
62	Tuggerawong	Brisbane	916
		Total	22,956

Around Australia Route Sections

The map sections below refer to the routes listed above. Most of the routes are in the same scale. The 3 that are not, can be identified by the smaller font type for the locality names. Clicking on the image will provide the same scale images as the others. The route of interest in each image below is marked in yellow.

Brisbane to Rockhampton

Around Australia V1: Route 1, Brisbane to Rockhamption

Rockhampton to Eungella

Around Australia V1: Route 2, Rockhampton to Eungella

Eungella to Innisfail

Around Australia V1: Route 3, Eungella to Innisfail

Innisfail to Georgetown

Around Australia V1: Route 4, Innisfail to Georgetown

Georgetown to Cloncurry

Around Australia V1: Route 5, Georgetown to Cloncurry

Cloncurry to Daily Waters

Around Australia V1: Route 6, Cloncurry to Daily Waters

Daily Waters to Jabiru

Around Australia V1: Route 8, Daily Waters to Jabiru

Jabiru to Wangi

Around Australia V1: Route 9, Jabiru to Wangi

Wangi to Kununurra

Around Australia V1: Route 11, Wangi to Kununurra

Kununurra to Halls Creek

Around Australia V1: Route 13, Kununurra to Halls Creek

Halls Creek to Broome

Around Australia V1: Route 14, Halls Creek to Broome

Broome to Newman

Around Australia V1: Route 15, Broome to Newman

Newman to Exmouth

Around Australia V1: Route 16, Newman to Exmouth

Exmouth to Monkey Mia

Around Australia V1: Route 20, Exmouth to Monkey Mia

Monkey Mia to Cervantes

Around Australia V1: Route 22, Monkey Mia to Cervantes

Cervantes to Perth

Around Australia V1: Route 24, Cervantes to Perth

Perth to Nannup

Around Australia V1: Route 26, Perth to Nannup

Nannup to Denmark

Around Australia V1: Route 28, Nannup to Denmark

Denmark to Esperance

Around Australia V1: Route 29, Denmark to Esperance

Esperance to Caiguna

Around Australia V1: Route 30, Esperance to Caiguna

Caiguna to Ceduna

Around Australia V1: Route 31, Caiguna to Ceduna

Ceduna to Port Augusta

Around Australia V1: Route 35, Ceduna to Port Augusta

Port Augusta to Nurioopta

Around Australia V1: Route 40, Port Augusta to Nurioopta

Nurioopta to Cape Jervis

Around Australia V1: Route 42, Nurioopta to Cape Jervis

Cape Jervis to Kangaroo Island

Around Australia V1: Route 44, Cape Jervis to Kangaroo Island

Cape Jervis to Mt. Gambier

Around Australia V1: Route 45, Cape Jervis to Mt. Gambier

Mt. Gambier to Cobden

Around Australia V1: Route 50, Mt. Gambier to Cobden

Cobden to Ararat

Around Australia V1: Route 52, Cobden to Ararat

Ararat to Dandenong

Around Australia V1: Route 54, Ararat to Dandenong

Dandenong to Wollongong

Around Australia V1: Route 56, Dandenong to Wollongong

Wollongong to Tuggerawong

Around Australia V1: Route 60, Wollongong to Tuggerawong

Tuggerawong to Brisbane

Around Australia V1: Route 62, Tuggerawong to Brisbane

Little Excursion

I have been asked what the other symbols and routes represent. My Routes are planned in MapSource. MapSource is an application for trip planning. The end results will be routes and waypoints that can be downloaded to most Garmin GPSr devices, which then provide directions to the selected destination. I keep three types of "things" in my MapSource file:

The routes and waypoints for my trip Around Australia

The way points for the IBEM locations. Blue pins denote locations I have visited; blue balls denote locations to be visited.

The routes and waypoints for the Top 200 Motorcycle Routes in Australia. The locations are numbered like: "195 1 Location", with "195" being the number of the Top 200 Road, "1" is the first way point (here the start of that particular road), and "Location" is the name of the locality. (See e.g. the Broome to Newman.)

The benefit of this approach is that when I planned one of the routes, I could see straight away, whether there is an IBEM location of one fo the 200 Top Motorcycle Roads near my planned routes. It made it easy to adjust the route to take in any of these extra waypoints along the way… all I have to do now is ride the routes

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