Well, school holidays are upon us and we're about to head off on our road trip to Winton. We're renting a small caravan (Jayco Discovery), which should be a breeze to tow behind the Prado. With the 2 weeks that we have the van, we're not going to rush too much. Currently the trip will go something like this
Day 1: Brisbane to Toowoomba - leaving late Sat & staying with Family
Day 2: Twmba to Charleville - Will check out Cosmos Centre
Day 3: Charleville to Blackall - Relax at the end of the day in an artesian heated pool
Day 4: Blackall to Longreach - 2 Nights, QANTAS, Hall of Fame, Paddlewheeler etc...
Day 6: Longreach - Winton - 3 Nts, Outback Festival, Dinosaur Trail, Baldensburg NP
Day 9: Winton to Barcaldine - Chillaxing
Day 10: Barcaldine to Emerald - 2 Nights, Blackdown Tableland NP, Fairbairn Dam
Day 12: Emerald to Carnarvon Gorge - 2 Nights
Day 14: Carnarvon to Roma - Big Rig
Day 15: Roma to Toowoomba - Family visit
Day 16: Twmba to Brisbane - Back to work.
Estimated Km's 3360.
So it should be a good trip. Mr Swan wasn't as generous as I had hoped (bloody FBT), so I wont be getting my Mickey Thompson STZ's before we head off. The tyres on the Prado only have about 7000k's but they're Nankang somethings (were on the Prado when we bought it) and I want to see them gone sooner or later. Hopefully they'll stand up as it's a road trip with little off roading and a 17ft'r caravan in tow. Unfortunately we'll miss out on the GTG, but depending on how things go and how financial we are, we may head up to Noosa for the Finale?
If anyone's got any suggestions of must sees or do's, or things to avoid for this trip, let us know.....
Day 1: Brisbane to Toowoomba - leaving late Sat & staying with Family
Day 2: Twmba to Charleville - Will check out Cosmos Centre
Day 3: Charleville to Blackall - Relax at the end of the day in an artesian heated pool
Day 4: Blackall to Longreach - 2 Nights, QANTAS, Hall of Fame, Paddlewheeler etc...
Day 6: Longreach - Winton - 3 Nts, Outback Festival, Dinosaur Trail, Baldensburg NP
Day 9: Winton to Barcaldine - Chillaxing
Day 10: Barcaldine to Emerald - 2 Nights, Blackdown Tableland NP, Fairbairn Dam
Day 12: Emerald to Carnarvon Gorge - 2 Nights
Day 14: Carnarvon to Roma - Big Rig
Day 15: Roma to Toowoomba - Family visit
Day 16: Twmba to Brisbane - Back to work.
Estimated Km's 3360.
So it should be a good trip. Mr Swan wasn't as generous as I had hoped (bloody FBT), so I wont be getting my Mickey Thompson STZ's before we head off. The tyres on the Prado only have about 7000k's but they're Nankang somethings (were on the Prado when we bought it) and I want to see them gone sooner or later. Hopefully they'll stand up as it's a road trip with little off roading and a 17ft'r caravan in tow. Unfortunately we'll miss out on the GTG, but depending on how things go and how financial we are, we may head up to Noosa for the Finale?
If anyone's got any suggestions of must sees or do's, or things to avoid for this trip, let us know.....
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