2010 Holiday Plan for a Tour of Australia

Firstly; Best to watch in HD and full screen so you can read the map.

Times are tough! Global recession, jobs losses, share market collapse. In times like these, those lucky enough to have jobs are keeping their heads down and consolidating their positions at work. So what are the Queensland branch of the Yowie's doing? ... going on an extended holiday! Yah

We have been talking / joking / dreaming about taking the whole of the 2010 year off for some time and although there is still a lot of planning and preparation work to be done (not to mention access permits to obtain) it looks like it's really going to happen. :)

As stated above, it's early days still but we have come up with a draft plan / itinerary with a roughly worked out route with broad dates .. mostly just setting aside a calendar month to explore a state or region. As you can see we are planning a few loops of Australia to try and be in particular regions in their best weather periods. e.g. Northern areas in the "dry season"

I have posted this video for a few reasons;

1./ to try and make you all feel jealous about our planned travels.

2./ to put the seed of thought in your head to see if anyone would like to meet up somewhere in this large brown land and join us for a part of our adventure.

If anyone is keen on joining us please bare in mind that a large portion of our trip will be off the bitumen and in many cases extremely harsh 4wd territory such as Canning Stock Route, Gunbarrel highway, Anne Beaddell Highway, Gibson Desert, Cape York, Kimberly, Kakadu etc.

For family and friends in Perth you can see the plan is for a short visit at the end of April and a longer stay and exploration of the Perth region at the end of September and early October.

Although we are trying to leave exact dates loose to allow us flexibility and not be rushed by deadlines to reach goals we will attempt to fix dates to have some form of group gathering or family affair ... so stay tuned for future updates.

Finally; Two things have become obvious in the planning of this trip and that is Australia is a bloody huge country and secondly, a year is nowhere near long enough to explore the whole country.

From the Outback Adventurous Yowies :)

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[zuno555]

That trip is insane. Good luck tho. would be awesome. What car are you going to punish on this trip? Cheers.

[MrYowie]

The same troopie running 6.5 V8 diesel, auto, coil spring conversion, and other assorted $1000's of wasted money sunk into it that should have been retired 100.000 km ago lol

[chilbury]

Can i come brother? hahahaha hey how did you do the map thingo?

[MrYowie]

Sure! Actually we will probably require another vehicle to join us in some sections. We have found in the past that for some of the harsher tracks to get a access permit they insist on at least 2 vehicles in case one has problems. As for the map "thingo". It was time consuming, as is all things video making. I'm a draftsman so I know my way around AutoCAD. I made several still shots with and without text and coloured route lines over an image map file. You could do the same in any software.

[joannenclayton]

AWESOME!!!! My wife and I will get the oppurtunity to travel around Australia one day!! First thing first though......buying our home (second marriage)

[MrYowie]

The plan is starting to come together but don't know how we are going to pay for it yet lol

A large portion of the trip will be on tough outback 4x4 tracks :)

[MrBidwin]

When you need to get money off everything you buy then you cannot usuallly afford expensive purchases but I do and my channel shows how you can too.

[ih8umor]

@ih8umor oh i forgot to say coming back to perth through the middle via ayers rock!

[ih8umor]

my wife and i are going on our trip ,perth to townsville via karratha ,gibb river road and darwin end of july .its costing a fortune ,3 months worth of long service and annual leave but the killer is paying the mortgage while we're gone .looking forward to seeing your videos /photos here needless to say stay tuned for videos of ours in a few months,probably under something like kimberly holiday... have a great trip!!!

[EQUIPnTRIP]

That's a fantastic planning video. I look forward to seeing your trip videos. Safe travels.

EQUIPnTRIP