Around OZ by Road

Ouch!! It’s been too long but what can I say?? Since I retired I have come to wonder where I ever found time to actually go to work!! Suffice it to say we’ve been busy!!

Finally though, a few weeks, or was it months ago we made the commitment to take off with the caravan for a short trip around Queensland for a few weeks. So, I drew a circle around home with a radius on 750km. A very small area when compared to the whole of Australia. Anyway, plan a route to take in a bit of the outback, some northerly areas and a gentle drive south along the coast towards home. Not a big deal, looks like quite a short trip when you look at Google maps!! Well, 2700-3000km later……

Image of route:

Image of route in whole of Australia:

So, we’re off in a week with the dog on a 5 week trip. No leg is longer than 350km making it for a relaxing travel with plenty of time to see everything along the way.

ChatGPT has been most useful in assessing travel time and distances, places to stop, thing to do and see and how long to stay in any one place as well as preparing a list of fuel stops based on the average fuel consumption of my car skipping the  more expensive fuel stops. Also providing a rough estimate of fuel costs, accommodation costs as well as cost of attractions etc.