I’ve just come back from a road trip recently. I’d never been on a road trip before but I planned it for a long time with my younger brother and sister. What we ended up doing was a little different from our original, and even final, plans but it was successful and satisfying. It was great. I want to go again but this time with my partner. It had been years since the last time I remembered camping and I hadn’t been more south than Kempsey for almost twelve years (that I can honestly recall because let’s face it: my memory is trash).

The road trip went from the 20th of November – 2nd of December. We originally planned to go until the 4th of December so that the drive home would be in small chunks but we ended up driving from Melbourne to Brisbane in two days. I now have an assortment of magnets on my fridge and shirts and other souvenirs.

I’m going to detail each day and show some of the photos I took but for the purposes of safety and privacy, I won’t post anything with my or my siblings’ faces so some of the photos may be limited. Also, none of them are filtered. I don’t like using filters on photos and wanted to show Australia naked.

Quick Itinerary of the Trip

Day 1: 20th November OR The Day we Started and almost got Mugged by a Goanna

• Brisbane
• Ballina
• Coffs Harbour
• Macksville
• Hungry Gate Campground

Day 2: 21st of November OR The Day we got Lost. Twice.

• South West Rocks
• Forster
• Hunter Valley Region
• Bangalow Campground

Day 3: 22nd of November OR The Day we Forgot it was Summer

• Central Coast
• Wadalba
• Perrys Lookdown Campground

Day 4: 23rd of November OR The Day I Didn’t get my Magnet

• Blue Mountains
• Katoomba
• Echo Point
• Jenolan Caves
• Perrys Lookdown Campground

Day 5: 24th of November OR The Day the Markets let me Down

• Darling Harbour
• Sea Life Sydney
• Madame Tussauds
• Wild Life Sydney
• Paddys Markets
• Daleys Clearing Campground

Day 6: 25th of November OR The Day we saw a Big Butt

• Goulburn
• The Big Merino
• Canberra
• Mt Kosciuszko National Park

Day 7: 26th of November OR The Day we Remembered Australian Nature Gives no F**ks

• Mt Kosciuszko
• ??

Day 8: 27th of November OR The Day we Finally Showered

• Albury
• Freemans Campground

Day 9: 28th of November OR The Day we Thought about Stealing Meerkats

• Melbourne Zoo

Day 10: 29th of November OR The Day I was Scared of an Ostrich

• Werribee Open Range Zoo

Day 11: 30th of November OR The Day I Shouldn’t have Worn Shorts

• The Great Ocean Road
• Nash Creek Campground

Day 12: 1st of December OR The Day we Were Over the Road Trip

• Potato Point
• Daleys Clearing Campground

Day 13: 2nd of December OR The Day We Crawled Home

• Ballina
• Home

So that’s the most basic breakdown of the trip. Each day will probably be its own post because a lot (mostly shenanigans) went on. I’ll also be posting some pictures because this is going to double as practice Travel Writing or Memoir-or-something. I also want to give information about the places we went to in order to put more out there for anyone researching whether or not to visit. Like mini-reviews. I think that comes under Travel Writing? Maybe I need to pay attention more in class ╮(︶▽︶)╭  (my GPA is actually amazingly 5.62. Now that might be a lot or might not be a lot but for me who’s… well, me… I’m pretty impressed with myself).

See you in my next post, Broom Broom.