Here you can follow our travels in detail. If someone plans a similar tour he may be interested in the following tables with lists of our driven kilometers.
The according pictures can be found in the gallery.
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Route: Cairns-Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne-Adleaide-Alice Springs-Darwin
| Date | Stations | Distance driven |
| 14/12/1997 | takeoff in Dresden, Change in Frankfurt, connecting flight to Singapore | - |
| 15/12/1997 | arrival in Singapore, Changi Airport, two sightseeing tours, connecting flight to Cairns | - |
| 16/12/1997 | arrival in Cairns, take over of the hired car, Port Douglas, with the car to Kuranda, back to Cairns | 190 km |
| 17/12/1997 | car to Freshwater, Scenic Railway to Kuranda, Skyrail back, walk to Freshwater, back to Cairns | 50 km |
| 18/12/1997 | left Cairns, Babinda, Boulder Falls, Josephine Falls, Ingham, Townsville | 380 km |
| 19/12/1997 | Townsville: Great Barrier Reef Wonderland, Castle Rock, Fishermans Wharf | 20 km |
| 20/12/1997 | ferry to Magnetic Island, The Forts, Alma Bay, Horsshoe Bay, Radical Bay, Picnic Bay, back to Townsville | 20 km |
| 21/12/1997 | left Townsville, Airlie Beach, Proserpine, Shute Harbour, back to Airlie Beach | 320 km |
| 22/12/1997 | snorkeling tour to the Great Barrier Reef: Bait Reef, Whitsunday Islands | - |
| 23/12/1997 | left Airlie Beach, Proserpine, Mackay, Olsons Capricorn Caves, Yepoon | 520 km |
| 24/12/1997 | Yepoon, Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Maryborough, Gimpy, Sunshine Coast, Glasshouse Mountains, Brisbane | 740 km |
| 25/12/1997 | Brisbane: Queen-Street, sightseeing, Cleveland, Southbank Parklands | 10 km |
| 26/12/1997 | left Brisbane, Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise, Byron Bay, Ballina, Casino, Glen Innes | 580 km |
| 27/12/1997 | Glen Innes, Armidale, Tamworth, Nundle, Dead Horse Gold Mine, Burning Mountain, Muswillbroke, Nelson Bay | 580 km |
| 28/12/1997 | Dolphin Watching Cruise, left Nelson Bay, Mungo Beach, Newcastle, Cessnock, Hunter Valley | 280 km |
| 29/12/1997 | Wine Tasting in the Hunter Valley | 40 km |
| 30/12/1997 | Hunter Valley Lookout, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, Sydney | 370 km |
| 31/12/1997 | Sydney: Circular Quay, Opera House, Botanic Gardens, Mrs. MacQuire´s Point, The Rocks, Harbour Bridge, Darling Harbour, watched the fireworks at the opera in the evening | - |
| 01/01/1998 | ferry to Manly, Oceanworld, back to Circular Quay, with the car to Kiama, Bundanoon, Glow Worm Glen, back to Sydney | 340 km |
| 02/01/1998 | Sydney: St. Martins Place, AMP Tower, Queen Victoria Building, Hyde Park, St. Marys Cathedral, Bondi Beach, Hard Rock Café, Kings Cross | - |
| 03/01/1998 | left Sydney, Goulburn, Canberra, Batemans Bay | 470 km |
| 04/01/1998 | Batemans Bay, Eden, Lakes Entrance, Philip Island: Cowes, penguin parade | 800 km |
| 05/01/1998 | The Nobbies, left Phillip Island, Melbourne: Tourist Info, Botanic Gardens, Captain Cooks Cottage, Historic Tram, Town Hall, St. Pauls Cathedral, Hard Rock Café | 180 km |
| 06/01/1998 | Old Melbourne Gaol, Rialto Towers, St. Kilda, Fitzroy Gardens | 40 km |
| 07/01/1998 | left Melbourne, Ballarat, Souvereign Hill, Otway N.P., Levers Hill, Melba Gully | 370 km |
| 08/01/1998 | Great Ocean Road: Moonlight Head, Twelve Apostels, Loch Ard, Sentinel Rock, The Arch, London Bridge, continued to Warnambool, animal watching in Tower Hill State Game | 190 km |
| 09/01/1998 | Warnambool, Port Fairy, Portland, Mount Gambier, Adelaide | 650 km |
| 10/01/1998 | Adelaide: sightseeing, Rundle Mall, Botanic Gardens, Glenelg | 30 km |
| 11/01/1998 | Fleurieu Peninsula, McLaren Vale, Cape Jervis, ferry to Kangaroo Island, Kingscote | 200 km |
| 12/01/1998 | Flinders Chase N.P., Admirals Arch, Remarkable Rocks, Seal Bay, Penneshaw, ferry to Cape Jervis, Glenelg | 390 km |
| 13/01/1998 | Port Adelaide, Mount Lofty Summit Lookout, shopping in Adelaide, visit in Reynella, back to Glenelg in the evening | 90 km |
| 14/01/1998 | wine tasting in the Barossa Valley, back to Glenelg in the evening | 150 km |
| 15/01/1998 | dropped the hired car, flight to Alice Springs, took over th Bushcamper, Finke Gorge Palm Valley | 170 km |
| 16/01/1998 | Mereenie Loop, Kings Canyon | 230 km |
| 17/01/1998 | Kings Canyon, Curtain Springs Roadhouse, Yulara, Ayers Rock | 350 km |
| 18/01/1998 | Ayers Rock, Olgas, Yulara, Henbury Meteorite Crater, Alice Springs | 590 km |
| 19/01/1998 | Eastern MacDonell Ranges: Arltunga, Ruby Gap, Emily Gap, back to Alice Springs | 280 km |
| 20/01/1998 | returned the Bushcamper, flight to Darwin, took over a 4WD, sightseeing | 20 km |
| 21/01/1998 | left Darwin, Arnhem Highway, Bark Hut Inn, Wildman Reserve, Kakadu N.P., Jabiru | 350 km |
| 22/01/1998 | scenic flight, Burdulba, Nourlangie Rock, Cooinda | 120 km |
| 23/01/1998 | Yellow Water Cruise, left the Kakadu N.P., Pine Creek, Adelaide River, Batchelor, Litchfield N.P., Darwin | 540 km |
| 24/01/1998 | Krokodile Farm, Aquascene, packed the baggage in the evening | 50 km |
| 25/01/1998 | returned the 4WD, takeoff in Darwin, stop in Singapore, connecting flight to Frankfurt | - |
| 26/01/1998 | arrival in Frankfurt, connecting flight to Dresden | - |
For more information see our detailed travelogue. You will find an online html-file as well as a printable pdf-document if you prefer reading offline:
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Route: Perth-Monkey Mia-Coral Bay-Tom Price-Broome-Derby-Kunnunurra-Katherine-Darwin
| Date | Stations | Distance driven |
| 25/05/2000 | train from Leipzig to Frankfurt, takeoff to Melbourne via Bangkok | - |
| 26/05/2000 | arrival in Bangkok, short stop, connecting flight to Melbourne | - |
| 27/05/2000 | arrival in Melbourne, short stop, connecting flight to Perth, took over Bushcamper, sightseeing in Perth, Northbridge | 20 km |
| 28/05/2000 | Fremantle, Kings Park, Scarborough | 60 km |
| 29/05/2000 | CALM-Office, left Perth, Swan Valley, Nambung N.P., Carvantes | 350 km |
| 30/05/2000 | Carvantes, Jurien, Port Denison, Geraldton, Kalbarri N.P.: Hawks Head, Murchinson River | 410 km |
| 31/05/2000 | Coastal Gorges, Rainbow Jungle, The Loop, Z-Bend, left the Kalbarri N.P., Overlander Roadhouse, Monkey Mia | 500 km |
| 01/06/2000 | Dolphins of Monkey Mia, Shell Beach, Carnavon, Blowholes, Coral Bay | 760 km |
| 02/06/2000 | snorkeling and Manta-Ray-watching at the Ningaloo Reef | - |
| 03/06/2000 | left Coral Bay, Nanutarra Roadhouse, Karijini N.P.: Hamersley Gorge, Tom Price, Mt. Nameless | 690 km |
| 04/06/2000 | Karijini N.P.: Oxers Lookout, Weano Gorge, Geoffrey Gorge, Knox Gorge Lookout, Kalamina Falls, Fortescue Camping Area | 120 km |
| 05/06/2000 | Circular Pool, Dales Gorge, Fortescue Falls, Fern Pool, Callitis Track, Gorge Rim Walk,left the Karijini N.P., Munjina Gorge Lookout, Auski Roadhouse, Port Hedland | 340 km |
| 06/06/2000 | Port Hedland, Eighty Mile Beach, Sandfire Roadhouse, Broome | 630 km |
| 07/06/2000 | Broome: Cable Beach, Guntheaume Point, Chinatown, Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park | 30 km |
| 08/06/2000 | left Broome, Derby: Prison Tree, Main Roads Office, Jetty; Gibb River Road, Tunnel Creek, Windjana Gorge | 410 km |
| 09/06/2000 | Gibb River Road: Lennard Gorge, Adcock Gorge, Galvans Gorge, Mt. Barnett Roadhouse, Lower Manning Gorge | 240 km |
| 10/06/2000 | Gibb River Road: Upper Manning Gorge, Barnett River Gorge, Durack River, Jacks Waterhole | 260 km |
| 11/06/2000 | Gibb River Road: King River, Pentecoast River, Emma Gorge; Wyndham: Five Rivers Lookout, sightseeing, Dreamtime Park; The Grotto, Kununurra | 280 km |
| 12/06/2000 | scenic flight across Lake Argyle, Bungle Bungles and Argyle Diamond Mine; Kellys Knob, Hidden Valley, Ivanhoe Crossing, Top Rockz Gallery, left Kununurra, Keep River N.P., Gregory N.P., Timber Creek | 280 km |
| 13/06/2000 | Gregory N.P.: Old Victoria River Crossing, Kuwang Lookout, Escarpment Walk; Victoria River Roadhouse, Katherine, Cutta Cutta Caves, Nitmiluk N.P. | 370 km |
| 14/06/2000 | Katherine Gorge | - |
| 15/06/2000 | left Katherine, Edith Falls, Pine Creek, Hayes Creek, Douglas Hot Springs, Adelaide River, Darwin | 440 km |
| 16/06/2000 | dropped Bushcamper, sightseeing in Darwin, takeoff to Sydney | 40 km |
| 17/06/2000 | Sydney: The Rocks, Darling Harbour, Sydney Opera, Botanic Gardens, Circular Quay, takeoff to Singapore, short stop, connecting flight to Frankfurt | - |
| 18/06/2000 | arrival in Frankfurt, train to Leipzig | - |
There is a detailed travelogue from this tour, too. An online html-file on the one hand, a printable pdf-version for reading offline on the other hand:
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