Our early plans were based around remote bucket list items - such as Tibooburra and Innamincka - plus six weeks then on the mid and far-northern Queensland east coast.
A subsequent war in Iran threw chaos into diesel cost and availability. Doubt was the key word for some time.
Optimism crept back across April and into May and the decision was made to "go for it". So we did. Even though diesel prices had come down we decided not to take the risk with availability in the Outback - so 1700 km was culled from the trip.
As at 4 pm on Wednesday 28th May the caravan was 95% packed, the car was 100% packed and we were ready to go.
Day 1 was to be a short leg as we needed to ensure that all 'home tasks' were 'done and dusted'.
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