Our Cape York Adventure was now in the deep and distant past and reflecting on our trip I thought it would be interesting to share some of our trip facts and figures. They may shock you, they may surprise you, they may be exactly what you’d been thinking or what you yourself spent on this or a similar trip. Hopefully, whatever the case, this might help you to plan your own amazing adventure.
Just a reminder: we are a family of four including two kids under six in a petrol Toyota Hilux and a camper trailer. We travelled for five weeks together, plus one extra week during which I drove from Brisbane to Cairns where Joey and the kids flew into. Of that time we were stuck for a week in a campsite waiting for the car to be fixed.
| Interesting Numbers | |
| Weeks away | 6 |
| Campsites, 13 free and 11 paid-for | 24 |
| Times we set up camp! | 25 |
| Kilometers Travelled | 6500+ |
| Fuel Stops | 27 |
| Photos taken | 4000+ |
| Costs | |
| Petrol | $1900 |
| Food & drink inc all prep food | $1450 |
| Camping ($340 to be refunded by insurance) | $785 |
| Spending money (mostly ice-creams and souvenirs) | $800 |
| Insurance excess for breakdown and recovery | $600 |
| Total | $5535 |
Stuff we broke
Front wheel assembly
Soy sauce (should have bought a plastic bottle)
Solar Anderson plug
Licence plate mount
Trailer electrics plug
Bent trailer checker plate
| Roadhouse petrol prices June/2016 | |
| Bamaga | $1.87 |
| Bramwell | $2.05 |
| Archer | $2.20 |
| Musgave | $1.66 |
Animals spotted in the wild
Crocodile
Shark
Dingoes
Wild horses
Green Frogs
Carpet python
Lizards
Cockatoos
Galahs
Jabiru
Palm Cockatoos
Most useless item
Mine and the kids snorkelling gear – I really had not considered the crocs!
Got some interesting facts and figures of your own to share? Tell us about it in the comments!
