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Sydney, Australia
Manly Ferry. Walked around Manly and went to the Manly Art Gallery & Museum (this is free and really incredible)
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Cairns, Australia
Fly in and pick up the Van, stock up and hit the road.
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Cape Tribulation, Australia
Head straight from picking up van, should get here early evening.
One full day exploring, maybe a tour, half day on the 9th do do any other trails or walks we fancy.
Daintree rainforest, hikes, tropical walks etc.
Daintree Rainforest and Mossman Gorge using Discovery Tours Australia - Steve
palm cove, Fitzroy island or Green island, or both, the Kuranda sky rail, Atherton tablelands
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Port Douglas, Australia
Stop over on the way down.
Seaside town for lunch, where Catherine spent a summer on the beach!
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Mission Beach, Australia
Arrive here early evening.
Skydiving opportunity.
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Townsville City, Australia
Castle hill hike/walk, town on the beach - day trip to magnetic island, reef snorkeling trips.
Could stay a night to get to see Magnetic Island
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Airlie Beach, Australia
No van on the islands so will need to either park up and travel over to stay or use Airlie as a base for day trips to Whitsundays.
Park in Harbour Car Park
https://www.ozsail.com.au/ - $650 pp
Did someone say multi day sailing trip around the Whitsundays?
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Whitsunday Island, Australia
Will be over and back while we're in Airlie.
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Airlie Beach, Australia
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Cape Hillsborough, Australia
Could be worth a stop, looks beaut.
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Mackay, Australia
Stopover for lunch.
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Seventeen Seventy, Australia
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Agnes Water, Australia
Red Rock Trail for views and nature.
1770 Larc! Tours for something touristy, looks like fun.
Spend the night here to break the journey.
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Bundaberg, Australia
Worth a stop for a picture of the sign!
Lunch stop.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bundaberg-botanic-gardens
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Hervey Bay, Australia
Get in in the evening stop for the night and head over to K'gari early.
4x4 day trip...dont stay
https://boatclub.com.au/ waiting to hear back from them about a booking
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K'gari, Australia
A day on the island.
Need to figure out where to camp and book.
https://www.dingoskgari.com/2-day-kgari-fraser-island-tag-along-adventure
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Hervey Bay, Australia
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Tin Can Bay, Australia
Another beautiful seaside town, worth a stop but also probably quite like where we've been.
Lunch here and restock before heading to Inskip
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Inskip Point Road, Australia
Another beach camp spot, out on a spit, looks unreal!
Need to book.
Rainbow Beach Beach Entry / Exit - Parking
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Noosa Shire, Australia
Stop here along the road.
Fairy Pools could be a nice spot to stop at.
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Coochin Creek, Australia
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Gold Coast, Australia
Stop for a look?
Stop for lunch?
Some winerys outside the city.
Rainforest sky walk to break the journey?
Warner Bro's Theme Park?
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Byron Bay, Australia
Awww yyyyeeeeaaahhh cant!
For a night!
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Coffs Harbour, Australia
Supposed to be a nice stop!
There's something called Forest Sky Pier that looks cool.
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Port Macquarie, Australia
Alot of people on reddit raved about here. Just supposed to be a lovely town.
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Waitui Falls, Australia
A very cool swimming spot to cool ourselves down in.
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Hunter Valley Gardens, Australia
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Katoomba, Australia
3 sisters hike
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Blue Mountains, Australia
Again, camp a night and get some hikes in.
"Grand Canyon loop. Much less people, and really beautiful hike"
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Sydney, Australia
Back to base for a very happy Christmas to us!
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Melbourne, Australia
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Rotorua, New Zealand
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Tongariro National Park, New Zealand
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Wellington, New Zealand
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Picton, New Zealand
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Cable Bay, New Zealand
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Nelson, New Zealand
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Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand
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Collingwood, New Zealand
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Matau / Cape Farewell, New Zealand
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Cliff Road, New Zealand
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Inangahua Junction, New Zealand
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Maruia Hot Springs Thermal Resort, New Zealand
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Rangiora, New Zealand
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Arthur's Pass National Park, New Zealand
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Kumara, New Zealand
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Hokitika, New Zealand
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Franz Josef, New Zealand
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Haast, New Zealand
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Wānaka, New Zealand
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Roys Peak, New Zealand
Hike from Wanaka
https://myqueenstowndiary.com/roys-peak-track/
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Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
Views of Mt. Cook
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Wānaka, New Zealand
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Te Anau, New Zealand
https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/fiordland/places/fiordland-national-park/things-to-do/tracks/kepler-track/
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Milford Sound, New Zealand
https://eglintonvalleycamp.nz/
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Te Anau, New Zealand
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Queenstown, New Zealand
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Glenorchy, New Zealand
https://www.viator.com/Queenstown/d407-ttd/p-5627WILDERNESS?pid=P00050706&mcid=42383&medium=link&campaign=best-south-island-places
https://www.queenstownnz.co.nz/things-to-do/outdoor-activities/walking-and-hiking/track-transport/
https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/fiordland/places/fiordland-national-park/things-to-do/tracks/routeburn-track/#:~:text=Most%20walkers%20take%203%20days,finishes%20near%20the%20Routeburn%20Shelter.
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Routeburn Track, New Zealand
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Queenstown, New Zealand
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Wellington, New Zealand
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Vancouver, Canada