Darwin to Port Lincoln - 20 to 26 October 2009

Mindful that Burke and Wills get no credit for being the first to cross Australia from North to South because they failed to return to their start point, instead ending up dead near the "Dig Tree" in outback Queensland, we decided to retrace our steps south before heading west to Perth.

We drove 3,095 km following the  Stuart Highway from Darwin to Port Augusta, where we stopped to collect mail, and then on to Port Lincoln on the Eyre Peninsula.  We plan to follow the coast of the Eyre Peninsula to Ceduna and then across the Nullabor Plain to Perth.

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A      Darwin                20 October 2009

B      Katherine            20 October 2009

C      Tennant Creek   21 October 2009

D      Alice Springs       22 October 2009

E      Coober Pedy       23 October 2009

F      Port Augusta       24 and 25 October 2009

G     Port Lincoln         26 October 2009

Darwin - 30 September to 18 October 2009

John stayed in Darwin while Trish returned to the USA for about three weeks.  Darwin was entering the "buildup" prior to the start of the wet season and was hot and humid, but has great bike trails so John could ride every day.