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Gary and Kerry


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We arrived home yesterday afternoon after an absolutely fantastic trip awy. Now the planning starts for the next one.

Trip summary below, might help others planning a trip


SUMMARY OF TRIP DATA
Travel & Fuel statistics for the trip so far Summary of Costs for the Trip
Total Days Away
167 Accommodation 875.60
Distance Travelled klms 21299 Fuel for car 3416.75
Total Fuel used Ltrs 1572.01 Groceries 1904.09
Avg Fuel Consumption Ltrs/100k 12.71 Incidentals (Tolls etc) 2654.24
Dearest Fuel /Ltr $1.72 ALcohol 665.60
Cheapest Fuel /Ltr $1.01 Meals out 678.90
Average Fuel Price /Ltr $1.26 Tourist Items (Admission fees etc) 1377.35
Vehicle Maintenance 426.93
Average Daily expenditure $71.85 TOTAL $11,999.46



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very well done indeed, I am extremely happy you had a safe and relaxing journey, now GET BACK TO WORK we need the money so we can go away

those expenses ties in roughly with what we figure our daily ammounts are, anywhere between $50 and $100 is pretty well on the money

I've been watching your blog, looks like you had a great time

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Great stats fellas,
Now whens the next one ??

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Excellant, and does not seem that you went without anything.
If i am reading the figures correctly, you free camped about 75% 0f the time ? and if you are still on the cigs. the daily average would be about $60.

Hmm. turn 65 next year and the pension pays about $550.
Maybe. Maybe.


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Gary and Kerry


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jandas fun wrote:

Excellant, and does not seem that you went without anything.
If i am reading the figures correctly, you free camped about 75% 0f the time ? and if you are still on the cigs. the daily average would be about $60.

Hmm. turn 65 next year and the pension pays about $550.
Maybe. Maybe.


Johnw


We didn't skimp on anything during the trip, did all the tourist attractions we wanted.Didn't eat out all that much but we don't when home neither, drank more than i do at home. Yes, still smoking.
You are about right on free camping percentage,our daily average accomodation cost was $5.25, from memory we stayed in CP's 6 times but did use NP's a bit,
NP's in Qld were $4.65pppn,NT $3.30 pppn.

 



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What do you mean you're going to START planning the next trip?
I thought you would have done that over a few nights on the last trip.
Tell us you at least talked about it between the dots on the map.
Slow, very slow.
Nice to see you back home. Catch you somewhere in the great outdoors. Cheers Chris

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Hi, congrats on such a good summary of expenses; bet you had a beaut time. Can I ask how long you were away?  I'm presuming you did the loop of Oz, and not meaning to be nosy, did you have to work along the way for beer and ciggy money or was it completely self funded.  We at this stage still have to rely on casual work, but are attempting to aim to do more travelling without the hassle of looking for work to tide us through.  As I said dont wont to seem nosy just interested.
Cheers,
ps guess the home feels huge after being in the van for so long!!


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Great to see your home safely....didnt seem that long you were away.....We would like to catch up with you soon Mate for a coffee or something lil heavier and chat...

Dave

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RobCol wrote:

Hi, congrats on such a good summary of expenses; bet you had a beaut time. Can I ask how long you were away?  I'm presuming you did the loop of Oz, and not meaning to be nosy, did you have to work along the way for beer and ciggy money or was it completely self funded.  We at this stage still have to rely on casual work, but are attempting to aim to do more travelling without the hassle of looking for work to tide us through.  As I said dont wont to seem nosy just interested.
Cheers,
ps guess the home feels huge after being in the van for so long!!


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G & K, just out of curiosity, what vehicle were you driving and what were you towing?  Your fuel expenses would be the envy of many Grey Nomads. Towing a 23ft van with a 3L Patrol we've been only getting around 5 kms a litre, some GNs we've spoken to with bigger rigs have only been getting 3 kms a litre! 

When it comes to expenses I guess there are too many variables to set everyones figures as a guideline,  but it's reassuring that your overall expenses are similar to ours in a similar time frame.

Thanks for sharing them with us.



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Bridgee wrote:

G & K, just out of curiosity, what vehicle were you driving and what were you towing?  Your fuel expenses would be the envy of many Grey Nomads. Towing a 23ft van with a 3L Patrol we've been only getting around 5 kms a litre, some GNs we've spoken to with bigger rigs have only been getting 3 kms a litre! 


Terracan 2.9L turbo
Adria van approx. 2000Kg
Towing speed was actually set by RPM (2500) rather than using the speedo, but usually somewhere between the 80-83KPH range.

 



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