Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Western Australia by the Numbers

We have finally left massive Western Australia.
Here are some interesting statistics from our journey in Australia’s largest state.
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  • Time
    • Time zone:
      • UTC+8 for the majority
      • But one small section (Eucla Time Zone) on the Eyre Highway (when we entered the state along the Nullarbor) is UTC+8:45;
      • Neither participates in DST.
      • For a full day, we were super confused as all our clocks told us a different time. Our phones were set to WA time already, the computers were still on SA time, and our GPS was 45 min off from both!
    • Day entered: 21-Apr-2017
    • Day left: 16-Jun-2017
    • Total # of days: 56 
      • Nights slept in van: 49 
      • Nights slept in tent: 0
      • Nights slept in hotel/etc.: 7 
      • Nights paying for lodging: 14
  • Distance
    • Driven: ~11,421km (~7,138.1 miles)
    • Hiked: 32.4 km (20.25 miles)

    • Date Location Description Distance (km) Distance (mi)
      4/21/2017 Nullarbor Highway Walk along bush road 3 1.875
      4/25/2017 Cape Le Grand NP Frenchman Peak 3 1.875
      4/26/2017 Wave Rock Wave Rock Walk via Hippo's Yawn and back 1.6 1
      4/26/2017 The Humps & Mulka's Cave Gnamma Trail 1.2 0.75
      4/27/2017 Fitzgerald River NP Point Ann Heritage Trail 1 0.625
      4/29/2017 Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk 0.6 0.375
      4/29/2017 Valley of the Giants Ancient Empire 0.6 0.375
      4/29/2017 Walpole-Nornalup NP Giant Tingle Tree Loop Walk 1 0.625
      5/22/2017 Cape Range NP Yardie Nature Walk 1.2 0.75
      5/26/2017 Karijini NP Circular Pool Lookout and Three Ways Lookout 0.8 0.5
      5/26/2017 Karijini NP Fortescue Falls 0.95 0.59375
      5/26/2017 Karijini NP Fern Pool 0.3 0.1875
      5/26/2017 Karijini NP Kalamina Gorge Waterfalls 1.2 0.75
      5/27/2017 Karijini NP Junction Pool and Oxer Lookout 0.8 0.5
      5/27/2017 Karijini NP Joffre Lookout 0.1 0.0625
      5/27/2017 Karijini NP Knox Lookout 0.3 0.1875
      5/27/2017 Karijini NP Hamersley Waterfall 0.4 0.25
      5/28/2017 Millstream Chichester NP Barrimirndi Trail 0.4 0.25
      5/28/2017 Millstream Chichester NP Wetland Walk 0.75 0.46875
      5/28/2017 Millstream Chichester NP Cliff Top Walk 0.6 0.375
      5/28/2017 Millstream Chichester NP Mount Herbert Summit 0.6 0.375
      5/28/2017 Millstream Chichester NP Python Pool 0.1 0.0625
      6/8/2017 Windjana Gorge NP Time Walk 2 1.25
      6/8/2017 Tunnel Creek NP Tunnel View and Subterranean Trail 2.4 1.5
      6/9/2017 Geikie Gorge NP Bun.ga Trail 1.1 0.6875
      6/10/2017 Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater NP Crater Rim Walk 0.2 0.125
      6/12/2017 Purnulu NP Echidna Chasm 2 1.25
      6/12/2017 Purnulu NP The Bloodwoods Lookout 0.5 0.3125
      6/13/2017 Purnulu NP The Domes 0.7 0.4375
      6/13/2017 Purnulu NP Cathedral Gorge and Picaninny Lookout 3 1.875
    • Fuel fill-ups: 20
  • Money
    • Total spent: $4539 USD ($5956 AUD) 
      • Consists of the costs of traveling full time in Western Australia (including haircuts Winking smile)
      • Does not include gear or van conversion costs
    • Average cost per day:
      • $77.85 USD ($102.16 AUD)
      • If you exclude Jen’s medical visits, the whale-shark tour, and the apartment stay, then average drops to $57.17 USD ($75.02)
    • Average cost of diesel: $1.376 AUD per liter ($3.905 USD per gallon)
  • National Parks visited: 18
    • Cape Le Grand
    • Fitzgerald River
    • Valley of the Giants
    • Walpole-Nornalup
    • Blackwood River
    • Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    • The Pinnacles Desert
    • Kalbarri
    • Francois Peron
    • Monkey Mia
    • Ningaloo Marine
    • Cape Range
    • Karijini
    • Millstream-Chichester
    • Windjana Gorge
    • Tunnel Creek
    • Gekie Gorge
    • Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater
    • Purnulu (Bungle Bungles)
Interesting observations about Western Australia:
  1. WA has 96 national parks!
  2. Its capital, Perth, is considered one of the most isolated capitals in the world, being nearly as close to Southeast Asia as to other Australian capitals.
  3. WA consists of 2.646 million sq km (1.021 million sq mi), which makes it whopping 34% of Australia’s entire area with only 11% of the national population.
  4. Its counties, also known as shires, are proportionally large, many of them still larger than 75% of the world’s countries!
  5. WA is currently free of the common fruit fly. However, it has plenty of other annoying flies to make up for it.

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