Queensland by the Numbers

Here are some interesting statistics from our journey in Australia’s reef-and-rainforest state.

• Time
  • Time zone:
    • UTC+9:00
    • Does NOT participates in DST.
  • Day entered: 9-Sep-2017
  • Day left: 16-Oct-2017
  • Total # of days: 37 
    • Nights slept in van: 37
    • Nights slept in tent: 0
    • Nights slept in hotel/etc.: 0
    • Nights paying for lodging: 13
• Distance
  • Driven: ~8,856 km (~5,535 miles)
  • Hiked: 67.8 km (42.4 miles)

  Date	Location	Description	Distance (km)	Distance (mi)
  9/10/2017	Tambo	Coolibah Walk	1.2	0.75
  9/11/2017	Barcaldine	Botanical Garden Walk	1	0.625
  9/12/2017	Combo Waterhole	Walk	2.6	1.625
  9/13/2017	Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) NP	Riversleigh Fossil Trail	0.8	0.5
  9/14/2017	Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) NP	Wild Dog Dreaming Walk	4.5	2.8125
  9/14/2017	Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill) NP	Duwadarri Lookout	0.6	0.375
  9/16/2017	Undara NP	Kalkani Circuit Track	2.5	1.5625
  9/17/2017	Millstream Falls NP	Millstream Falls	0.37	0.23125
  9/17/2017	Millstream Falls NP	Little Millstream Falls	0.7	0.4375
  9/18/2017	Crater Lakes NP	Lake Barrine Circuit	5	3.125
  9/19/2017	Danbulla State Forest	Cathedral Fig Tree	0.1	0.0625
  9/20/2017	Barron Gorge NP	Djina-Wu Track	1.53	0.95625
  9/23/2017	Split Rock Art	Walk	0.78	0.4875
  9/26/2017	Babinda Boulders NP	Boulders Gorge Walk	1.2	0.75
  9/26/2017	Malanda Falls Conservation Park	Rainforest Walk	1	0.625
  9/27/2017	Djiru NP	Fan Palm Walk	1.3	0.8125
  9/27/2017	Girringun NP	Gorge Lookout	0.6	0.375
  9/28/2017	Paluma Range NP	Jourama Falls Lookout Walk	3	1.875
  9/30/2017	Eungella NP	Platypus Walk	1.042	0.65125
  9/30/2017	Cape Hillsborough NP	Andrews Point Track	5.2	3.25
  10/3/2017	Blackdown Tablelands NP	Goon Goon Dina	2.50	1.56
  10/3/2017	Blackdown Tablelands NP	Yaddamen Dhina	0.20	0.13
  10/7/2017	Great Sandy NP	Carlo Sandblow Walking Track	1.20	0.75
  10/8/2017	Glass House Mountains NP	Mount Ngungun Summit Track	2.80	1.75
  10/10/2017	Girraween NP	Underground Creek	2.80	1.75
  10/11/2017	Girraween NP	To/From Campground	0.74	0.46
  10/11/2017	Girraween NP	Wyberba	0.28	0.18
  10/11/2017	Girraween NP	Granite Arch	1.04	0.65
  10/11/2017	Girraween NP	The Pyramid	3.60	2.25
  10/13/2017	Lamington NP	Moran Falls track	4.40	2.75
  10/13/2017	Lamington NP	Campground to Track	1.00	0.63
  10/14/2017	Lamington NP	Toolona Creek	8.80	5.50
  10/15/2017	Springbrook NP	Best of All Lookout	0.60	0.38
  10/16/2017	Burleigh NP	Oceanview Track	1.20	0.75
  10/16/2017	Burleigh NP	Burleigh Link Track	0.46	0.29
  10/16/2017	Burleigh NP	Rainforest Circuit	1.20	0.75
  		Total	67.842	42.40125

  • Fuel fill-ups: 13
• Money
  • Total spent: $2815.65 USD ($3609.81 AUD) 
    • Consists of the costs of traveling full time in Queensland, including 2 tours
    • Does not include gear or van conversion costs
  • Average cost per day: $108.29 USD ($138.84 AUD)
  • Average cost of diesel: $1.283 AUD per liter ($3.641 USD per gallon)
• National Parks visited: 25
• Annan River
• Babinda Boulders
• Barron Gorge
• Black Mountains
• Blackdown Tablelands
• Boodjamulla (Lawn Hill)
• Burleigh
• Byfield
• Cape Hillsborough
• Crater Lakes
• Daintree
• Djiru
• Eungella
• Girraween
• Girringun
• Glass House Mountains
• Great Barrier Reef
• Great Sandy
• Lamington
• Millstream Falls
• Moresby Range
• Paluma Range
• Springbrook
• Undara
• Wooroonooran

Interesting observations about Queensland:

1. The second largest state.
2. QLD doesn’t charge entrance fees for any of its 200+ national parks.
3. And, its camping fees are quite reasonable (typically about $6.35 per person, which can be paid online).
4. According to statistics, NT has the most accidents, but we felt like drivers in QLD were more aggressive and crazy. They also had a lot of smoking-blowing diesels.
5. More than half of its population lives outside of the Brisbane metro area, which is the opposite of most states and capitals in Australia.