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Sunday, December 31, 2017

Victoria by the Numbers, Take 2

We visited Victoria the most out of all the states, as we shipped to and from here and had a place we could use for repairs. We finally left it behind after the fifth visit. So here are our final numbers from our most-visited state.

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  • Time
    • Time zone: UTC+10:00; participates in Daylight Savings Time
    • Day entered 1: 16-Jan-2017
    • Day left 1: 29-Jan-2017
    • Day entered 2: 15-Mar-2017
    • Day left 2: 06-Apr-2017
    • Day entered 3: 23-Jul-2017
    • Day left 3: 01-Aug-2017
    • Day entered 4: 25-Aug-2017
    • Day left 4: 04-Sep-2017
    • Day entered 4: 02-Nov-2017
    • Day left 4: 04-Dec-2017
    • Total # of days: 14+23+32+9+10=88
      • Nights slept in van: 72
      • Nights slept in tent: 0
      • Nights slept in hotel/etc.: 16 (these were all before we received the van from customs and after we dropped it off for shipping)
  • Distance
    • Driven: ~6860 km (~4287 miles)
    • Hiked: 72.4 km (45.3 miles)
    • Date Location Description Dist. (km) Dist. (mi)
      1/19/2017 Beaconsfield Nature Conservation Reserve Walk around reservoir 3 1.875
      1/27/2017 Point Nepean NP Cheviot Hill 2.8 1.75
      3/24/2017 Wilsons Promontory NP Mount Oberon Summit 6.8 4.25
      3/25/2017 Walhalla Tramline Walkway 3 1.875
      3/27/2017 Alpine NP Black Duck Hole 1.4 0.875
      3/28/2017 Alpine NP Mount Cope Summit 3.4 2.125
      3/28/2017 Alpine NP Fainter Falls 1.5 0.9375
      3/30/2017 Mount Buffalo NP Horn Summit Lookout 3 1.875
      3/30/2017 Mount Buffalo NP Old Galleries Track 1 0.625
      3/30/2017 Mount Buffalo NP View Point Nature Walk 4.5 2.8125
      4/3/2017 Lorne Erskine Falls 1.4 0.875
      4/3/2017 Lorne Allenvale Mill Car Park
      to Phantom Falls & The Canyon
      5.9 3.6875
      4/4/2017 Port Campbell NP Loch Ard Gorge 3 1.875
      4/4/2017 Port Campbell NP The Grotto 0.72 0.45
      7/23/2017 Little Desert NP Stringybark Walk 1 0.625
      7/24/2017 Little Desert NP Sanctuary-Keith Hately Nature Walk 1 0.625
      7/24/2017 Little Desert NP Pomponderoo Hill Nature Walk 1 0.625
      7/24/2017 Grampians NP Mackenzie Falls Lookout 2 1.25
      7/25/2017 Grampians NP The Balconies 2 1.25
      7/25/2017 Grampians NP Reed Lookout 0.8 0.5
      7/25/2017 Grampians NP The Pinnacle 4.2 2.625
      9/4/2017 Hattah-Kulkyne NP Warepil Lookout Walk 0.6 0.375
      11/15/2017 Arthurs Seat State Park Summit Circuit Walk 1.8 1.125
      11/17/2017 Phillip Island The Nobbies Boardwalk 1.2 0.75
      11/18/2017 Wilson Promontory NP Squeaky Beach 0.6 0.375
      11/18/2017 Wilson Promontory NP Lilly Pilly Circuit Walk 5.2 3.25
      11/18/2017 Wilson Promontory NP Lilly Pilly Gully Boardwalk 0.6 0.375
      11/19/2017 Baw Baw NP Mushroom Rocks 3 1.875
      11/19/2017 Baw Baw NP Mount St Gwinear 6 3.75
      Totals 72.42 45.2625
    • Fuel fill-ups: 16
  • Money
    • Total spent: $6098 USD ($7818 AUD)
    • Consists of the costs of traveling full time in Victoria, including TAC and insurance
    • Does not include gear or van conversion costs or shipping costs
    • Biggest expenses are for lodging when we were without the van, or for paperwork for the van.
    • Average cost per day: $69.30 USD ($88.85 AUD)
    • Average cost of diesel: $1.253 AUD per liter ($3.335 USD per gallon)
  • National Parks visited: 16
    • Alpine
    • Baw Baw
    • Croajingolong
    • Grampians
    • Great Otway
    • Hattah‐Kulkyne
    • Little Desert
    • Lower Glenelg
    • Mount Buffalo
    • Mount Richmond
    • Murray-Sunset
    • Point Nepean
    • Port Campbell
    • Port Philips Head
    • Wilson Promontory
    • Wyperfeld


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