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.

• 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