Hit The Toad’s 2015 Australian Road Trip Stats 290 Days or 9 and a half months on the road from December 2014 to October 2015. 39,134km of road driven in our trusty Pajero 90 – the number of times we set up and packed down camp 5970 litres of diesel average cost of $1.495 per litre.… Read More Trip Stats
Nitmiluk National Park There are two camping areas in Nitmiluk National Park. Leliyn (Edith Falls) in the western side of the park and Katherine Gorge on the eastern side. We flipped a coin and headed for Katherine Gorge. Upon arrival we discovered that it is actually a caravan park located within the National Park. Rather… Read More Nitmiluk NP & Katherine
Having covered around 400kms since we left Tom Price earlier that day we pulled into the caravan park and switched off the engine while we went inside to check in. When we returned to the car it wouldn’t start. We tried several times before calling roadside assistance. The roadside assistance mechanic arrived quickly, turning up in… Read More Things Stall In Karratha
After contacting the Department of Parks and Wildlife to book our visit and check the road conditions we filled up with fuel at the Overlander roadhouse petrol station and headed west. For the last three months since passing Port Augusta, Craig has been telling Emma on a near daily basis that this is the furthest… Read More Steep Point
So for some time now, we’ve been getting these odd warning lights come up on the dash. The ‘check engine’, ‘stability control’ and ‘stability control off’ lights would all come on together. It would only happen intermediately so we weren’t too concerned. We mentioned it to the Mitsubishi service centre when the car went in for… Read More Vehicle Preparation: Service and Safety Inspection
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