The Big Trip 2026
Day 101 Port Augusta

The itinerary

Zooming from Sydney through outback Queensland and NT to the Kimberley, then along the Gibb to Broome. From there, enjoying our way down the WA coast through Ningaloo and Perth to the South West, then finally home across the Nullarbor via Adelaide.

106 days · about 11,800 km · 26 June 2026 to 9 October 2026. Dates and stops are bound to shift as we go.

Transit: Sydney to the Top End

Big driving days across outback Queensland and the NT to Katherine

  1. Narrabri

    Day 1 · Sat, 27 June

    Travel: Sydney to Narrabri · 525 km, about 6 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  2. Lightning Ridge

    Day 2 · Sun, 28 June

    Travel: Narrabri to Lightning Ridge · 235 km, about 2.5 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  3. Roma

    Day 3 · Mon, 29 June

    Travel: Lightning Ridge to Roma · 450 km, about 4.5 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  4. Longreach

    Day 4 · Tue, 30 June

    Travel: Roma to Longreach · 700 km, about 7 hours

    Staying: 7 nights

  5. Cloncurry

    Day 11 · Tue, 7 July

    Travel: Longreach to Cloncurry · 529 km, about 6 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  6. Barkly Homestead

    Day 12 · Wed, 8 July

    Travel: Cloncurry to Barkly Homestead · 570 km, about 6 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  7. Mataranka

    Day 13 · Thu, 9 July

    Travel: Barkly Homestead to Mataranka · 760 km, about 7.5 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  8. Katherine

    Day 14 · Fri, 10 July

    Travel: Mataranka to Katherine · 110 km, about 1 hour

    Staying: 1 night

The Kimberley

El Questro and the Gibb River Road to Broome, then the Dampier Peninsula

  1. Kununurra

    Day 15 · Sat, 11 July

    Travel: Katherine to Kununurra · 530 km, about 5.5 hours

    Staying: 9 nights

  2. El Questro

    Day 24 · Mon, 20 July

    Travel: Kununurra to El Questro · 100 km, about 1.5 hours

    Staying: 4 nights

  3. Home Valley Station

    Day 28 · Fri, 24 July

    Travel: El Questro to Home Valley Station · 60 km, about 1 hour

    Staying: 3 nights

  4. Drysdale River Station

    Day 31 · Mon, 27 July

    Travel: Home Valley Station to Drysdale River Station · 250 km, about 4 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  5. Mt Elizabeth Station

    Day 32 · Tue, 28 July

    Travel: Drysdale River Station to Mt Elizabeth Station · 250 km, about 4.5 hours

    Staying: 2 nights

  6. Manning Gorge

    Day 34 · Thu, 30 July

    Travel: Mt Elizabeth Station to Manning Gorge · 80 km, about 1.5 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  7. Imintji

    Day 35 · Fri, 31 July

    Travel: Manning Gorge to Imintji · 90 km, about 1.5 hours

    Staying: 3 nights

  8. Windjana Gorge

    Day 38 · Mon, 3 Aug

    Travel: Imintji to Windjana Gorge · 130 km, about 2 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  9. Broome

    Day 39 · Tue, 4 Aug

    Travel: Windjana Gorge to Broome · 370 km, about 5 hours

    Staying: 6 nights

  10. Dampier Peninsula

    Day 45 · Mon, 10 Aug

    Travel: Broome to Dampier Peninsula · 200 km, about 2.5 hours

    Staying: 5 nights

Pilbara & Coral Coast

Karijini, Ningaloo (Exmouth & Coral Bay) and Shark Bay

  1. Eighty Mile Beach

    Day 50 · Sat, 15 Aug

    Travel: Dampier Peninsula to Eighty Mile Beach · 550 km, about 6 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  2. Karijini National Park

    Day 51 · Sun, 16 Aug

    Travel: Eighty Mile Beach to Karijini National Park · 580 km, about 6.5 hours

    Staying: 3 nights

  3. Exmouth

    Day 54 · Wed, 19 Aug

    Travel: Karijini National Park to Exmouth · 620 km, about 6.5 hours

    Staying: 2 nights

  4. Bullara Station

    Day 56 · Fri, 21 Aug

    Travel: Exmouth to Bullara Station · 100 km, about 1 hour

    Staying: 2 nights

  5. Coral Bay

    Day 58 · Sun, 23 Aug

    Travel: Bullara Station to Coral Bay · about 2 hours

    Staying: 7 nights

  6. Denham / Monkey Mia

    Day 65 · Sun, 30 Aug

    Travel: Coral Bay to Denham / Monkey Mia · 560 km, about 5.5 hours

    Staying: 4 nights

  7. Kalbarri

    Day 69 · Thu, 3 Sept

    Travel: Denham / Monkey Mia to Kalbarri · about 4 hours

    Staying: 3 nights

Perth & the South West

Cervantes, Fremantle, Rottnest, Margaret River, Denmark and Esperance

  1. Geraldton

    Day 72 · Sun, 6 Sept

    Travel: Kalbarri to Geraldton · about 2 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  2. Cervantes

    Day 73 · Mon, 7 Sept

    Travel: Geraldton to Cervantes · about 2 hours

    Staying: 2 nights

  3. Fremantle

    Day 75 · Wed, 9 Sept

    Travel: Cervantes to Fremantle · about 2.5 hours

    Staying: 9 nights

  4. Rottnest Island

    Day 84 · Fri, 18 Sept

    Travel: Fremantle to Rottnest Island

    Staying: 2 nights

  5. Busselton

    Day 86 · Sun, 20 Sept

    Travel: Rottnest Island to Busselton · 230 km, about 2.5 hours

    Staying: 6 nights

  6. Denmark

    Day 92 · Sat, 26 Sept

    Travel: Busselton to Denmark

    Staying: 2 nights

  7. Esperance

    Day 94 · Mon, 28 Sept

    Travel: Denmark to Esperance · 560 km, about 6 hours

    Staying: 1 night

The Nullarbor & Home

Across the Nullarbor via Adelaide and back to Sydney

  1. Kalgoorlie

    Day 95 · Tue, 29 Sept

    Travel: Esperance to Kalgoorlie · 400 km

    Staying: 2 nights

  2. Balladonia

    Day 97 · Thu, 1 Oct

    Travel: Kalgoorlie to Balladonia · 430 km, about 4.5 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  3. Eucla

    Day 98 · Fri, 2 Oct

    Travel: Balladonia to Eucla · 500 km, about 5 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  4. Ceduna

    Day 99 · Sat, 3 Oct

    Travel: Eucla to Ceduna · 500 km, about 5 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  5. Port Augusta

    Day 100 · Sun, 4 Oct

    Travel: Ceduna to Port Augusta · 480 km, about 5 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  6. Adelaide

    Day 101 · Mon, 5 Oct

    Travel: Port Augusta to Adelaide · 300 km, about 3.5 hours

    Staying: 3 nights

  7. Hay

    Day 104 · Thu, 8 Oct

    Travel: Adelaide to Hay · about 7 hours

    Staying: 1 night

  8. Sydney

    Day 105 · Fri, 9 Oct

    Travel: Hay to Sydney · about 7 hours

    Staying: 1 night

See the route drawn out on the map.