Holiday Summary

Alright, I should be writing responses to people's emails but I need to also finalise the holiday in the form of a summary.
The holiday was great. No question. Thanks heaps to God for keeping me safe and fed and interested and not lonely.
When I set out, I thought "I can sleep in the back of my car for free". Now this is a true statement, however, to be able to use essential facilities such as shower and toilet, you need to stay at a caravan park, minimum. They cost roughly between $10-$20 a night and extra people are about $10 per person on top of that. Since I was staying at caravan parks, you get space to put up the tent, so why not. There is something cool about sleeping in the back of the car (it was pretty comfy and warm) but you have stacks more space in the tent. It's a pretty big tent and it still only took me 15mins to put it up by myself. Also, most of the time, in your caravan park fees, the use of the BBQ's they have there is often complimentary.
I hadnt thought all this through and so spend a fair bit of cash on counter dinners at local pubs and paid a fair bit for lunch each day.
With all this in mind, the far cheaper option would have been to bring cooking equipment etc. buy all food at Woollies (or safeway as it is called in Vic and SA) and keep it in an esky.
Of course the other thing I will do differently next time is go with some friends. Going it alone was cool and beneficial, however if I wasnt doing interesting stuff I would have felt lonely a bit. With friends you dont really have to be doing anything, you can just kick around and enjoy their company. It is also cool to have some people to share the cool stuff you enjoy along the way. I took lots of photos while I was away but it's not the same.

Summary of the Summary:
Next time, staying at caravan parks on the cheap and having friends with is the way to go. I think a system of driving to somewhere, camping overnight, spending the next day in and around the place you are staying at, then moving on to drive for the day after that (essentially moving at half pace)would be good.
These things are just the 'fine tuning' things.
Overall the holiday was awesome and lots of fun. Since the furthest west I had been was Wagga Wagga and the furthest south I had been (apart from last years trip to Tas) was Merimbula, I certainly expanded my horizons.
For the benefit of those planning a similar trip, here are some vital statistics:
Total K's driven = 4000 (well 3997.2, 400kms from Wagga to Wollongong)
Average k's per day = 400
Total cost of fuel= $500 (I lost the reciepts but that's close enough)
Total cost of food and accommodation = $400
I got to do all that for less than the cost of a plane ticket somewhere!
Thanks heaps to God who has provided everything I need. Most of all thanks for Jesus death and Ressurrection.