TRIP SUMMARY

TOWNSVILLE ~ Fitzy's Poverty Palace (Queensland, AUS)

My Final Thoughts
TODAYS MILEAGE – 0 miles or 0 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 4,008 miles or 6,450 kilometres


Greetings & Salutations,

You know, for a trip that was thrown together with very little planning, the More Miles Than Santa road trip was testament in what can be achieved when a few friends with a 'go with the flow' attitude can make for a memorable trip.

What started out as a failed attempt to catch up with "Ashley Gibson", who was overseas on a work trip at the time, culminated with the plan to go to the "Boxing Day Test" at the world renowned "MCG" and I for one, could have never imagined how brilliant it would turn out.

If ever the saying 'it's not always about the destination, it's sometimes the journey' held sway, it was during this trip. From "Karlie's" mum & dad welcoming a complete stranger into their house and sharing all that is Christmas, to "Kalindi's" family embracing us as one of their own as well as catching up with one of my best mates and a couple of who I hadn't seen in 20 years. In many ways, for me it was not only a humbling trip, but also one in which family and sharing unconditionally is a wonderful thing to be a part of.

Three weeks ago I had the irits big time at my employers forced time off. Today ..... I still have the shits with their decision, but am forever grateful that I refused to be a sook and decided to hit life's 'adventure highway' - just to see what was out there.

My biggest thanks goes out to Karlie who is one hell of a travel buddy, a great conversationist & listener and the major catalyst for the trip.

Here's a couple of statistics on the trip:

    4,008 miles or 6,450 kilometres travelled
    17 days on the road
    3 states visited
    289 photos uploaded to my website
    86 web pages created & uploaded to my website