phase one.

I’ve walked from -

South Point, Wilsons Promontory, VIC to Cape Byron, Byron Bay, NSW.

I completed this trek in 4 months and two days, from the 30th of December 2022 to the 2nd of May 2023.

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Below is a brief outline of my trekking route & ferry crossings that took me from the most Southern to the most Eastern points of the Australian mainland.

Passing through two states (VIC & NSW), I only sometimes slept or stopped at all these locations; most of them I walked through. Details like that I've saved to write about at a later date…pick a location I’ll tell you a story.

Also, there were sections I had to travel ahead and then backtrack (NEWY - SYD), but for it all to make sense for you to read, I’ve written it as if I’ve walked forward.

Lastly, in full disclosure, this trip has not been recorded on apps such as STRAVA or Garmin. I tracked my first two days until I realised how much phone battery the 'gps' chewed up, so I stopped recording to save my power for emergencies and directions. So like the adventures of old, this adventure is recorded in written word and memory.

Now, whether you believe I've walked every single step from the Bass Strait to Deception Bay, where I sit and write this, without ‘hitching a ride', that's up to you.

All I can say is every step, and every turn in this journey so far has been tattooed in my memory till death erases it.

The Route -

📍South Point, Victoria—Southernmost Point of the Australian Mainland -

Tidal River (VIC) - Yanakie - Foster - Toora - Welshpool - Port Welshpool - Alberton - Yarram - Woodside - Woodside Beach - Seaspray - Longford - Sale - Stratford - Bairnsdale - Nicholson - Wiseleigh - Bruthen - Buchan - Gelantipy - Suggan Buggan -

*VICTORIAN // NEW SOUTH WALES BORDER*

Moonbah - Jindabyne - Berridale - Cooma - Bredbo - Michelago - Queanbeyan - Bungendore - Tarago - Goulburn - Marulan - Sutton Forest - Moss Vale - Robertson - Dombarton - Wollongong - Thirroul - Bundeena

*FERRY*

Cronulla - Petersham - Manly Vale - Brookvale - Dee Why - Narrabeen - Mona Vale - Avalon - Palm Beach

*FERRY*

Patonga Beach - Woy Woy - Wyoming - Tuggerah - Wyong - Lake Munmorah - Swansea - Belmont - Whitebridge - Merewhether - Newcastle - Stockton - Anna Bay - Nelson Bay - Hawks Nest - Bungwahl - Tarbuck - Charlotte Bay - Booti Booti - Foster - Tuncurry - Koorainghat - Taree - Cundletown - Johns River - Kew - West Haven - North Haven - Bonny Hills - Lake Cathie - Port Macquarie

*FERRY*

North Shore - Cresent Head - Hat Head - Smithtown - Stuarts Point - Grassy Head - Scotts Head - Macksville - Uranga - Bonville - Sawtell - Coffs Harbour - Sapphire Beach - Woolgoolga - Half Way Creek - Tyndale - Maclean - Harwood - Chatsworth - New Italy - Woodburn - Broadwater - Wardell - Empire Vale

*FERRY*

West Ballina - Ballina - East Ballina - Skennars Head - Lennox Head -

📍Cape Byron, New South Wales—Easternmost Point of the Australian Mainland -

Byron Bay - Brunswick - Ocean Shores - Pottsville - Hastings Point - Cabarita Beach - Casurina - Kingscliff - Chinderah - South Tweed Heads South - Tweed Heads -

*NEW SOUTH WALES // QUEENSLAND BORDER*

- Gold Coast Airport.

From the Gold Coast Airport, I caught a flight back to Canberra for a brief break before flying back to the Gold Coast to continue 'Phase Two'—Cape Byron to Cape York.