We are planning a trip to Australia for three months sometime between December 2003 and May 2004, prefererably January to March. Our starting point will be Fremantle and we will finish in Brisbane. Other than that we are free to go where we please and would welcome some suggestions. Our initial thoughts were to go along the Gumbarrel highway to Uluru, take in the Flinders ranges and then take it gently to Sydney and Brisbane, leaving a couple of weeks to rest up and look around there. We will be travelling in a very well equipped Landrover 101 which we took across the Sahara last year and into West Africa so we are no strangers to desert travel and high temperatures. We love remote areas, have no interest in cities and dislike tarmac. Our idea of heaven is running water, deep enough to swim in, in good scenery with nobody around for at least 100 miles, after a hard days drive through the desert.
As you may have gathered the intention is to import the vehicle for the trip from the uk. We are aware that this may not be the cheapest option but that way we get a vehicle we know, which we have fitted out and which we have proved. Any information on the pitfalls and paperwork of doing this would be gratefully received.
Lastly, the vehicle runs on petrol and LPG some idea of the maximum range required for any suggested route and type of terrain traversed would be helpful.

Looking forward to your replies.

Malcolm & Su