Queensland Travel Plans for 2019/20

Rambling is by its very nature random. Travel Planning seems out of character, but without a plan, how can we make the best of our time? I am following a simplified version of OGSM as documented by Leigh Shulman in her book The Writer’s Roadmap: Paving the Way to Your Ideal Writing Life. The next year will culminate in a trip to Cape York, Queensland.

Rambling by Road in Australia and Beyond

• Objective

  Encourage Narration for Posterity by Example

  My core objective is to provide an example for others to follow. I am currently also involved in recording family history. It saddens me to have only glimpses of all the experiences lost between the generations. To this end, I will document my experiences in road travel for information and entertainment.

• Strategy

  Planning

  Create a plan to help me get where I want to be in the limited years left to me

• Goal

  Training

  Setting up a new blog and making it visible will go better after a course or three. I have been interested in photography forever. Technology has changed, and I know my skills need much improvement. Lastly, my writing style could do with a lot of polishing. Have I missed anything?

• Strategy

  Travel Blogging Course

  Setting up a blog and making it visible

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  Travel Photography Course

  Taking better pictures

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  Travel Writing Course

  Making writing interesting enough to read

• Goal

  Prepare for Long Road Trips

  Preparations include deciding on accommodation and transport options. There will be shakedown trips to test suppositions and trial equipment and techniques.

• Strategy

  Accommodation

  Backpackers, Motels, Camping, Caravaning

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  Transport

  Train, Bus, Car, Motorhome

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  Equipment

  Photography, camping and caravaning gear

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  Shakedown Trips

  Testing out the theories

• Goal

  Queensland, South to North and Back

  It is a challenging trip often taken by visitors to Australia, driving to Cape York and back. The route will look roughly like this. As much as possible, the two directions will follow different paths. The inland return does not touch on the real heart of Queensland. That will be another goal for the future.

• Strategy

  Planning

  Mapping out the when and where of it all

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  Research

  Knowing what to look for and what to expect

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  The Trip

  A diary for day-to-day learnings and experiences