Credits

The diary is Mum's (Lyn Gerring's), written as emails home during the trip and posted on her Google My Maps map. The journal text is an edited version of it.

The day photos are freely licensed images from Wikimedia Commons. Each one is used under the licence below and is unchanged apart from resizing (the small originals for Days 43, 56 and 67 were also upscaled and lightly sharpened, and Day 74's underwater photo was colour-corrected). Every photo was taken in 2009 or later, except the 1976 Khyber Pass picture on Day 21, chosen to recall the 1966 overland journey. They show the places and things Mum wrote about, not the trip itself.

Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors; map library Leaflet. The coastline in the small inset maps is from Natural Earth (public domain).

Day	Photo	Subject	Author	Licence
Day 1		Cunderdin Cunderdin Western Australia aerial view.jpg	Ning-ning	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 2		Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pipeline north of Norseman Goldfields Water Supply Scheme pipeline north of Norseman, July 2026 02.jpg	Calistemon	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 3		Madura Pass, Eyre Highway Madura Pass, 2017 (05).jpg	Bahnfrend	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 4		Bunda Cliffs, Great Australian Bight Bunda Cliffs (14560382521).jpg	Chris Fithall	CC BY 2.0
Day 5		Dingo Nullarbor Dingo.jpg	Henry Whitehead	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 6		Vineyards at Stanley Flat, Clare Valley Grapevines, Stanley Flat.JPG	Marionlad	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 7		Sevenhill Cellars, Clare Valley Outback Trip - Sevenhill Cellars (4157990212).jpg	eyeintim	CC BY 2.0
Day 8		Murray River at Mannum Murray River Southbound towards Wellington @ Mannum 20250520-103223.jpg	RegionVisitor90	CC0
Day 9		Houseboats on the Murray Houseboat passing by on Murray River-1 (15599567885).jpg	Sheba_Also	CC BY-SA 2.0
Day 10		Paddle steamer Ruby on the Murray at Wentworth Paddle steamer Ruby.jpg	Peterdownunder	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 11		Wattle Point Wind Farm, South Australia WattlePointWindFarm.JPG	Mattinbgn	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 12		Blue Lake, Mount Gambier Mount Gambier (AU), Blue Lake -- 2019 -- 0707.jpg	Dietmar Rabich	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 13		The coast at Warrnambool Warrnambool Victoria Australia - panoramio.jpg	Shuicai	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 14		Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village The 1870s Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village (19379476932).jpg	Jorge Láscar	CC BY 2.0
Day 15		The Twelve Apostles Princetown (AU), Port Campbell National Park, Twelve Apostles -- 2019 -- 0930.jpg	Dietmar Rabich	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 16		Great Ocean Road Apollo Bay, Australian Surf Coast.jpg	Grace Tarbuck	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 17		Koala Koala GreatOtwayNationalPark.jpg	KlausMayer	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 18		Anglesea beach Anglesea-beach3.jpg	NameNotUsed20	CC0
Day 19		Farmers' market at Port Fairy, Victoria Port Fairy Farmers Market.JPG	Mattinbgn	CC BY 3.0
Day 20		Queenscliff–Sorrento ferry MV Sorrento approaching Queenscliff.jpg	Alison Newman	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 21		The Khyber Pass on the old overland route, 1976 Khyber-Pass-04-1976-gje.jpg	Gerd Eichmann	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 22		Crimson rosella, Grants Picnic Ground, Dandenong Ranges Platycercus elegans -Grants Picnic Ground-8a.jpg	Andy	CC BY-SA 2.0
Day 23		Puffing Billy steam train near Belgrave Puffing Billy (3708462529).jpg	Andy McLemore	CC BY-SA 2.0
Day 24		Forest regrowth after the 2009 bushfires CSIRO ScienceImage 10646 Eucalypt regrowth after Black Saturday bushfires.jpg	Robert Kerton, CSIRO	CC BY 3.0
Day 25		Golden retriever Callie the golden retriever puppy.jpg	MichaelMcPhee	CC BY 3.0
Day 26		Sheep on a drought-affected paddock near Uranquinty, NSW Sheep on a drought-affected paddock.jpg	Bidgee	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 27		Working kelpie Kelpie cattle 2.JPG	Cgoodwin	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 28		Kangaroo with joey Eastern Grey Kangaroo Feeding edited.jpg	Toby Hudson (derivative work by Durova)	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 29		Thredbo chairlift Thredbo - panoramio (1).jpg	Maksym Kozlenko	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 30		Batemans Bay Batemans Bay at Batemans Bay, New South Wales, 2020.jpg	Grahamec	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 31		Gerringong Gerringong NSW View.jpg	emmett anderson	CC BY 2.0
Day 32		Sydney Opera House and city skyline at dusk Blue and Gold (15270813390).jpg	Jason Tong	CC BY 2.0
Day 33		Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Harbour Bridge from Circular Quay.jpg	JJ Harrison	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 34		Painted rocks on the lagoon break wall, Nambucca Heads Nambucca Heads Lagoon Break Wall - panoramio.jpg	Daniel Ainsworth	CC BY 3.0
Day 35		Pandanus palm Pandanus tectorius Pacific Pde Currumbin IMGP9027.jpg	John Robert McPherson	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 36		Cape Byron Lighthouse Cape Byron Lighthouse. (9574800112).jpg	Bernard Spragg	CC0
Day 37		Brisbane skyline at night Night skyline of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.jpg	wirepic	CC BY-SA 2.0
Day 38		CityCat ferry on the Brisbane River CityCat Spirit of Brisbane South Brisbane Reach Brisbane River P1200502.jpg	John Robert McPherson	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 39		Grilled fish Plated grilled fish.jpg	pompi	CC0
Day 40		Noosa Heads from the air, with Main Beach in the centre Noosa Heads, with Main Beach in the centre of the frame.jpg	BobTanGo	CC BY 4.0
Day 41		Cane fields around Bargara, near Bundaberg Bargara from the Hummock.jpg	ann jenner	CC BY-SA 2.0
Day 42		Lake McKenzie, Fraser Island (K'gari) Fraser Island Lake McKenzie - panoramio.jpg	Korkut Tas	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 43		Bundaberg Rum Bundaberg Rum Wings Label.jpg	Bundabergrum	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 44		Australian green tree frogs beside a garden tap 3 green Australian green tree frogs.JPG	Assonance	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 45		Wooden bridge among the palms, Airlie Beach Wooden bridge in Airlie Beach in Queensland in Australia.jpg	Karel Stipek	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 46		Whitehaven Beach DSC122 Australia Queensland Whitsunday Islands Whitehaven bay (5491401519).jpg	Daniel Julie	CC BY 2.0
Day 47		Rainbow lorikeet feeding on bottlebrush flowers Rainbow lorikeet 1 (11722389883).jpg	Jim Bendon	CC BY-SA 2.0
Day 48		Banana farm near Atherton, Far North Queensland Atherton Banana Farm-1 (22977008694).jpg	Sheba_Also	CC BY-SA 2.0
Day 49		Michaelmas Cay, Great Barrier Reef Michaelmas Cay 01.jpg	Bernard Gagnon	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 50		Blue sea star Estrella de mar azul (Linckia laevigata), Anilao, Filipinas, 2023-08-25, DD 63.jpg	Diego Delso	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 51		Port Douglas Four Mile Beach, QLD.jpg	Jellyhelmetfishing	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 52		Coffee cherries on the bush Coffea arabica, fruit.jpg	Burkhard Mücke	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 53		Brahman cattle CSIRO ScienceImage 10444 Brahman cattle grazing in the Burdekin River catchment area.jpg	division, CSIRO	CC BY 3.0
Day 54		The Gulflander train arriving at Normanton Gulflander at Normanton.JPG	Carole Mackinney	CC0
Day 55		Magnetic termite mounds, Litchfield National Park, NT Litchfield National Park (AU), Magnetic Termite Mounds -- 2019 -- 3721.jpg	Dietmar Rabich	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 56		Mount Isa City of Mt Isa surrounded by hills in the Leichhardt Valley, Mt Isa, 2021.jpg	Anonymous	CC BY 4.0
Day 57		Stockwhip-cracking demonstration, Agfest, Tasmania Whip demonstration Agfest 2010.JPG	Peripitus	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 58		The Daly Waters pub's Beef 'n' Barra truck Daly Waters.jpg	MEGutsell	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 59		Bitter Springs thermal pool, Mataranka 20160813081338 - Mataranka's Bitter Springs at dawn (28377542874).jpg	Felix Dance	CC BY 2.0
Day 60		Katherine Gorge, Nitmiluk Katherine River in Nitmiluk National Park.jpg	Ovico	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 61		Yellow Water billabong, Cooinda Kakadu (AU), Kakadu National Park, Yellow Water -- 2019 -- 3782.jpg	Dietmar Rabich	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 62		Saltwater crocodile Salty - Kakadu National Park.jpg	Jurie.vw	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 63		Darwin Military Museum Darwin Military Museum.JPG	MorePix	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 64		Adelaide River War Cemetery Adelaide River War Cemetery 1.jpg	Sarah Stewart	CC BY 2.0
Day 65		Boab tree, Northern Territory BoabBFTA3839558412 653db64553 o.jpg	MargaretRDonald	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 66		Lake Argyle from the air Lake Argyle.JPG	Reise-Line	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 67		Fitzroy River at Fitzroy Crossing Fitzroy River, Western Australia 02.jpg	Dan arndt	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 68		Goanna Varanus gouldii Tongue.jpg	Alan	CC BY 2.0
Day 69		Camel train at sunset, Cable Beach Camels Walking Home (56747812).jpeg	Josh Janssen	CC BY 3.0
Day 70		Cable Beach, Broome Broome Cable Beach - panoramio.jpg	Korkut Tas	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 71		Sun Pictures, Broome Broome - Sun Pictures 01.jpg	Dan arndt	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 72		Sunset over Eighty Mile Beach Spectacular sunset on 80 mile beach, W.A - (13113360043).jpg	Murray Foubister	CC BY-SA 2.0
Day 73		Salt stockpile, Port Hedland Dampier Salt evaporation flats, Port Hedland, 2023, 08.jpg	Kgbo	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 74		Coral and reef fish on Ningaloo Reef, near Exmouth Exmouth, WA, Australia - panoramio (1).jpg	Jonathan Muhiudeen	CC BY-SA 3.0
Day 75		Green sea turtle, Ningaloo Reef Green Sea Turtle, Ningaloo Reef.jpg	Nicole McLachlan	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 76		Spangled emperor Lethrinus nebulosus Churaumi.jpg	タウナギ	CC0
Day 77		Emu Emu running on the beach at Monkey Mia, July 2020 04.jpg	Calistemon	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 78		HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Geraldton, October 2023 05.jpg	DaHuzyBru	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 79		Perth skyline and Elizabeth Quay at night Perth (AU), Elizabeth Quay -- 2019 -- 0331-3.jpg	Dietmar Rabich	CC BY-SA 4.0
Day 80		Karrinyup Millington reserve gn.jpg	Gnangcomapp	CC BY-SA 4.0