Budget

What does this cost? I'm certain this is one of the first questions on everyone's mind. In this page I am going to enlighten a bit about my budget. What were the preparations cost? What is my daily budget? How much are travel tickets?

...and I never said this trip was going to be cheap :)

Preparation costs(euro)

Flight Helsinki-Perth	740
Travel Insurance IF	340
Working Holiday Visa(Australia)	120
Backbag 60L	120
Light 800g Sleeping bag	60
6 Padlocks	12
iPod charger	12
Hostel Card	17
Hammock	29
Ultralight Towel	24
Luha	12
Maglite	16
Total	1502

Daily expenses

Accomodation	500 eur/month
Food	450 eur/month
Tours	400 eur/month

And below is summary of my travel expenses. Closer scrutiny on how much it will cost to get from place to place.

From Perth to Sydney

Perth-Broome	139,39
Broome-Darwin	116,97
Darwin-Alice Springs	136,36
Alice Springs-Cairns	212,12
Cairns-Cooktown	43,64
Cooktown-Port Douglas	36,36
Port Douglas-Cairns	14,55
Cairns-Byron Bay(pass)	195,15
Byron Bay-Sydney	69,7
Total	964,24

From Sydney to Auckland

Sydney-Tonga	211,52
Tonga-Auckland	156,5
Auckland-Cook Islands-Auckland	320
Total	688,02

New Zealand

From NZ to Tasmania

Christchurch-Melbourne	100
Melbourne-Tasmania	76,36
Total	176,36

Tasmania

From Tasmania to Perth

Tasmania-Melbourne	76,36
Melbourne-Adelaide
Adelaide-Kalgoorlie	121,21
Kalgoorlie-Esperance	29,58
Esperance-Albany	30,3
Albany-Denmark	4,85
Denmark-Margaret River
Margaret River-Perth
Total	262,3

Itinerary

It has taken huge amount of time to plan this trip. First ideas came to my head already back in August 2007, but it wasnt until December 2007 when route was basically finalized and set in stone. Originally I had quite wild ideas which included places like Hawai, Chile, Canada and even Alaska. Slowly I understood that its just not possible to take all places and it was better to focus on one "area" only. That area ended up being Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Islands.

View itinerary with Google Map

Below itinerary on monthly level

• July 2008: Perth, Broome, Darwin
• August 2008: Darwin, Alice Springs, Cairns, Cooktown
• September 2008: Mission Beach, Magnetic Island, Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Town of 1770, Fraser Island
• October 2008: Brisbane, Byron Bay, Sydney, Tonga
• November 2008: Tonga, Cook Islands
• December 2008: New Zealand, North Island
• January 2009: New Zealand, South Island
• February 2009: Tasmania
• March 2009: Melbourne, Adelaide, Barossa Valley, Kalgoorlie, Esperance
• April 2009: Denmark, Margaret River
• May 2009: Perth, Coral Bay