Help please - Which itinerary for our around Australia trip???

Hi everyone,

We are leaving for an 11 month trip around Australia from the end of August of this year. There will be hubby, myself and four kids aged 10,8,6 and 4. We are doing a lot of free/cheap camping so we can be flexible with our itinerary.

We have come up with two rough itineraries and was wondering which everyone would recommend. I guess our main question is when is the better time to be in WA? The heat doesn't bother us....we would rather be hot than cold, and for the kids to be able to swim etc.

We are leaving from Brisbane, QLD, will be aiming to be at the NT border within a week (as we have already done central QLD and this route on a previous holiday). We also want to get to the NT while it's not too hot. We also aren't doing much of NSW apart from Snowy Mountains, as we have done a fair bit of the NSW coast also, and this is also easily accessible for shorter holidays.

ITINERARY 1:

S - NT (Top End only)
O - WA (Kimberley (El Questro, Bungle Bungles to Broome) / Pilbara (Karijini NP))
N - WA (Coral Coast/Perth regions)
D - WA (Margaret River to SA border)
J - SA (Nullabor, Port Augusta, Mildura, Snowy Mtns)
F - East VIC (High Country, Wilsons Prom, Phillip Island)
M - TAS
A - West VIC/SA (Great Ocean Rd, SA coastline to Port Augusta/Flinders Ranges)
M - SA/NT (Central SA to Uluru/Alice Springs)
J - North QLD
J - North QLD


ITINERARY 2:

S - NT (Alice Springs/Uluru)
O - SA/NSW (Coober Pedy, Flinders Ranges, Mildura, Snowy Mtns)
N - East VIC (High Country, Wilsons Prom, Phillip Island)
D - TAS
J - West VIC/SA (Great Ocean Rd, SA Coastline, Nullabor)
F - WA (SA Border to Margaret River)
M - WA (Perth region/Coral Coast)
A - WA (Pilbara (Karijini NP) / Kimberleys (Broome, Bungle Bungles, El Questro))
M - NT (Top End)
J - North QLD
J - North QLD


Any advice you could give us would be very much appreciated!! TIA