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And just like that a YEAR has passed....

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  And what a year it was....... As you can see from the map, it's not exactly a Lap of the country but still, loads seen and loads of learning points too. The statistics also provide an interesting read (although slightly skewed by Covid and its various lockdowns/border closures). Over the last 366 days (2020 being a Leap Year) We have travelled 24,509 kilometres (15,229 miles) At an overall cost of AU$32,340 (does not include cost of storage in NZ or various UK commitments). That's approx NZ$34,036 or GBP 17,859.  $88 a day to fuel, feed, accommodate, entertain all 3 of us.  Not bad eh? We visited 49 fuel stations and pumped a total of 2730 litres.....8.98km per litre...at a cost of $3,482.30. We may, or may not, have also consumed $3491.59 worth of alcohol so perhaps some of Von's family do have the right idea about not drinking!  Dennis has cost us, including his tooth extraction, a grand total of $3683.  Frankly he needs to start paying his way... We have stayed at a va