Here are some statistics from our trip.

Total distance travelled: 4741.8km

Total fuel used: 416.1L

Average fuel economy: 8.8L/100km

Total cost of fuel: $524.70

Highest fuel cost: 129.9c/L (Mildura and Swan Hill)

Lowest fuel cost: 118.8c/L (Clare)

Average fuel cost: 125.7c/L

Total days on trip: 33

Average distance travelled per day (including non-travel days): 143.7km

Final leg of our journey today – up early, quick breakfast and then pack the last bits into the car. It was nice and quick since we had done most of the packing the night before.

After checking out, we filled up the car with petrol and then headed onto the motorway towards Sydney. Not far out of Albury, we found the Hume Highway had been closed due to an accident, all traffic was diverted along the Olympic Highway north through Culcairn.

Given how far we had to travel today, we were a little concerned that this would put us a long way behind schedule, but the traffic wasn’t as bad as I had expected, and we were able to stop in Wagga Wagga for a break before heading back to the motorway.

We found out later that the accident had happened around 1am – two trucks collided head-on along a stretch of the highway which had not yet been divided into a dual carriage-way road. Sadly, this stretch of road was due to start construction work for the duplication in only a few weeks.

Once back on the Hume Highway, we continued north, stopping at the Dog on the Tuckerbox monument just out of Gundagai to feed Andres some lunch and to stretch our legs a bit.

We then continued on to Goulburn where we stopped for lunch and let Andres play in the playground in Belmore Park just off the main street.

Traffic had been pretty light until we got closer to Goulburn and got progressively heavier the closer we got to Sydney, as was to be expected. It didn’t end up being anywhere near as bad as I had thought it would – and we arrived home just after 5pm.

Albury to Sydney (via Wagga Wagga)

The complete trip

Had a nice relaxing morning this morning – up to feed Andres breakfast and then we all headed down to the dining room so Leanne and I could have a hot breakfast. They have suits of armour decorating the lobby area of the motel, I took Andres for a walk to have a look but he was a bit uncertain about these shining metal things.

We had a quiet morning relaxing at the motel and after Andres had his morning nap we went for a bit of a drive around the town and stopped at a park so he could walk around a bit and play on the playground – he loves swings.

In the afternoon we again relaxed at the motel and I drove to the supermarket for some additional supplies.

In the evening, we spent some time organising our packing, keeping out only what we would need for the morning. I packed most of the car to avoid needing to do it in the morning – with the elevators and inconvenience of it all, we figured it would be easier to get as much done tonight.

We headed to bed early since it would be an early start in the morning.