Noma yikuphi ukuhamba komgwaqo phakathi nomgwaqo ogijimayo wase-Australia uzobe ugcwele ihlane elibomvu elimnyama kanye nomthamo wasendle wangaphandle ukuze ungene ngaphakathi kwindiza yemoto. Uhambo oluvela ePerth ukuya eDarwin ngeBrand Highway alufani futhi lunikeza ithuba lokukhethwa kohambo olungavamile oluzovula amehlo omuntu ohamba naye.
Ishiya i-Perth
Umgwaqo ongu-1 yinethiwekhi yemigwaqo ehamba yonke indawo ejikeleze ugu lwase-Australia.
Ukuze umzila ophakathi kukaPerth, umasipala waseWestern Australia , noDarwin, inhloko-dolobha yeNorthern Territory, abahambi bazodinga ukuqala uhambo lwabo emgwaqweni owaziwa ngokuthi yiBrand Highway.
Ukuqala ukusuka emzini wasePerth, uzokwenza indlela yakho edolobheni laseGeraldton elisogwini. Vele uhambe enyakatho eduze neBrith Highway. Ukubukeka okubukeka kakhulu lapho uhamba emigwaqweni emikhulu yokudoba kuzobangela abantu abaningi ukuba bayeke izithombe.
Uma usufika eGeraldton, indawo elandelayo ukuyoya kuyo iCarnarvon, elinye idolobha elisogwini elihlala emlonyeni weGucecoyne River. Ngemuva kweGeraldton, i-Brand Highway iba iNyakatho-West Coastal Highway.
Ukuvimbela ukukhathala komshayeli, kuhlale kuwumqondo omuhle ukuma emadolobheni amaningi njengoba uzizwa udinga. I-Carnarvon ifakwe izinketho zokudlela, izakhiwo zokuzilibazisa ezifana namapaki kanye nezinqolobane, eziphelele ukuthulula imilenze, nokuhlala.
Isifunda saseKimberly
Uma usuka eCarnarvon, udinga ukuhamba eningizimu ukuze ungena eNyakatho-West Coastal Highway. Uma usujoyine ngokuphepha umgwaqo omkhulu, hamba uye edolobheni elikhulu lasePort Headland. Lokhu kuzoba isiqondiso esenyakatho-mpumalanga.
Kusuka lapha, thatha iNorth Northern Highway uye edolobheni elikhulu lase-Broome elisogwini.
Ngemuva kokudlula eBroome, ungaqhubeka uthatha i-Great Northern Highway esifundeni saseKimberly, esinye sezifunda eziyisishiyagalolunye eNtshonalanga Australia. Le ndawo ngeke nakanjani ihlinzekele ama-vistas amakhulu njengoba udlula iParkandu National Park edolobheni lase Kununurra, elihlala eduze komngcele ophakathi kweNyakatho Territory naseWestern Australia.
Kuya ngaseDarwin
Kusukela kuleli phuzu, umgwaqo omkhulu uba iVictoria Highway. Hamba enqabeni ye-easterly bese uya empumalanga kuze kube yilapho uwela umngcele. Konke okudingeka ukwenze kusukela lapha kuhambo oluya edolobheni laseKatherine, elingamakhilomitha angu-320 eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeDarwin.
Edolobheni likaKatherine, Highway 1 ihamba ngendlela eqondile, enyakatho naseningizimu ngaphesheya kwe-Australia. Lokhu kwaziwa ngokuthi iStuart Highway, okumelwe uthathe ngasenyakatho uze ufike lapho uya khona, idolobha laseDarwin.
Ukuhamba Ngezinhlangothi
Kunezihambo eziningana ezihamba phambili abahambahambayo abangase baqale ngesikhathi besuka ePerth baya eDarwin. Phakathi nomlenze wokuqala wohambo, phakathi kwamadolobha aseNtshonalanga Australia aseGeraldton naseCarnarvon, abashayeli abaningi bathatha ithuba lokubona indawo yokuvakasha eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Monkey Mia. Lapha, amahlengethwa e-bottlenose nabashika abancane badla futhi banobungane ngokwanele ukuze badonsa nge-bay.
Ngemuva kokudlula i-Carnarvon, ungaya eCoral Bay nase-Exmouth kusuka endaweni encane yaseMinilya. Kusuka lapha, uzokwazi ukufinyelela ku-Ningaloo Reef eyaziwayo futhi emangalisa, lapho uzothola khona ithuba lokubhukuda ngezinhlanzi ze-whale nemisebe ye-manta.
Uma usufika eNyakatho Territory, ungathatha isikhashana uvakashele iKatherine Gorge, enamagobo angu-13 eNitmiluk National Park. I-Kakadu National Park nayo ikhona esifundeni uma udinga isikhathi esengeziwe ukuze welula imilenze yakho futhi uzicwilise endaweni enesizotha.
Ihlelwe futhi ibuyekezwe nguSarah Megginson