The Grand Summary - or the Kennojus family's best and worst of 2012

Kms travelled: 40,425 (approx)
Days away: 325
States and territories visited: all of them!
Longest drive: From Tenant Creek to Lawn Hill - 798kms
Most expensive tourist 'experience': Swimming with the whalesharks (Exmouth, WA)
Number of hospital/doctors visits: 3 (2 for Sash, and 1 for Bill)

Best campsite
Zara + Sasha: Bussleton Big 4 Caravan Park (WA)
Bill: Big Lagoon, Francois Perron National Park (WA)
Kate: Shelly Beach, Albany (WA) + Conto Campground, Margaret River (WA)

Best Day
Sasha: my birthday in Bussleton (WA) and Movieworld (Gold Coast)
Zara: Movieworld (Goldcoast)
Bill: Fishing with George in Kalumbaru (Kimberly) and day at Michael and Julia's in Hobart
Kate: Hiking at Mitchell Falls (Kimberly) + walking in Bungle Bungles (WA)

Best tourist 'experience'
Zara: swimming with the whalesharks (Exmouth, WA) and snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef
Sasha: swimming with the whalesharks (even though he stayed on the boat!)
Bill: Tasman Island Cruise (TAS)
Kate: Ord River canoe trip (WA) and watching the total solar eclipse (Mareeba, QLD)

Worst moment
Zara: saying goodbye to Melbourne visitors
Sasha: crashing off bike on Mariah Island (TAS)
Bill: driving 5 hours to Kununurra (WA) with offensive boring guy
Kate: eye infection and chat to racist Perth couple in Alice Springs

People we loved from Melbs:
Cam, Greta, Dash and Jett
Jane, Sasha and Nina
Prue and Graham
Dave, Liz, Ada and Henry
Anna and Thu

Best fishing spots:
Lincoln National Park (SA)
Denham (WA)
Big Lagoon, Shark Bay (WA)
Honeymoon Bay, Kimberlys (WA)

Longest hikes:
Freycinet National Park (TAS)
Uluru base-walk (NT)
Pound Walk, Ormiston Gorge (NT)

Best hikes:
Frenchman's Peak, Cape Le Grande National Park (WA)
Mt Tubyularup, Stirling Ranges (WA)
Hollow Mountain, Grampians (VIC)
Pinnacles, Grampians (VIC)
Wineglass Bay, Freycinet National Park (TAS)
Rainforest Walk, Cape Tribulation (QLD)

Nicest beaches:
Turquoise Bay, Cape Range National Park (WA)
Cape Tribulation (QLD)
Shelley Beach, near Albany (WA)
Bay of Fires (TAS)

Worst bities (mozzies and sandflies):

Ubir, Kakadu (NT)

Kalumburu, Kimberly coast (WA)

Francois Perron National Park (WA)  

Number of flat tyres: 2 

(1 on Gibb River Road, Kimberlys (WA), 1 on Hume Highway (NSW))

Number of tow-trucks used: 3 

(Gibb River road to Kununurra, Litchfield NP to Katherine, Tully bridge to Tully)

Favourite driving songs:

Sasha: Somebody That I Used to Know, Gotye

Zara: Little Lies, Fleetwood Mac

Bill: Signatune, DJ Mhedi

Kate: Oh Yoko, John Lennon

10 Spots (in no particular order):

Kate and Bill

1. Gunlum, Kakadu (NT)
2. Karijini gorges (WA)
3. Bungle Bungles (WA)
4. Lincoln National Park (SA)
5. Cape Range National Park (WA)
6. Litchfield National Park (NT)
7. Zebede Hot Springs, El Questro, Kimberlys (WA)
8. Lawn Hill, Budjamulla National Park (QLD)
9. Uluru (NT)
10. Mitchell Falls, Kimberlys (WA)

Zara and Sasha

1. Theme parks (QLD)
2. Tim and Stephanie's house (NSW)
3. Tanya's house (NT)
4. Cow Bay (QLD)
5. Great Barrier Reef (QLD)
6. Bussleton (WA) 
7. Marg's place (WA)
8. Louise's place (WA)
9. Big Lagoon and Monkey Mia, Francois Perron NP (WA)
10. The Katherine Public Library (NT)