The Long and Wounding Road - Danny Katz

Thank you Danny Katz for another insightful and humorous piece....

A very long road trip can be lots of fun but only if you're the very-long-road-trip driver because then you get to do all the fun driving stuff like steering and accelerating and overtaking slow caravans on hills, yelling: "Outta the way, Jayco, move your fat pop-top arrrrrse." But a very long road trip is not as much fun if you're the very-long-road-trip front-seat passenger because then you have to sit next to the driver for the whole long trip and serve as their full-time butler/underling/waterboy/incorrect-turnoff scapegoat.

We went on a very long road trip and my beloved got to be the driver because it was a long bendy road and she said if she wasn't the driver she'd get carsick and vom all over the inside-windscreen — and our old crappy car doesn't have those fancy inner-windscreen vom-wipers like all the new cars have got.

More Roadside Facilities for WA Travellers

Most caravanners like to travel at about 85km per hour for four or five hours before stopping for a break. That means there needs to be roadside rest stops and facilities every 300 - 350km. Tourism WA is working on a plan to make this a reality on WA roads.
The plan will identify gaps in the road system where extra facilities such as water, toilets, showers and waste disposal need to be available. With sooooo many kms to travel between many (mostly northern) towns in WA, it is vital that there are safe and convenient road stops to have a break or stay the night. While good caravan park facilities are essential when you get to your destination, the journey is just as important!

'It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end.'

- Ursula K. LeGuin