Day 1 - Start to Port Fairy via GOR (389 km – about 5 hours 57 mins)

Day 2 - Port Fairy, VIC to Robe, SA (427 km – about 7 hours 9 mins)

Route follows coastal roads where possible rather than inland highways, and goes via Portland, Nelson, Port McDonnell, Mt Gambier, Carpenter Rocks (Cape Banks Lighthouse) and Bridgeport.

Day 3 - Robe, SA to Adelaide, SA (363 km – about 5 hours 33 mins)

Pretty straightforward until passing Hahndorf, then a few little detours through the Adelaide Hills.

Day 4 - Adelaide, SA to Port Lincoln, SA (671 km – about 9 hours 9 mins)

On advice (that it’s a more interesting road), goes up through Gawler and inland before going across to Port Augusta, then heads straight down to Port Lincoln.

Day 5 – Rest Day in Port Lincoln, SA

After just over 1800km in four days, it's time to have a day out of the saddle, rest, recuperate, have some nice saefood and liquid accompaniment, and probably do some laundry. Looks like there are a couple of nearby national parks that could be worth a detour too, so seems a nice spot to chill out.

Day 6 - Port Lincoln, SA to Ceduna, SA (403km - about 4 hours 48 mins)

Pretty straightforward day again, straight up the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula to Ceduna via Streaky Bay. The coastal route should allow me to check out Murphy's Haystacks on the way.

Day 7 - Ceduna, SA to Madura, WA (676 km – about 7 hours 42 mins)

Pretty straightforward day again, across the first bit of the Nullarbor to Madura, checking out Head of the Bight and whatever else there is to see along the way

Day 8 - Madura, WA to Esperance, WA (736 km – about 8 hours 28 mins)

Final stretch of the Nullarbor and then down to the SW coast at Esperance.

Day 9 – Rest Day in Esperance, WA

Again, just over 1800km but in three days this time, so it's time for another day out of the saddle for all that R&R stuff I mentioned earlier. Never been there or heard much about it, but Esperance sounds nice, and they have the Great Ocean Drive just outside town, so we'd definitely check that out along with whatever relaxing and domestic duties are required.

Day 10 - Esperance, WA to Hyden, WA (382 km – about 4 hours 44 mins)

Esperance to Hyden to go see Wave Rock around sunset (and possibly early morning the following morning too.

Day 11 - Hyden, WA to Albany, WA via Stirling Ranges (431 km – about 8 hours 3 mins)

Hyden to Albany via a scenic loop of the Stirling Ranges (in recommended direction for best afternoon viewing from a local website).

The fact that Google Maps suggests over 8 hours for 431km makes me wonder if there might be long unsealed stretches. I need to investigate this one further unless a WA Netrider knows? It appears to be the main/direct route from Wave Rock to Albany, but I know the main highway goes either back up to Perth, or back down to Esperance.

Day 12 - Albany, WA to Margaret River, WA (444 km – about 5 hours 54 mins)

Mostly following the highway (looks nice like a lot of sweeping curves to keep entertained anyway), with a couple of small detours into National Parks.

Day 13 - Margaret River, WA to Perth, WA via Cave Road and Fremantle (389 km – about 6 hours 54 mins)

Swing south for a few km first, then around onto Cave Road and follow that around to Busselton, then up the coast through Mandurah to Fremantle.

Day 14 – Rest Day in Perth, WA

Broke the 1800km theme, just 1646km between rest days this time.

At the end of this rest day, it's two weeks done. For the stats freaks out there, it's a total of (obviously estimates based on Google Maps) 5,286km at 378km per day, with 73:26 in the saddle at 5:14 per day (stats include zeros for rest days, so riding days are actually longer than the stated average).