Every parent has their own method but these have worked for us. C - General Tips. Reading the history and other information about the areas to be travelled alerts you to features that may otherwise be missed. The local tourist offices are a mine of information and are a vast improvement over the one in central Perth. They are more in tune with bus and air tours.
More detailed maps are available and essential if heading into the outback.
Talk to other travellers, they may know of places that are not on the regular tourist routes. Caravan parks are a good source of such intelligence. Always leave something unseen at a good destination. It encourages you to go back. Try and have 1 or 2 days luxury on each long journey.