G'day Bam, welcome and I look forward seeing your ride plans unfold.
When Lynne the Pillion and I rode the "Around the paddock" a few years back we did it anti clockwise, mainly because as we started in Melbourne Vic, and we wanted to get Sydney NSW and Brisbane Qld out of the way early in the ride.
Apart from nutrition, hydration, sleep management, Aussie outback business closing times and all the other multi day IBA ride considerations, I found a ride schedule with achievable (for us and your requirements will no doubt vary) ETA's and ETD's to be crucial. And we tried as much as we could to stick to it, of course problems jump out at you from time to time and then plan B has to be done on the run.
As Ed indicated there are a couple of interviews about the lap on Justin Long's "Long Riders Radio" with Ox and another with LTP and I, if you are interested have a listen.
Ox's interview -
https://podtail.com/podcast/long-riders-radio/54-peter-hogan-s-lap-around-the-paddock/
Ours -
https://podbay.fm/p/long-riders-radio/e/1593387245
LTP's and my ride report here:
https://forum.ironbutt.org/index.ph...g-paddock-around-australia-on-highway-1.3211/
As it turns out my forum Avatar shows our lap as recorded with Spot tracking at the time.
Good luck with the planning Bam.