Category Archives: Background

June 17

Practise…. what have we learnt?

Our vast experience of camping began 18 months ago with the purchase of our Swan.  It has been an interesting and steep learning curve… a few long weekends up and down the coast, culminatng in 2 weeks in Kangaroo Island has us feeling, perhaps falsely, confident about the next seven months.   What follows are […]

February 23

The car… is it ‘tripworthy’?

How do you make a Land Rover Discovery 4 (MY2014) ‘tripworthy’?  Everyone has anecdotes and experiences. The 4WD magazines and experts in the Alphabet shops all have differing opinions and ideas on what is necessary.  It seems the only truism is a bias towards parting with money.  I suspect the final fit is dependent on […]

February 22

The plan…

OK. Things are beginning to take shape. We have a departure date; June 22, 2015 and a loose plan that I suspect might change a few times! We are going to race up through the centre seeing only the highlights that will include Uluru, Kings Canyon and get to the Top End as soon as […]

July 07

Chasefloow around Australia

It might really be happening! We get to drive around some of Australia with Holly and Alex. Hopefully we can explore as many of the nooks and crannys as possible and share the wonder that this place holds for us, in them. It has always been something we talked and dreamed about.  It never really seemed like a […]