Blog Archive
Travel diaries & monthly expenses.
Our written travel journals from 2018 to 2024, preserved in full. In 2024 we moved our storytelling to YouTube, but every one of these 153 posts lives on.
All 153 original posts are preserved at their original web addresses, so old links and search results keep working.
2023
2021
- July 2021 – Travel Expenses
- Cape Leveque, Western Australia – Taking your caravan
- June 2021 – Travel Expenses
- May 2021 – Travel Expenses
- 100 Thousand Km’s Traveling Australia
- April 2021 – Travel Expenses
- Sunny Acres Farmstay. Rushworth, Victoria.
- Tolmie Recreation Reserve, Victoria – Low Cost Camp
- March 2021 – Travel Expenses
- February 2021 – Travel Expenses
- Freedom Camping at Barmedman Mineral Pool, NSW.
- January 2021 – Travel Expenses
- Travel Expenses – December 2020
2020
- November 2020 – Travel Expenses
- Our 5 Most Favourite Gadgets for our Caravan
- October 2020 – Travel Expenses
- 2 Years Traveling Australia – An Update
- Full Time Travel. Making the Decision to Go!
- Highlights of Traveling Australia – In Pictures
- Do you wonder what tools are needed for full time travel? This is what we carry.
- Our 5 Favourite Simple Caravan Modifications
- Travel Expenses – September 2020
- Travel Expenses – August 2020
- How has our Spending Changed: Post NSW Covid Lockdown.
- Travel Expenses – 2 Months Post Covid Lockdown
- Our 5 Most Favourite Items for the Caravan
- West Australia’s Horizontal Falls Tour – Is It Worth The Big Dollars?
- 65,000 km and 18 months Touring Australia – The Stats
- March 2020 – Travel Expenses
- February 2020 – Travel Expenses
- Lake Ballard WA. Free Camping amongst Antony Gormley sculptures.
- January 2020 – Travel Expenses
- Tasmania – We put the ferry cost into perspective.
- Ponto Falls Free Camp – Near Wellington, NSW
- December 2019 – Travel Expenses
2019
- November 2019 – Travel Expenses
- Telstra or Optus for Traveling Australia
- October 2019 – Travel Expenses
- Tow Vehicle Comparison – Challenger, Everest, Ranger
- Our First Anniversary! 12 Months on The Road!
- September 2019 – Monthly Expenses
- Camooweal Billabong QLD – Free Camp
- August 2019 – Travel Expenses
- Eight Weeks in Tasmania – The Stats
- Mary Kathleen. Free Camp, East of Mt. Isa, Qld.
- July 2019 – Expenses
- Our Top 3 First Aid Items while Travelling in a Caravan
- Quobba Point Blowholes Campground, WA.
- June 2019 – Expenses
- Driving The Gibb River Road with a Caravan.
- The Gibb River Road – Campgrounds
- May 2019 – Expenses
- Chambers Pillar, Northern Territory.
- Ford Ranger Tow Vehicle – New Vehicle Fit Out.
- Kings Canyon to West MacDonnell Ranges driving the Mereenie Loop.
- Uluru / Kata Tjuta National Park – Planning your trip.
- Morris Pass Lookout, NT. Free Camp.
- April 2019 – Expenses
- Lake Hart, South Australia. Free Camp.
- Free Camp – Seymour, Victoria
- Six Months on the Road! How is it going?
- March 2019 – Expenses
- Eight weeks in Tasmania – All Free or Low Cost camping!
- February 2019 – Expenses
- Fingal, Tasmania – Free (Donation) Camp
- January 2019 – Expenses
- Derby Tasmania – Free Camping.
- Ben Lomond National Park, Tasmania.
- Kentish Park, Lake Barrington – Free Camp near Sheffield, Tasmania
- Smithton Tasmania. Tall Timbers Free Camp.
- Black River Camp. Bush camping near Stanley, Tasmania.
- Burnie, Tasmania. Cooee Point Free Camp.
- Burnie, Tasmania.
- Spirit of Tasmania. Night sail – car and caravan tips.
- Yass NSW – Joe O’Connor Park – Free camping
- December 2018 – Expenses
2018
- Using the washing machine while unpowered camping.
- The pretty little town of Gundagai NSW.
- Nariel Creek Rec Reserve, Victoria. Donation Camp.
- Lake Wallace NSW. Free Camp near Lithgow.
- As our first clover leaf comes to an end ……..
- Carcoar Dam NSW
- Chinchilla Qld, Watermelon Festival.
- Briagolong, Victoria. Free Camp at Blue Pool.
- Omeo, Victoria. Livingstone Park. Free overnight riverside stop.
- Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Low Cost Camping.
- November 2018 – Expenses
- Arthur’s Seat, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
- October 2018 – Expenses
- Maldon Victoria. Free camp.
- Echuca, Victoria. Free Camping on The Murray River.
- Heathcote, Victoria.
- Victorian Goldfields Railway & The town of Maldon.
- Tantanoola South Australia
- Lake Lascelles, Victoria.
- Portland, Victoria. Seal tour to Lawrence Rocks.
- One month on the road …… How is it going?
- Langhorne Creek, Fleurieu Peninsula, SA. Freedom Camp.
- Coorong National Park South Australia
- Victorian Silo Trail – Rochester to Patchewollock
- Burra, South Australia. Heritage Passport.
- The Spanner Man – Boort. Victoria.
- Old Glen Innes Road, NSW.
- Temora Warbirds AirShow 2018
- Warialda NSW. Sculpture Break Park.
- Pilliga Scrub & Hot Bore Baths. NSW.
- Darling River Run
- Farewell to Family and Friends
- Excitement, Anxiety and Trepidation
- Travel Diary. Day 14 – South Australia
- Our Kokoda Digger 11 – Inside Tour
- Travel Diary. Day 13 – South Australia.
- Travel Diary. Day 12 – South Australia.
- Travel Diary. Day 11 – South Australia.
- Travel Diary. Day 10 – South Australia
- Travel Diary. Day 9 – South Australia.
- Travel Diary. Day 8 – South Australia
- Travel Diary. Day 7 – South Australia
- Travel Diary. Day 6 – South Australia
- Travel Diary. Day 5 – South Australia
- Travel Diary. Day 4 – South Australia
- Travel Diary. Day 3 – South Australia
- Travel Diary. Day 2 – South Australia
- Travel Diary. Day 1 – South Australia
- Hat Head National Park, NSW
- Chaffey Dam, Nundle NSW
- Oodnadatta track SA – Mutonia Sculpture Park
- Cameron Corner
- Lake Cadibarrawirracanna
- Historic Currabubula Pub NSW
- Nindigully Pub
- Birdsville Track
- Oodnadatta Track
- Knorrit Flat, Nowendoc NSW
- Dunn’s Swamp Rylestone NSW
- Roma/Chinchilla/Carnarvon Gorge
- Upsalls Creek Forest
- Cangai Bridge, NSW
- Gumma Reserve NSW
- East Gresford Showground near Dungog NSW
- Split Rock Dam
- Wooldridge Fossicking Reserve, Uralla NSW
- Mannus Lake NSW
- Yarrangobilly Village, NSW
- Pildappa Rock
- Streaky Bay Islands Caravan Park
- Penong Windmill Museum
- Blowering Dam NSW