Back in 2018 I was living full-time in a tiny Mazda E2000 travelling Australia with my now wife Emma. Back in 2018 I was living the dream. For those even beginning to contemplate vanlife in Australia, let me tell you this now, it was the… Read More »Vanlife in Australia: A Journal
Hidden away in the lush rainforests of Far North Queensland lies the most unexpected of attractions. Paronella Park is the life’s work of Mr Jose Paronella who, from 1929 onwards, turned scrubland next to Mena Creek into a beautiful Spanish castle. Paronella Park is one… Read More »The Magic of Paronella Park in Tropical Australia
From late December 2017 to mid June 2018, I lived in a tiny metal box on wheels having the time of my life. One small campervan gave Emma and I complete freedom; we could do what we wanted, when we wanted. If we wanted to… Read More »Vanlife in Australia: The Statistics
As we meandered our way up the East Coast of Australia in Max the campervan, there was one place that both Emma and I really looked forward to; Noosa. We’d heard wonders about this tropical paradise especially the Noosa National Park. Noosa is located on… Read More »A Walk in Noosa National Park
After the nightmare of our van breaking down in the outback bringing an abrupt end to our adventures, you’ll be pleased to know that our stress levels have reduced to normal! The last three weeks have been spent in Perth recuperating. A massive thanks goes… Read More »Three Weeks in Perth
11th June to 17th June Uluru to Tennant Creek After the mammoth of a drive last week, we planned to stay one more night at Uluru so we could see the giant red rock from up close as well as the National Park’s other highlight,… Read More »The Lap of Australia – The End of the Road
4th June to 10th June Cairns to Uluru If you read last week’s instalment, you’ll know that we finally finished road tripping up the East Coast of Australia. Next on our agenda was to travel right to centre of the Australian continent to Uluru. For… Read More »The Lap of Australia – Week Twelve
28th May to 3rd June Cairns to Cape Tribulation (and back again) So this is it, the final week of our adventure up the East Coast of Australia. From Sydney to Cape Tribulation; a journey of approximately 6,000 kilometres and countless hours on the road.… Read More »The Lap of Australia – Week Eleven
21st May to 27th May Bowen to Cairns Wow! I can’t believe we’re here; ten weeks into the lap of Australia and we’ve practically made to the end of stage one. The East Coast of Australia has been travelled by so many people but that’s… Read More »The Lap of Australia – Week Ten
30th April to 6th May Hervey Bay to Bundaberg I’m afraid I don’t have much to say for this update. It’s week seven of the lap of Australia and we need to top up our cash.Week seven started with a day trip from Hervey Bay… Read More »The Lap of Australia – Week Seven