Alternative title: Doing It For The Kids. Before we started travelling I had no idea that places like NRMA Treasure Island Holiday Park actually existed. After a week-long stay there I now [...]
We’ve spent most of our travels on the coast but when we have ventured inland we’ve been captivated by the landscape; rolling hills and endless paddocks lined with towering gums. It’s iconic [...]
the beautiful Lake Somerset after the storm I’m writing this from Lake Somerset where a huge storm blew through yesterday, completely unannounced. I was just settling Marigold when Che ran in to [...]
Within an hour of arriving at NRMA Woodgate Beach Holiday Park, I’d met three sets of grey nomads who had been visiting the park for over a decade. When I mentioned on instagram that we were at [...]
I feel like every caravan post I write should come with a precursor: we are novices and we’re literally learning as we go. Before we packed up our house/life and embarked on this journey, I had a [...]
Port Macquarie, on the NSW Mid-North Coast, is an easy four hour drive from Sydney. Boasting a gorgeous hinterland, exquisite coastline and a town centre with a friendly village vibe, it’s the [...]
I write this from the Clarence River where our caravan is parked five metres from the water. It’s quiet (when the kids are) and peaceful and just this morning we watched kangaroos hop across the [...]
If you’ve reached transition in your natural labours you’ll know what I’m talking about. It’s the point where it all gets too much and you’re ready to pack your bags and go home. You’re so close [...]
This week we move from a three-bedroom house into a 24ft caravan. Needless to say, we have sold most of our belongings (about 80 per cent of our belongings, to be precise). We’ve spent the [...]
You know the last few weeks of pregnancy when you feel like you’re teetering between one world and the next? They call it the “in-between” and that’s precisely what life [...]
I presumed the weeks before we hit the road would be a flurry of anxiety-induced activity but in all honesty, it’s quite the opposite. We’re navigating these prep days with a slow and [...]
We’re so close to take off and yet these next few weeks are going to be some of our busiest. We’ve got the caravan and the Land Cruiser (tick, tick) and the house is getting emptier [...]
