No Worries, You’ll Breeze It In
I had decided to go from Canberra to Cape York in August 1987.
There were a couple of minor technical issues.
My vehicle was a $600 Datsun 180B.
I had little money and no recovery gear.
Quiet Joys of Stargazing
One of my biggest quiet joys when travelling in outback areas is to go outside in the night, often to have a piss, and just gaze up at the stars.
It gives you little ripples of peace, joy, and well-being.
Lake Wonboyn Trip Oct 2023
I decided to take a short trip. I hadn’t tested my travelling gear on a “real” trip, and hadn’t even put up my new tent.
Wonboyn had been calling me for a few months now, so I thought I could kill 2 birds with one stone – visit Wonboyn and see my mate, Shane, who lives in Melbourne.
Wonboyn Lake
I used to visit Wonboyn Lake regularly over about a ten year period- my last visit was probably 25 years ago.
It’s an incredibly beautiful area surrounded by National Park, so remains unspoilt.
Bittangabee Campground
Bittangabee Campground is in the Beowa National Park, which surrounds Green Cape.
Bittangabee Campground is an incredibly beautiful place with much wildlife. I saw a possum, many bandicoots, a large gonna, a lyrebird.Batemans Bay
At Batemans Bay I caught up with some more Boldacious Digital work during my stay here and splurged on Pizza from Sams Pizza and on another night fish and chips from Innes Boatshed on the riverfront.
Oallen Ford
I used to camp at Oallen Ford about 20 years ago – it was a beautiful spot on the Shoalhaven River, got to via a dusty windy gravel road.
I was hoping (a little foolishly I thought), that you could still camp there. I didn’t actually hold out much hope as I had read that camping was no longer allowed. I found out that was a campsite – but the crown land still allows camping. I found out later this is not correct – the large “Crown Land” sign had the “No Camping” icon spray-painted white.
Ambling Along / Slow Nomadism / digital slomadism
The philosophy of Slow Nomadism “emphasizes a more deliberate and meaningful approach to nomadic living, allowing individuals to create a fulfilling and sustainable lifestyle on the road.” I got that definition from my new best friend (chatGPT)
It’s also called Slow Travel, or digital slomadism, but I just call it “ambling along”.
Mareeba to Canberra July 2022
Zoe and I decided to drive to Canberra for her June/July school holidays in Prado #2 We had three reasons for this: We left Mareeba on Monday 20th June and…
Google Maps vs Waze
I’ve just had a big road trip from Mareeba in Far North Queensland to Tasmania with my daughter. It was a fantastic trip.
I used Google Maps most of the way instead of standalone GPS.
Google Maps is fantastic but I had heard of WAZE, so I tried that as well.We are not on holidays
Cate, Zoe and Seamus travelled for 4 years around Australia. Zoe was 2 years old when we started.
Below is a summary of our adventures in Western Australia.
