How I get mail while travelling Australia, and what I learned when three bottles of Fenglehorn Tomatah Sauce went to Cairns while I went to Coober Pedy. Parcel Collect, lockers, Poste Restante, and the $7.20 fix I found out about too late.
Everyone on the road asks me the same question. Mini or Standard dish? So here’s the real answer, backed by numbers, not marketing. I run Boldacious Digital and Living On…
Dingoes I got woken up this morning while camping at Finke Gorge by dingoes howling, and they sounded close. I walked out of the tent and spotted one straight away,…
I’ve been camped on the Finke Gorge in the Finke Gorge National Park for the past 10 days in this absolutely beautiful, quiet spot. Just gorgeous views and lots of…
There’s a version of the full-time road life that looks like this: golden light, open horizons, a perfectly charged laptop, and a beautiful sunset at the end of a satisfying…
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.
Summary Seamus explains how to monitor a webpage for changes when a road closure prevents reaching Halligan Bay Campground at Lake Eyre. He wanted to see about 20,000 pelicans but…
(When You’re Already Overwhelmed) If you’ve ever sat staring at the Starlink Roam plans, wondering which one actually fits how you travel, you’re not alone. I’ve been there too –…
Wonderful article on “Why you should hitchhike.” Nico Lethbridge’s article argues that hitchhiking still has a place in the modern world, despite our fears about stranger danger. On a single…
Big Lap Savings: 82 Clever Money Saving Tips for Your Road Tripby Annette from All Around Oz This article offers practical tips for saving money while travelling Australia, perfect for…
This report (Older Women Hit Open Road in Growing Trend) by the University of Technology Sydney is interesting. Yates, M., Perry, L., Onyx, J., & Levett-Jones, T. (2024). Women travelling…
Great video from ABC Landline – Why grey nomads are doing more than a big lap of Australia after retirement
This is a great article from The Conversation on why “Visiting a national park is good for our health and well-being.“ Visiting national parks has been found to have numerous health…
Ketty and I bought a beautiful MGA sports car in about 1982. After that, we took a few small trips and drove around Tassie. It was surprisingly good off-road, too….
When I was at Burnie High School, my parents were part of the Burnie Field Naturalists Club, which had a shack at pinmatik/Rocky Cape. We spent many weekends there with…
Returning to find my office tent collapsed in the wind, I was horrified. With some quick thinking and much swearing, I managed to get it back up and running.
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.
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.
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.
