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 th…

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, just across the Finke River, howlin…

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 birds. A dingo comes round to …

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 day. I’ve had …

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 discovered the road …

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 those planning …

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 solo or …

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 benefi…

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-b…

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 …

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 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 g…

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.

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 …

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 …

I finally left my shed at Scotty’s place in Tolga – a great place to stop, work on my Troopy and do some caretaking work (thanks heaps, Scotty) It has taken me 3 1/2 months to travel 20 km…

Why is long-term travel so different from camping or even a "trip of a lifetime" to the Cape? The biggest difference is that you are NOT on holidays! You may be retired or have a nest-egg, or have re…