Van Life
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Six Years Apart: Willow Sitting on the Same Swing, a Tale of Nostalgia and Decay at Clements Gap
Read moreFor most of us, the excitement of travel is the feeling of visiting a place for the very first time. But for me, what I find most interesting about travel is the opportunity to revisit a place we have been to before. And when there’s been a 6 year gap in between those visits it […]
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New cardboard box for Willow and some long awaited new shoes for me
Read moreIf shoes say a lot about a person then I’m not sure what mine were saying about me. Realising that one could quite plainly see my socks through the 10c piece size holes in the sides, I knew it was time for a new pair. ‘Surely they have a few months left in them?’ I […]
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Vacuuming the Cat – A Sandy 4 Weeks on Ningaloo Reef, South Lefroy, Winderabandi
Read moreWe had been dreaming of the moment for months, and as we got to the end of the very bumpy and very long Ningaloo Rd, the ocean came into view. In the distance, waves broke over the fringing reef, the sign we were finally there. Ningaloo Reef. It had been 154 days since we left […]
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Willow Enters The Disturbing World of Artificial Intelligence – Then Gets Weird With My Shoe
Read more*Start AI response* In our campervan escapades through Australia, joined by our curious cat Willow, we journey through a shifting technological landscape that blurs the line between reality and illusion, making it harder to decipher the authenticity of the media we encounter. As we capture Willow’s insights in our travel tales, the rise of artificial […]
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Best snorkelling spots on Ningaloo Reef 2023, South Lefroy, Winderabandi
Read moreWhen it comes to snorkelling in Australia, Ningaloo Reef takes centre stage, and with good reason. While popular places like Turquoise Bay and Oyster Stacks may feature in all the tourist brochures, here are some other gems that will make you forget all about the crowds. So, let’s air down those tyres and hit the […]
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Willow’s film debut: [not] The Lion King – Pilbara, Western Australia
Read moreWillow’s film debut is here! Unfortunately, due to some budget cuts there had to be a few minor changes to the plot which has made the film shorter than originally anticipated. Anyhow, grab a few pieces of popcorn and sit back and enjoy! The rest of our story today follows our travels through the Pilbara […]
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Willow cries when we leave her behind – Yulara to Laverton on 1,100km of rough roads
Read moreIt’s about time I let you know where we are going because it’s not often we know ourselves. The plan is to make it to Exmouth, Western Australia where we will snorkel on the Ningaloo Reef. Obviously Willow won’t be going in the water, but she’ll be perfectly fine with that. First, we needed to […]
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Willow and Opal Hunting in Coober Pedy – Yes, we found some!
Read moreIf Willow could roll her eyes they would be rolling out of her fluffy little skull right now. Look at us. Steph and I sitting in the van in the middle of the night rummaging around a plastic container of sandy little rocks we had just found, holding them up to the light of our […]
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She’s Mad! Willow Will Not Tolerate Steph Using Her Laptop – Eyre Peninsula to the Outback
Read moreWillow is a tolerant cat and she’ll forgive us for most things. She’ll forgive us if we have to move her out of the way to get something. She’ll forgive us if my guitar playing interrupts her morning naps. And she’ll forgive our bumpy drives on long gravel roads. But as we found ourselves in […]
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The Best Campsite in Australia, Willow Even Agrees! Eyre Peninsula – South Australia
Read moreI couldn’t have ever imagined we would find a place like this, let alone be able to spend 12 nights camping here for free. But there we were, Steph and I, stood atop a cliff watching the waves break over the reef, Willow by our feet sniffing the salty air. The sun’s going down now […]