Van Life

  • From Empty Van To Home-On-Wheels In Three Months

    This is a very special week. Our new home has arrived from the factory in Germany after months of waiting, and on Wednesday we accepted delivery. What an amazing journey it has been on already – but that is nothing compared to what lies ahead. I did say ‘home’ but it’s not quite a home…

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  • Leaving Brisbane With A Plan And A Gearbox

    It has been 2 days since we left the city and we are now 800km along our ~2500km route. We have found a quiet place to rest for the day between Narrabri and Gilgandra on the Newell Highway. But where are we going? Those of you who have followed our travels over the years will…

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  • I Had Everything But Happiness

    Today, we are resharing a video we made last year. It’s all about how we left everything behind to chase a dream. I used to have everything. I had a career. I had a house in the suburbs full of things. A garden. But there was one thing I didn’t have – happiness. So, in…

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  • The Rise of the Cat – a Message of Love

    The information and events presented in this article have not been fact-checked. It’s the year 1989 and in a dimly lit office at the headquarters of Swiss nuclear research organisation, CERN, a telecommunications engineer is putting the finishing touches on his latest project proposal. A proposal that would change the lives of feline owners and…

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  • From St George to Home

    It was our first night in St George and the outback was putting on a show – another glorious sunset. I dragged the bench from the van outside so we could have a comfy seat to watch it from. We had arrived to a camp on the outskirts of town just an hour before and…

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  • Toowoomba to Westmar But No Dingoes

    China has its Great Wall, Germany had the Berlin Wall, and Australia has the Great Barrier Fence – first constructed in the 1880s to keep out the graziers’ most feared threat, the Australian Dingo. After being revived in the 1940s, the fence stretched a record breaking 8,614km from the Eyre Peninsula to the Darling Downs…

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  • Haloumi & Eggplant Burger

    Welcome to our kitchen! Today, we are cooking a quick and easy burger that has now become a favourite of mine. When I transitioned from house life to van life there was one thing I didn’t want to sacrifice – the ability to cook wholesome, delicious meals. For the most part, my cooking style didn’t…

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  • The Towns That Time Forgot

    Along the highways and back roads of the outback, hidden behind the scrub and Casuarina trees, they stand. Their impression held only in the minds of few that live, and preserved only in newspaper clippings in another town – they still hold on. The outback sun has stripped their paint, and the wood that has…

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  • Cats and Flowers in Toowoomba

    Flowers, flowers, flowers! If there’s one event that everyone is talking about come Spring it’s the Toowoomba Regional Hayfever Society AGM Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers. We left Gatton – and no we didn’t spot any lions, but Willow kept an eye out. Once ascending the range into the Garden City there was one thing I…

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  • Roadtrip Tracker

    Welcome to our Springtime Road Trip. Where you decide where we go. This event has now ended. Here are our stories from this trip: Springtime Road Trip Commences Lil Jess Nearly Sees the End of the Line Cats and Flowers in Towoomba The Towns Time Forgot Pearl & Merlin Waiting for the Rain Toowoomba to…

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