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Dream big, live simple

Jono, Laura and Neddy travelled Australia with a 1950s caravan for 19 months in 2015-16 and then hit the road again in 2018, this time in a troopy (no caravan). Scroll on to read about places we’ve been and other things we saw fit to ponder upon during our travels. We’ve got blogs about places we’ve stayed as well as handy tips, including what our trip cost, how we travelled with our dog, and more.

You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, or by interacting with our friendly contact flamingo (ok, it’s more a contact form than a contact flamingo. But we wish it was a flamingo). We’d recommend against looking for us on Twitter, as we made an account but then pretty much hid from it.

These days we are living in Darwin. We still own the troopy and get out and about exploring what the Territory has to offer.

Recent Posts

September 6, 2018 Laura and Jono

Lambert Geographical Centre: smack bang

Heading north from Coober Pedy towards Alice Springs we found ourselves back on corrugation. The flat and rocky terrain was devoid of trees, grass and pretty much anything between us and the horizon. After a few hours we came upon Arckaringa Station and an outcrop of mountains known as the Painted Desert. Under vast blue … Read More

September 2, 2018 Laura and Jono

Coober Pedy: an opal in the rough

From Kingoonya we headed east to the Stuart Highway and then a couple of hours north to Coober Pedy. We were happy enough to be driving on smooth dust-free bitumen until a road train blew past and threw up a rock which cracked our windscreen. We knew it had to happen at some point! Neither … Read More

August 24, 2018 Laura and Jono

Goog’s Track: a good day to have a Goog day

We were doing so well at posting our blogs on time until we got to Goog’s Track. Then it all kind of fell off the rails, partly because we’ve been moving around so much we’ve barely had time to scratch ourselves. It’s a full-on gig, this travelling life – we need a holiday! [Insert the … Read More

July 17, 2018 Laura and Jono

Eyre Peninsula AGAIN: big barrels in a dust bowl

After crawling out of Eyre Peninsula dunes a few days ago, we were both well and truly desert hacked. Dusty beyond belief, neither of us had any clean clothes, Jono was surfed out, sore and limping from ulcerated flipper sores, reef cuts and unexplained foot rashes, Laura was sporting unevenly tanned hands from long shifts … Read More

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  • Red Bluff, Gnaraloo Station and Carnarvon: the wild west
  • Princetown: kangaroos, kangaroos, more kangaroos. Oh, and some Apostles.
  • Eyre Peninsula: west coast (part 2) Surf, Eat, Sleep, Repeat
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  • How we prepared for the trip

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