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The Grand Tourists

Dreams, waking thoughts and incidents on the road

Aussie roadtrip stats

  • Days travelled: 100
  • Kilometres travelled: 26,161
  • Free/paid camps: 51/49
  • Pies eaten: 26
  • Tantrums thrown: 6
  • Bush poos taken: 1

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An Aussie girl and an Englishman meet in Thailand and make their lives an endless Grand Tour.

Follow us as we road trip Australia and New Zealand, backpack South America and explore Europe.

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A walk in the park: hiking in Peru, Australia and NZ

I am a very lazy person. I only wash my hair once a week and even that is a considerable test of my strength and endurance. Conversely, I love multi-day hikes. Continue reading A walk in the park: hiking in Peru, Australia and NZ

The last leg: limping from Byron Bay to Cup Day
Australia

The last leg: limping from Byron Bay to Cup Day

The last week of our Australian roadtrip was a real struggle. Our van Moby, which had been intermittently playing up since the Daintree rainforest, was now being a total see-you-next-tuesday. Would we ever make it home? Continue reading The last leg: limping from Byron Bay to Cup Day

The road most travelled: On the backpacker trail to Brisbane
Australia

The road most travelled: On the backpacker trail to Brisbane

We check out some of the biggest attractions on Australia’s east coast backpacker trail – from Cairns to the Whitsundays, Fraser Island and the Gold Coast. Continue reading The road most travelled: On the backpacker trail to Brisbane

Diver down: Learning to dive on the Great Barrier Reef
Australia

Diver down: Learning to dive on the Great Barrier Reef

We have a sleep over on Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef as Gareth gets some more Australian dives in and Shelley struggles through her open water course. Continue reading Diver down: Learning to dive on the Great Barrier Reef

On the tablelands: Eating our way through Tropical North Queensland
Australia

On the tablelands: Eating our way through Tropical North Queensland

We chart a sluggish course south in our campervan towards Cairns, in Tropical North Queensland. Meandering through the Atherton Tablelands, we eat and drink everything in sight like a slow-moving pac man. Continue reading On the tablelands: Eating our way through Tropical North Queensland

Where the forest meets the sea: Discovering the Daintree Rainforest
Australia

Where the forest meets the sea: Discovering the Daintree Rainforest

There’s another world waiting for you over the Daintree River.
We explore Far North Queensland’s Daintree National Park in two days – camping, swimming and tramping through rainforest trails. Continue reading Where the forest meets the sea: Discovering the Daintree Rainforest

The rest of the Red Centre: Hiking Kings Canyon and Ormiston Gorge
Australia

The rest of the Red Centre: Hiking Kings Canyon and Ormiston Gorge

In the second half of our Red Centre roadtrip we explore Kings Canyon, Ormiston Gorge and the Devils Marbles – some of the Northern Territory’s OTHER impressive geological formations. Continue reading The rest of the Red Centre: Hiking Kings Canyon and Ormiston Gorge

Between the Rock and a hard place: Uluru and Alice Springs
Australia

Between the Rock and a hard place: Uluru and Alice Springs

We travel 1,645 km from the Top End to the Red Centre of Australia just to see the mighty Uluru and Kata Tjuta monoliths. It was totes worth it. Continue reading Between the Rock and a hard place: Uluru and Alice Springs

Discovering Australia’s Disneyland: Kakadu National Park
Australia

Discovering Australia’s Disneyland: Kakadu National Park

We continued our road trip through the ‘Never Never’ (one of Australia’s more romantic names for the Top End) to the famous Kakadu National Park. Continue reading Discovering Australia’s Disneyland: Kakadu National Park

Bugs, crocs and bushfires: a million ways to die in the Top End
Australia

Bugs, crocs and bushfires: a million ways to die in the Top End

Our life becomes choc full of crocs and other Top End dangers as we reach Litchfield National Park, Darwin and Corroboree Billabong on our Northern Territory roadtrip. Continue reading Bugs, crocs and bushfires: a million ways to die in the Top End

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