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
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
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
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
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
We take the scenic route to Kununurra, travelling by van, boat and plane to bring you the freshest views of outback icons Lake Argyle and the Bungle Bungles. Continue reading Kimberley calling: Cruising the seas and skies of Kununurra
It’s important to remember that the Kimberley, while beautiful, is usually trying to kill you. We were almost smothered in in its scorching embrace on our way to Halls Creek and the Wolfe Creek Meteorite Crater. Continue reading Surviving Wolfe Creek: Backpacker nightmares in the Kimberley
A few hours north of Perth, on the iconic Indian Ocean Drive, you can explore geological wonders like the Pinnacles and the gorges of Kalbarri, fueling up on local rock lobster. Continue reading Wets on for WA’s Indian Ocean Drive: Perth to Kalbarri
We arrived in Perth from Margaret River late in the afternoon and on first impressions, it was the city of our dreams. Time to test the theory as we explore Cottesloe and Fremantle and meet the quokkas on Rottnest Island. Continue reading Dockers and quokkas: Perth, Fremantle and Rottnest Island
We’d heard a lot about the danger, difficulty and tedium of the Nullarbor Plain crossing. But no one told us that hundreds of whales and their calves live right in the middle at the Head of the Bight, South Australia. Continue reading Never a dull moment: the Nullarbor Plain
The Grand Tourists 