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 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
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
We travelled north from Coral Bay to Exmouth to experience more of the Ningaloo Reef. Turtles, dolphins, dugongs, manta rays and whales could only be topped by a swim with the world’s largest fish – the whale shark. Continue reading Hunting whale sharks and stalking turtles: Exmouth and Muiron Islands
Continuing north in Western Australia, we risk our vanlives camping on Quobba’s wild coastline and and swim with dugongs and manta rays at the start of the Ningaloo Reef in Coral Bay. Continue reading Moby meets the Ningaloo Reef: Carnarvon to Coral Bay
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
Shaking off our hangovers with a dip at the stunning Elephant Rocks in Denmark, we wind our way through forests of giant tingle trees, backwoods vineyards and breweries in time for wine o’clock at Margaret River. Continue reading Beer, wine and high spirits: Denmark to Margaret River
Our victory on the Nullabor crossing has unlocked Western Australia’s remote south west coast. We visit the whitest sand in the world at Lucky Bay, and find a whale nursery at the end of Fitzgerald National Park. Continue reading Having a whale of a time: Esperance to Albany
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 