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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

Recent posts

  • A walk in the park: hiking in Peru, Australia and NZ
  • The last leg: limping from Byron Bay to Cup Day
  • The road most travelled: On the backpacker trail to Brisbane
  • Diver down: Learning to dive on the Great Barrier Reef
  • On the tablelands: Eating our way through Tropical North Queensland
  • Where the forest meets the sea: Discovering the Daintree Rainforest
  • The rest of the Red Centre: Hiking Kings Canyon and Ormiston Gorge
  • Between the Rock and a hard place: Uluru and Alice Springs
  • Discovering Australia’s Disneyland: Kakadu National Park
  • Bugs, crocs and bushfires: a million ways to die in the Top End

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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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Caves and country killed meat: Streaky Bay to Ceduna
Australia

Caves and country killed meat: Streaky Bay to Ceduna

South Australia has its own Great Ocean Road on the west side of the Eyre Peninsula. We found enormous sea caves and dramatic rock formations. The best bit? No crowds. Continue reading Caves and country killed meat: Streaky Bay to Ceduna

Ducking sharks and shucking oysters: Port Lincoln to Coffin Bay
Australia

Ducking sharks and shucking oysters: Port Lincoln to Coffin Bay

The less time you spend diving with Great White Sharks in Port Lincoln, the more time you will have for enjoying delicious and world-famous Coffin Bay oysters, straight off the oyster boat. Continue reading Ducking sharks and shucking oysters: Port Lincoln to Coffin Bay

Trials and tribulations in the City of Churches: Port Augusta to Adelaide
Australia

Trials and tribulations in the City of Churches: Port Augusta to Adelaide

A broken campervan window changes the course of our South Australian roadtrip. We look for a fix in Whyalla and Adelaide, and find some bliss at Lipson Cove. Continue reading Trials and tribulations in the City of Churches: Port Augusta to Adelaide

A journey through time and space: Andamooka and Woomera
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A journey through time and space: Andamooka and Woomera

For a blast from the past, make sure you check out these fascinating ghost towns – opal mining Andamooka and 1960s space race relic Woomera. Continue reading A journey through time and space: Andamooka and Woomera

Trouble on the Oodnadatta Track: Marree to Lake Eyre South
Australia

Trouble on the Oodnadatta Track: Marree to Lake Eyre South

The Ooodnadatta Track brings both beauty and horror as we explore a surreal sculpture park and the salt flats of Lake Eyre South. A midnight scare at an abandoned railway siding threatens our whole roadtrip. Continue reading Trouble on the Oodnadatta Track: Marree to Lake Eyre South

Roaming the Flinders Ranges: Wilpena Pound to Blinman
Australia

Roaming the Flinders Ranges: Wilpena Pound to Blinman

In the second part of our Flinders Ranges trip we hiked iconic Wilpena Pound and followed the wiggly roads through to Blinman, South Australia’s highest town. Continue reading Roaming the Flinders Ranges: Wilpena Pound to Blinman

Land before time:  Travelling through the ancient Flinders Ranges
Australia

Land before time: Travelling through the ancient Flinders Ranges

Entering the Flinders Ranges, we become immersed in an ancient world of 500-year-old gumtrees, 1000-year-old indigenous cave paintings and 600 million-year-old rock formations. Continue reading Land before time: Travelling through the ancient Flinders Ranges

From town to country: Echuca, Mildura, Broken Hill and Silverton
Australia

From town to country: Echuca, Mildura, Broken Hill and Silverton

The paddle steamers and old trains of Echuca and Mildura make way for the heavy industry of Broken Hill and Mad Max vibe of ghost town Silverton. Continue reading From town to country: Echuca, Mildura, Broken Hill and Silverton

D Day for we travel preppers
Australia

D Day for we travel preppers

The epic Australian roadtrip begins! Where we’re going, why, and how we prepped our sweet ride – a 1999 Toyota HiAce converted into a campervan perfect for two. Continue reading D Day for we travel preppers

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