Most of us aspire to “living the dream”… the big house, fancy car, designer clothes, the corporate jet set lifestyle (as it once was). But one woman decided the dream she was living was not what it was cracked up to be. So, instead she gave it all away, sold the house and moved…. literally. She now lives in an RV motorhome and travels her country from one state to another. A day here, a ...…[read more]
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Ever received a gift you didn’t want but you really wanted? That’s what I received from my family this Christmas. It was an experience gift. One of those gifts you do rather than get more stuff. It required some level of skill. Unfortunately a skill I hadn’t used in forty five years. It was a day’s dirt bike riding on a motor bike around the Darwin hinterland. So of course, there was a high level ...…[read more]
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…. Well, not really. The positive side of this pandemic is we have been confined to stay put within our borders. In reality you can hardly say it’s been an imposition. Western Australia is bigger than many several countries combined. The benefit has been, not only have we been fortunate to enjoy a covid free lifestyle, but instead we’ve had to explore what we have in our own backyard. I’m ...…[read more]
I haven’t seen it yet. But I suspect there’s a large government truck, stacked full of stainless steel, doing the rounds of Western Australia. Rumor is, it often operates in conjunction with a helicopter…. The impact on their target locations are spectacular. I’m talking about what I think are some of the state’s best kept tourist secrets. For example, The Gap and Nature’s Bridge near Albany. It used to be just a popular destination. Now ...…[read more]
It was a moment of reality. “I thought what have I done”. Mary Fox’s life changed five years ago when her husband suddenly passed away. They had travelled extensively together. Despite suddenly finding herself single, she decided she wasn’t prepared to just sit around. She came across a group called Rolling Solos. It’s a group of single women who travel the country in a motorhome. After selling her home, she joined the other 15,000 followers ...…[read more]
As the recent four wheel drive and adventure show in Perth demonstrated, there’s a never ending range of four wheel drive products and accessories. There’s a gadget for just about every need. Not dissimilar with camping. The list of items to make life in the great outdoors just that little more livable is endless. But behind the vast range of products, uniqueness can be limited. We love our New Zealand brand tent we have mounted ...…[read more]
There’s always something special, something tranquil about a boardwalk. Sure, it saves thousands of feet trampling over pristine stretches of nature. But what it does is give you the sense of effortlessly being a part of nature… Like walking in the clouds through the tops of giant trees. Feeling the pit of your stomach turn as you stare down a deep canyon. Or meandering around a cliff edge feeling the power of the ocean below. ...…[read more]
What will travel look like in the future? But who can we believe? We’ve all heard the stories about the world leading market experts who overlooked great ideas. Thomas Edison was told his light bulb was “unworthy of the attention of practical or scientific men.” Alexander Graham Bell was told his telephone was “idiotic”. Walt Disney was told he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” Kodak invented digital photography but didn’t adapt it and ...…[read more]
It came as a shock. I felt disheartened. I hadn’t been back for years. It was my childhood home, a small South Australia country town where my parents owned a general store. They built it into a thriving business. It was part of my wonderful years of growing up. Now, decades later, along with changes in the rural industry, the store was non existent. The building and adjoining home in disrepair. I reflected back to ...…[read more]
You could see the orange glow of Mars just above the horizon. Further up is Jupiter. Next to it Saturn with Pluto hiding in the middle*. The spectacular night sky show of the heavens was just commencing… Scanning closer to the horizon, the darkness was broken by a scattering of lights filtering through the bushes. Distant muffled voices of nearby campers offer some reminder, or even reassurance, we were not alone as we lay gazing ...…[read more]