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Boarding your pets on the Spirit of Tasmania is horrible
Read more: Boarding your pets on the Spirit of Tasmania is horribleAt 7:30pm on the 18th of November Willow and I travelled from Melbourne to Devonport on the Spirit of Tasmania. If you are traveling with your car from mainland Australia to Tasmania your only option is the Spirit of Tasmania ferries. Though after reading this those of you travelling with pets may be inclined to…
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Adelaide to Melbourne in 17 days
Read more: Adelaide to Melbourne in 17 daysIt was November and we had spent around 6 months in South Australia but I left us only 17 days to get to Melbourne to board the ferry to Tasmania. We left the Barossa Valley and had a quick visit to Adelaide before heading south. I snapped this photo of Willow at the Port River Dolphin…
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A seal, a lighthouse, and a lazy cat.
Read more: A seal, a lighthouse, and a lazy cat.Between Portland and Warnambool lies the fishing town of Port Fairy. It was developed in the 1800’s as a whaling port. We visited on a Saturday morning and there were lots of people enjoying the cafes and market. I saw the Pied Oyster Catchers hopping around the rocks looking for their lunch. Meanwhile Willow decided it was…
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Can you afford to become a nomadic van dweller?
Read more: Can you afford to become a nomadic van dweller?If you look back on your last holiday you will dearly remember the new experiences you had, the scenic places you visited, the foods you had never tried before, and the beautiful people you met. But you may also remember not so dearly the money literally flying out of your wallet as it was blown…
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Life in the Mangroves with a Little Cat
Read more: Life in the Mangroves with a Little CatOne of the greatest things about nomadic life is that you never really know where you are going to end up. This thought would have provoked fear in my heart years ago, but for now it is a way of life. The realisation that you have everything you need with you and nowhere in particular you…
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Two whole years on the road!
Read more: Two whole years on the road!In 2016 we celebrated a year on the road and I joked about how we had only made it as far as central Qld. Today, we celebrate two years and although we have put in some serious ‘kilometerage’ through the NT and WA completing our visit to every state, we have still not finished our…
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Tank Cat Strikes Again
Read more: Tank Cat Strikes AgainUghh! Careful Willow! I’m not sure if cats are allowed to drive tanks! We passed through a military testing area on our way to Bald Hill Beach and found this Leopard 1A4 on display. They were in service in the Australian army from 1976-2007. Fortunately they never saw battle and now many are on display…
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Visiting Every State in Australia
Read more: Visiting Every State in AustraliaM I L E S T O N E ~ After 658 days of travel, leaving our hometown in May 2015, this little black adventure cat has achieved what some house cats could only dream of. As of this morning we have now finally passed into South Australia after 7 months in Western Australia. This…
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Secrets of Gnomesville
Read more: Secrets of GnomesvilleAustralia’s South West with it’s Mediterranean climate boasts world renowned wineries and restaurants sufficient enough to whet the appetites of seasoned foodies. But past the rolling surf of the Margret River region, multitudes of explorable caves, and towering Karri trees lies a secret deep in the forest. Omitted from the tourist maps and ‘Top 5’…
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Galena Bridge, WA
Read more: Galena Bridge, WAIn August 2016 we travelled South from Carnarvon on our way to Geraldton. The town of Carnarvon once hosted a space tracking station operated by NASA in the 1960’s that was used for human spaceflight missions such as the Gemini and Apollo programs. Nowadays a museum celebrates Australia’s rather understated involvement in these missions. Carnarvon is also a…