Australia is an extraordinary country that we are lucky to call home. The largest island and smallest continent on the planet, it so enthrals, educates, amazes and amuses that some of us can’t get enough of it. We travel countless kilometres a year by road and air (nothing beats a window seat view of the […]
Great Australian Horse Ride
In terms of national identity, Australia is a relatively young country. It wasn’t so long ago, in 1988, that we commemorated our official bicentenary, marking 200 years since Captain Arthur Phillip arrived in Sydney Cove with the First Fleet of convict ships to found the British colony of New South Wales. The Australian Bicentenary was […]
Retro Rig: Homage to the Past
This vintage Kennedy caravan has many echoes of days gone by Everyone seems to love a vintage caravan, especially if it is teamed up with a classic tow vehicle from the same era. They are such nostalgic reminders of holidays past. So when we saw this 1960 fibreglass Kennedy caravan and its matching Ford pickup […]
Shark Bay World Heritage Area
Experience spectacular land and seascapes by 4WD Some people wax lyrical about how well they sleep when out on a boat, the rocking motion seemingly lulling them into dreamy slumbers. Not for me I’m afraid, especially when it is my van doing the rocking and we are on solid ground with all four stabiliser legs […]
Lake Pedder – A Jewel In The Wilderness
Tasmania is famous for it’s wilderness regions and among the amazing forests is Lake Pedder When I was a young student at the Australian National University, back in the early 1970s, the Canberra campus atmosphere was heady with social consciousness, and student activism was seen and heard on a wide range of issues, like Australia’s […]
