Where it all began. Re-building the Troopy, packing up & leaving home for a trip that's been four years in the making. The plan was simple: live out of the Troopy and swing ‘a lap’ of Australia, before shipping abroad for the next chapter. Running right up until the early hours of the day of depa...

From Devonport to the Bay of Fires across Northeast Tasmania, the first week on the road was one of settling in and finding our feet. Easing into the routines, rhythms and rituals that govern living in a Landcruiser, we took the time to explore quieter spots without getting too adventurous, excep...

From the Bay of Fires, we wound our way south to make a start on our bucket list of hikes on camps on Tasmania’s east coast. Scamander Reserve, Apsley Gorge, Mt. Amos in Freycinet National Park and Cape Hauy on the Tasman Peninsula all made for one incredible week of adventures and tired feet.

Bruny Island has been on the wishlist for years. From the Tasman Peninsula, we headed up through Hobart to catch the ferry and explore. Bruny Island isn't a big place, and it doesn't take long for us to wander off the beaten path and find a quiet corner to enjoy the views...and the wind.

From the Hartz Mountains, the weather closes in and er take a small detour up north to avoid the worst of the rain & snow. We've learnt to work *with* the Tasmanian weather, rather than against it, so we head up to Ben Lomond for the epic drive up Jacob's Ladder before heading across to the Centr...

From the lunar landscapes of Queenstown to the remote beach track of Sandy Cape, we close out two months in Tasmania on the wild west coast. Starting at Russell Falls in Mount Field National Park, we wound our way across to the coast before heading north. Mount Huxley track caught us by surprise,...

From the banks of the Murray River to the far northwestern reaches of New South Wales, we head to Sydney the very, very long way round. Starting in Echuca, we followed the Murray up to Mildura before crossing into New South Wales and heading north to Broken Hill. Mungo National Park, Kinchega Nat...

With bushfires ravaging Australia’s East Coast, we were not going to be able to explore Australia's Alpine region as originally planned. From Brindabella National Park, across to Tumut and down through Kosciusko National Park, we take the few roads that are only just reopening to pass through our...

When the world changed, we were grateful to call Noosa home for the months of lockdown. With the passing weeks, the lockdowns lifted and non-essential travel restrictions eased, we found ourselves with all the time in the world to explore the beautiful Sunshine Coast. It was nice to be back on th...

3,000kms into Outback Queensland's far western reaches. From the little village of Augathella to the celebrated town of Longreach, we've looped through outback Queensland's central-west, skirted up the closed border with South Australia and skimmed across the most easterly stretches of the Strezl...

6,000kms across Outback Queensland's far western reaches brought us to Lawn Hill National Park. Exploring the oasis of Lawn Hill gave us a chance to recoup, recharge and wait for the state border with the Northern Territory to re-open. By now, we're pretty comfortable with plans changing on the f...

The decision to take on the famous Old Telegraph Track didn’t come lightly. The Troopy is our home, so we slowly and cautiously put our driving skills to the test. The reward was immense: beautiful waterfalls, stunning camps and a handful of creek crossings. Achievements were unlocked and many me...

From the red cliffs outside Darwin to the swimming holes in Litchfield, our time in the Northern Territory was full of life. Riding high from the adventure of Cape York, we hit the dust and travelled the 1000 kilometers stretch from the Queensland border to Darwin off road. A quick stop in the fa...

Crossing the vast expanse of the Tanami Desert combined the most beautiful red dust with the most bone-rattling corrugations we’d ever encoutered. It was a long way to Alice Springs via the bush, and when the rolling hills of Judburra gave way to the immense flatness of the desert, we knew we wer...

From a deserted Uluru to the rocky edges of Chambers Pillar, The Red Centre was something special. The days spent working up Boggy Hole Track in Finke Gorge, or the hours spent watching for railway nails on the Old Ghan Track marked fond memories from our time racing across the central deserts.

Crossing the Simpson Desert was a bucket-list achievement for both of us. Leaving the Red Centre behind, we headed into the remote reaches of the Simpson to clear skies, starry nights and not a single soul in sight. Out in the desert, dune after dune, those four days in the Simpson were the most ...

From Birdsville to Oodnadatta and the deserts in between, outback South Australia felt different. As massive and beautiful as the wide-open expanse of desert can be, it was the first time in which we'd found ourselves confronting something we hadn't ever expected to: loneliness.

Our time in the Flinders Ranges was beautiful, if a little bittersweet. Back in April 2019, it was here that we made the decision to put a date in the calendar to leave home andbring our travel plans to life. Rolling in from the dusty north, it felt very full circle to end the first chapter of ou...

Our time on the Eyre Peninsula was the first of finding a new balance. Spending longer in a region, balancing the demands of work and taking the time to soak it in and create something that best reflects the moment. From Port Lincoln to Coffin Bay and up to Streaky Bay... six weeks on the Eyre Pe...

As the lights of Melbourne drifted behind the horizon and we settled into our bunks for the night, this ferry ride over to Tasmania was unlike the others. True, a sense of adventure hung in the dusk air, but the underlying comfort of 'coming home' crept in like an unexpected hug. We've always sai...

From the depths of the Tarkine to the windswept cliffs of Arthur River, there is nothing quite like the West Coast of Tasmania. Our last loop west before heading back to the mainland, was a better balance of adventure & peace. There's something to be said for slowing down and soaking up the other...

Unfinished and unpublished from August 2021 until late 2022, this episode is where our second chapter of travel came to a close. Dusting off the memories felt like a peek back into another time. Back in the sunshine and stunning beaches of southeast Queensland was a welcome break from the incomin...