We’ve already written about how awesome camping along the Murray river is, so we won’t go into that again. After Canberra, we went back to the river separating NSW and Victoria, and had another couple of extremely relaxing days! Staying next to Australia’s longest river was excellent as usual, up until Claudia saw the water…
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Back in October, we were so pleased to find an AWESOME deal on a flight back to Belgium. We are supposed to take a Jetstar flight to a stopover in Bali for 10 days, and then a flight back via Bangkok straight to Brussels. Included in our plan was a stay in a fancy hotel,…
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Since some unexpected costs cut into our travel budget, we went looking for free campsites. In the past, we haven’t had much luck with these. Either there are millions of flies and mozzies, or there’s too much wind, or it’s too hard to get the tent pegs in, or all of the above… However, it…
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“Honey, I’m stuck at the racecourse… No, really!”, it sounds like a lame excuse a gambling addict might say, but in our case, it was actually true! After our small trip to Silverton and the Living Desert, we were heading into Broken Hill for a nice dinner, since we were saving so much cash by…
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Vaak zijn de goedkoopste plaatsen om te kamperen in outback Australië publieke plaatsen die maar een paar dagen per jaar gebruikt worden, zoals showgrounds, cricket ovals, en racecourses. Zo kan de gemeente de kosten wat drukken, en hebben reizigers een unieke en goedkope plaats om te overnachten. Een echte win-win situatie dus! Een nachtje kamperen…
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To get the most out of Tom’s “Coober Pedy Golf Membership”, which he got for his birthday, we decided to do a “small” detour (500km one-way), so he could play the 18 holes. Besides the oversized vehicles, wildlife is another challenge in remote areas. You don’t want to hit a kangaroo, emu, sheep, horse, goat,…
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While Claudia was driving our car through the desert, my dad and I did a little trip of our own down the East coast. Well. a trip of about 3000 km in 12 days that is … Claudia dropped us off at Ayers Rock airport, and the two of us flew to Cairns, where we…
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Het is toch altijd een beetje mijn adem inhouden wanneer we een road train of een oversized vehicle passeren. Road trains zijn vrachtwagens die tot 4 opliggers kunnen hebben. De meeste rijden gemakkelijk 110 km/h. Inhaalstroken zijn er op de Stuart Highway niet echt en soms kan je door luchtspiegelingen niet zien of er een…
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Making new friends can be challenging when you hit the road often. Most of the time you stay at one place for a maximum of a couple of days. But with these AWESOME guys we had no problem at all to become friends! From the moment they saw us they waved at us to welcome…
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Coober Pedy, September 12th 2017 Dear diary, It was Herman sneaking around my tent. I caught him in action this night. I had a really good night, knowing it was him. I arrived around noon today in Coober Pedy. I went to the underground campground where I made my bed. It feels a little bit…
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