In the beginning of the year, we had high hopes of finding an awesome, mad-max-style beast of a 4WD for less than 10000 dollars… Of course, after 2 weeks of disappointing test drives in outright dangerous vehicles, we decided we had to compromise and go for a smaller, more reliable car. All of a sudden,…
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Gedurende het voorbije jaar hebben we meer nachten gespendeerd in een tent dan onder een echt dak, en dat vonden we geweldig! Natuurlijk was het niet altijd ideaal. De tent heeft zeker haar portie regen, wind, en ongelukjes gezien. Na één maand vroegen we ons al af of deze tent december wel zou halen… Maar…
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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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Onze tent was een koopje in het begin van het jaar, maar na de vele kilometers en het vele opzetten en afbreken, begint ze beetje bij beetje af te takelen. Zo scheurt er af en toe wel eens een naad, of komt er door een stommiteit een gaatje in de buitentent. Gelukkig komt de aannemer…
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Het is nooit leuk om afscheid te nemen van medetrippers. Maar aan alle verhaaltjes komt er een einde… Als afscheidscadeau mochten we Jasmine en Nino hun vislijn adopteren. Fantastisch! Het is altijd (toch sinds het calamarivissen) mijn droom geweest om de trotse eigenares te zijn van een vislijn. Bij deze kan ik eindelijk zeggen dat…
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At first, nobody understood completely what the caretakers at Francois Peron National Park were thinking when they installed big, confusing tent platforms. However, after some collective brainstorming/engineering, we figured out how to attach our tent to the grated floor! Tools needed: A bit of rope Scissors or a knife A smaller person (such as Lindsey) to…
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After our last trip we woke up so early that our tent was still a little bit wet from the fog. To dry it, we put it in the sun at our last housesit. It’s not only wildlife that likes our tent. Kai, our housesitting buddy, absolutely loved it!
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Working in hospitality = long hours + standing + walking => dying feet! For the past weeks, I always worked on these beautiful, cheap shoes I got from K-mart. Sadly, after four hours of working, I wanted my feet to fall off, just so I wouldn’t feel them anymore. So with my 32-hour work weekend coming…
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Our first house renovation is a fact! After a hard day of tripping, apparently it is very hard to lift your feet when exiting the tent. Maybe it was because Tom wasn’t wearing his tripping shoes or maybe it was because he just tripped. #trippingdownunder Anyway, he ripped the tent down under, in the left…
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It took us more than a week, but our ride is finally ready! Before coming to Australia, Tom spent hours on the laptop researching types of 4WD cars, which were good for backpacking, which fit into our budget, where to find them, etc. Basically, we pretty much knew every listing on Gumtree in a 100km…
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