Frosty Lube: Often Licked, Never Beaten

When you work with slushee-machines and stuff like that, you want everything to work properly. To make sure that it does, there is Frosty Lube! We are not quite sure what the little “Frosty” boy is licking on the tube, but we can only hope you use your imagination, keeping some “heavy duty” in mind!

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Fuel for the Mind

Bulk port is one of our many Barossan discoveries. The way it is sold reminds you of some things you can pour into your car. But instead of pouring it in your car, you just pour it in your mouth! Liquor wise, South Australia is very different from the Northern Territories. There you can only…

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nICE Job: Putting a Smile on Every Face

Serving gelati is quite a different job than being a vet. For instance: every client leaves with a smile on their face! Working in the gelateria/coffeeshop (no guys, stop thinking about Amsterdam!!!) is just so much fun. On my first day I had to taste all the flavors, so I am aware of what I…

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Paté Buddies for Life

One of the best things in the Barossa is having a meat platter with your favourite paté buddies around 23h. According to Tom and Josh the AWESOME homemade paté from Musque is the best they ever had! Personally I don’t really get it since I don’t eat paté. But lately I feel this paté-buddy-thing is…

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A Wine a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

How to experience the perfect day in the Barossa: Step 1: Wake up happily Step 2: Have breakfast Step 3: Do a wine tasting Step 4: Go to your AWESOME job in a gelateria/relax Step 5: Have dinner Step 6: Have some Rhum Step 7: Go for a meat platter with your Paté Buddies Step…

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Reunion In The Barossa – Disneyland for Wine Lovers

After our separate trips (Claudia’s through the desert, Tom and Erwin’s on the East Coast), we were reunited in AWESOME South-South Australia, where there’s a winery around every corner! This is excellent for my dad as a wine connoisseur, and Claudia and I don’t mind a good wine tasting either 😉 We started in the…

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A “small” Side-Trip with my Dad …

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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Oversized Vehicles: When Bigger is not Necessarily Better

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 in Wycliffe Well

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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Blogging Down Under: Pussy Edition

Arriving in the South after driving from tropical Darwin to the red center desert and than to the Barossa valley was quite a shock for me. It was a multi-day trip, as you all could read. I tried to stay as long as possible in the desert, but with some relatives and friends being worried…

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