The first overnight stop that truly felt like freedom: heading west along the road to Winton. Sundown, an unmarked track after long empty roads, vast monotonous plains and a free camp called Dingo Creek Downs. Big skies, road trains, real trains and finally a sleepy desert town with character and intrigue…….
By Karina. We were heading westward. Into the dust and the wide open spaces. If it weren’t for Jonah and his dinosaur interest we probably would have kept going north, up the coast, but Winton has been on his bucket list for 25 years, apparently, so there we were, heading west. But before the dinosaurs…Continue Reading “Sapphires in the rough.”
It was a bright morning when we were finally ready to roll out of our driveway. It just happened to be June 1st and the first day of winter, which felt a bit ominous, and I wanted to make a whole range of Game of Thrones jokes, but seeing “winter is coming” was already redundant,…Continue Reading “Chapter 1: Sunshine Coast to Capricorn Caves”
Making sure it all works Before going too hardcore on our big trip it made sense to do a pilot run. So we went camping for Easter. I had just got a new set of All Terrain tyres and new heavy-duty suspension to handle the rough roads, and a couple of inches of body lift,…Continue Reading “Easter Pilot Run”
Neil here. I’m going to share some of the more technical adventures of our trip, starting with the huge amount of prep work I have taken on myself! I’ve been around in a 4wd, and even kitted one out (with Karina’s help) to be self sufficient and reliable. But when it involves a second hand…Continue Reading “Getting it on.”
Neil here. So just over a year ago, we started thinking about this trip and decided to get a Nissan Pathfinder. This was to be a compromise between a city car and an off-road 4×4. We had a Patrol GQ on our previous trip and loved it. It was called Quey. The Pathfinder was dubbed…Continue Reading “The tow car – Rex.”
Karina here. It seems we have a thing for Double Island Point in August. On this trip we headed up with our friends The Friends, and this time with the addition of 2 other families. We stayed for just one night and spent most of the day up at the point on the Western side. We…Continue Reading “Beach Tracks”
Karina here. I wanted to go back in time a bit and tell you about one of our first off-road adventures as a family. Neil and I have done 8 months of off-roading about 10 years ago, all pre-kids. We were itching to get back into thew wild as a family. This is how we…Continue Reading “Into the Blue”
