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Vanlife

Our trip around Australia in our van. Read more
  • Trip start
    May 18, 2022
  • Coorangooba Campground.

    May 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

    We stayed the night nestled in a canyon in Capertee valley. It was a tad hairy getting in there due to mud and a river crossing. But the result was a beautiful green camp ground with loads of kangaroos.Read more

  • Rylstone

    May 24, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Spend the afternoon and morning exploring Rylstone. Everything was closed but we still
    Managed to wait it out till 11am the next day for the famous yum cha 29 nine 99 tea house!

  • Mudgee

    May 25, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Spent a couple of days in Mudgee, exploring the town, got some washing done and more importantly did some wine tasting and stocked up the wine cellar!

  • Dubbo

    May 28, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Stopped into Dubbo to visit old friends, did some van maintenance.
    Then had a look through the old Dubbo goal and the city it’s self.

  • Cobar

    May 29, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    On our way to Cobar we dropped into Nyngan to see the Big Bogan then spend the night at Cobar reservoir with a fire and a beer!

  • Silverton

    May 31, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Had a beer at the famous Silverton hotel, visited the Mad Max 2 museum and searched for Chris Hemsworth hoping to see him in action on the set of the new Mad Max film.

  • Wentworth

    June 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    On our way to Mildura we camped over night at Wentworth where the Murray and Darling rivers meet!

  • Menindee

    June 3, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Went back to the town where I used to live, had a beer at the Maiden hotel, caught some yellow belly at the Menindee lakes main weir. We liked it so much we stayed two nights. It was amazing to see so much water in what was such a dry set of lakes.Read more

  • Mildura

    June 4, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Our first stop in Victoria was Mildura. Having been here when I was a kid I excited to see it as an adult.
    We explores the Main Street and the lock. Visited the local farmers markets for some fresh produce then took a walk along the river! We did however forget about the SA border restrictions and within a couple of days ate everything cause it was so great we didn’t want to waste it!
    The mandarins were the best we had ever tasted!
    Forgot to take photos.
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  • Murray Bridge

    June 6, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Adjusted our trip plans to visit a bonsai artist that I really like.
    The Aussie bonsai bloke was real easy going and his collection and take on bonsai was great to see in person! Forgot to take photos again!Read more

  • The Barossa Valley

    June 7, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    On our way north to the Flinders Ranges we thought we should stock up the wine cellar at no better place than the Barossa valley.
    We did some wine tasting at Peter Lehman and David Franz. Both were great but David Franz stood out with very interesting tasting wines as well as the best of both worlds a weir (wine/beer).Read more

  • Trip end
    December 12, 2023