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Forbes : A Walk Down Memory Lane
To follow our ( seemingly never-ending ) shipping drama please see the postscript at the bottom of this blog. It’s so depressing I simply could not bear to put it front and centre in any update. That said, it does dictate our life right now so it can’t be ignored. What’s important I suppose is how...
Australia – The Road To Forbes
Sydney surely ranks among the most stunning cities in the world to arrive in by air ( or sea for that matter ). When approached from the Pacific it’s exciting to catch that first glimpse of coastline, admire the miles and miles of golden beaches and ( still ) be amazed by so many red tiled roofs…!...
New Zealand – The North Island
Barely minutes from the ferry dock in Wellington one comes face to face with Wellington’s iconic “Beehive”, as the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings is colloquially known. The building is open to the public for regular tours and hoping to get in for one ( but managing our...
New Zealand – The South Island
Queenstown, is by any measure, located in one of the world’s most beautiful settings. Perched on the azure shore of stunning Lake Wakatipu, set against the backdrop of the South Island’s ( usually snow-capped ) “Remarkables” mountain range, the city draws tourists from all over New Zealand and all...
Australia ( via New Zealand )
Some readers may have noticed an error message that popped up when they tried to make a comment on last week’s blog. Chris, one of our regular readers, picked it up early Saturday morning and let me know so we could investigate. The message, in case you saw it, looked like this: Last week many of...
Van Shipping – Delivery To Port
As readers can imagine, much time and research was put into picking this route, securing our passage, and getting all the pieces of the puzzle together just to get the vehicle to Savannah. While going to Australia via the US East coast was neither the shortest, nor most obvious route, it was the...
USA – The Road To Savannah
Or should I say “Back to Georgia”. By nothing other than remarkable coincidence our van will be departing on this ocean crossing to Australia from Savannah, Georgia, barely a hundred miles from Brunswick, Georgia where we had collected our truck camper after its shipment up from Argentina back in...
Australia – The Long Way Round
You’ll excuse me for borrowing this week’s subject line from an old Ewan McGregor motorcycle adventure but it seemed quite apt. So, you live in Western Canada and want to take your 4x4 van to Australia for a year or so of touring and exploring. Australia lies thousands of kilometres across the...
A Look At Our Van
Just before we go any further with the trip to Australia, I thought it probably timely to share a little more with our readers about the Sprinter van itself. Many of you, and others who have seen the van conversion in progress, have been asking to see pictures of the end result. I’ll put the trip...
On The Road – Again……!
Good morning folks ( or perhaps it’s afternoon or evening, depending on where you are ) ! It’s been some time since our last update ( back in April this year ) when we crossed back into Canada from the US, thus completing our 61,000km Pan American odyssey. Seems like just yesterday, but much has...
