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Are you travelling?

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‘Are you travelling?’ I didn’t know what to say. Was it a trick question? I was sitting, you see,  in the driver’s seat of our car, two bikes on the roof and one and half odd tonnes of caravan hitched up behind. The boot was visibly full of chairs, tables and other paraphernalia required for a holiday. What’s more we were in a queue of others cars, similarly decked out, about 20 metres onto a pier waiting to board the Spirit of Tasmania.

So when the Spirit of Tasmania man stopped me and asked, ‘Are you travelling?’ I really didn’t know what to say. Continue reading “Are you travelling?” →

Escape velocity

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We did it. We reached escape velocity. We dreamt and we saved, we planned and we plotted, we worked and worked and as today drew closer it felt like it was coming ever more quickly. For two odd years since our last trip Emma has looked over at me from the couch of an evening and said, ‘oh can we go yet’. Last night, feeling a little overwhelmed with the number of things still on the ‘to do’ list she turned and said, ‘can we go next week!’.

The lists…

No we can’t. It’s today, it’s today and we are off and on our way. Canberra’s gravitational pull has been overcome. The house was spotless and Rach and Josh were already moving in.  Belinda and Jase have taken custody of the mighty Festiva. Our jobs aren’t expecting us back any time soon and we have bid farewell to so many good friends. Banjo (our spaniel) plucked hard on my heart strings as we walked out the door, but not even he could overcome the inertia behind our journey. Continue reading “Escape velocity” →

2014 – The Plan

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Since we returned from our 2011 Trip we have been planning the next one.

Some might say we have itchy feet….

The current plan for 2014 has us departing for Tasmania on the 9th of February (the ferry is booked!).  We will travel Tasmania until 13 April when we return to Melbourne and head across to the Great Ocean Road, then onto the Flinders Ranges, through Central Australia and on towards Darwin.  After that most likely a quick detour west to Purnululu National Park (Bungle Bungles) before heading East to Queensland.  We will spend a while in Queensland visiting both the inland and coastal areas, then home through NSW – details yet to be decided.

Our ideal trip will see us return to Canberra in mid December… though our plans could be curtailed by a requirement for Greg to return to his job after only three months (we have our fingers crossed this doesn’t happen!).