The drive back to my temporary new home in Airlie Beach, from a little suburb outside Brisbane, Moorooka, where the lovely Lola had been parked up for 6 weeks for my travel to Melbourne, was 1,200kms of heavy, heavy rain. The Bruce so overwhelmed with rain on Tuesday, near zero visibility, aqua-planning across the roadContinueContinue reading “A Tropical Home”
Category Archives: road tripping
Mother and Son (a Tribute)
There is so much to be grateful for, despite the vagaries of family and the sadness of missed chances. I sit on the cold stone patio under the portico of my home away from home, a long way from my gypsy life, on the far side of this great continent, way out west. Life onContinueContinue reading “Mother and Son (a Tribute)”
Lessons on the Road
I have travelled thousands of miles, I have lived through my first wet season and I have adapted my vernacular to match the local tongue (pro tip ignore the vowels). I have become proficient in weather reading (maps not so much), coolant tank processes, deep sea fishing, cable installation, tent erection, cabinet making, frog shitContinueContinue reading “Lessons on the Road”
Sunshine and the Shithole Swamp
I am a long way from Byron Bay. My intention to provide regular vanlife updates fell by the wayside, muted by uncertainty, and one seriously should-have-know-better error in judgment, as Bay City Lola and I took a detour from the road. There was a dude, an over-the-border invitation, a huge piece of land with aContinueContinue reading “Sunshine and the Shithole Swamp”
Bay City Lola 