Australia, The Great Adventure

Archive for November, 2007

A little while ago I put in a post called ‘To RV or to not RV?’ the essence of which was that I actually remembered to ask God what he reckoned would be the best way for us to do this travel thing around Australia. The following is a condensed excerpt from the first post -

Thought I’d better get an article started about our mobile and comms options.

We can, of course, go cheapie cheapie, or super expensive!!!

Cheapie cheapie:
Normal mobiles - only coverage in built-up areas.
Laptop for offline work (already own the laptop).
Internet at libraries (USB key to transfer stuff to/from laptop).

Super expensive:

Just had a call from Telstra - to review our account options…

This is what they suggested:

Although this is talking from the context of having CFS, I think that this essay is inspiring for everyone:

In Praise of Ringo Starr

A recent show about the Sawfish on Catalyst, found mainly in the Fitzroy River, in the Kimberleys, got us thinking that we would love to drop by and check out these amazing creatures.

After viewing a Catalyst story on a dinosaur bones dig by the University of Queensland, we have realised that our return trip through central Queensland will travel right through the middle of the area that they are fossicking in.

Which we figure will be a fantastic learning exercise for the boys - who knows, we might even be able to get involved in a dig ourselves!

In our “on again, off again”, “do we want an RV or a 4wd and caravan?” dilemma, we are back to the RV side of the cycle!

(After “trying on for size” the idea of a big 4wd and an offroad caravan, we have realised that we really prefer a big RV, with a covered trailer and 4wd on the back.)

And this is what we would like in an RV.

Must have

• full queen size bed
• 3 x bunks
• bathroom, shwr, toilet
• able to tow trailer suitable for 4wd
• air cond and heating