Stephen and Jennifer JANES
In March we commence a 12 month trip around Australia with our children Suzannah (14) and William (9) and Brandi our 12 yr old Border Collie. Accommodation is in a camper trailer being pulled by an 80 series Landcruiser fitted with all the good gear! Our aim is to see some of the more remote regions of the country via a number of Australia's great 4WD treks. Along the way we hope to pick up some seasonal work to supplement our income and afray our expenses.Steve and Jens Big Lap 2012
Travel Blog Posts
May 6th 2012
It's nice to be finally back on the road after the considerable difficulties of the last 6 weeks. I'm not going to dwell on the problems but suffice to say we now have a new camper trailer and a new engine in the 80 series. So fingers crossed our problems are now behind us? We'd like to thank Jen's parents, Leon and Sandra for giving us a home for a number of weeks and feeding us way to well! Also we were assisted by some amazing people in Woolgoolga, what an incredibly friendly little town, thank you all so much. Well we hit the road again on Tuesday May 1 from Toowoomba bound for Mitchell, unfortunately we were hampered by numerous road works along the Warrego Highway which dropped our average speed to around 60km/h for ... read more
Never, Never, Never Give Up!
Published: March 26th 2012Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Woolgoolga
March 26th 2012
The late and great WS Churchill addressed the graduating class at Eton with the famous words I've borrowed for our title, and certainly, life requires us to show tenacity and endurance if we are to succeed at any worthwhile purpose or endeavour. With this in mind, I will now reflect upon the last couple of weeks of our around Australia adventure and describe what we have experienced and why we have needed to draw upon the wisdom of Churchill's words. At the end of our last blog we had parked ourselves in Bli Bli on the Sunshine (Ha Ha) Coast at the Riverside Caravan Park, fully intent on exploring the Sunshine Coast environs via car and foot and in our intrepid little dinghy 'Origami', via the Maroochy River. On our second day there we did indeed ... read more
March 11th 2012
I know this is a travel blog site dedicated to our Big Lap in 2012 but I am going to be a bit narcissistic and commit this entry completely to our Wedding Day which occurred just over a week ago on Saturday March 3, in beautiful Coffs Harbour on the NSW North Coast. In fact I alluded to our wedding on our first post because in reality it is the initiating event that starts the Big Lap for real. It was more of a wedding weekend than a day and it began on the Thursday when ourselves and many others made the journey to Coffs Harbour; we had rented a magnificent 3 story beach house called "Ticie by the Sea" for 4 days, so our friends and family could share as much time as possible with ... read more
February 20th 2012
Well we are holed up at Lighthouse Caravan Park in Burnett Heads about 15km's from Bundaberg enjoying some Summer weather. We have a beaut location at the bottom of the park overlooking the marina and an oval next door. Weather has been in the high twenties but with a nice breeze off the ocean which keeps things bearable! The breeze has continued into the night which has been a bonus. The trip up was eventful with the new bike carrier mount giving way and us having to move them to the roof rack and lash them to the top of the camper. However, it's getting fixed as I write at a little engineering shop in Bundaberrg; apparently my welding is not as good as I thought it was! There is heaps to do around this area ... read more
February 10th 2012
Welcome to our site where we are going to chronicle the adventures we have throughout 2012 on our Big Lap of Australia. We left our home on January 7 and have spent the last few weeks in our camper trailer, ironing out all the bugs (and there have been a few). Thanks to some amazing parents in Toowoomba and Bomaderry we have had plenty of support, as well as warm showers and tasty food to ease us slowly into the camping lifestyle. These initial weeks have had there challenges as well mind you, with some mechanical problems with the vehicle and the necessity to change a bit of our gear, some that has been faulty and a couple of things which we didn't choose well. Notwithstanding we are now pretty happy with the setup and only ... read more
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