The Ts
Have you ever woken up one morning and wondered where the time went? It seems only yesterday that we were in our 20’s and the very next day you wake up and you are in your 40’s, how did that happen? When did that happen?kangaroojack
So feeling weary of a Corporate life and both of us feeling somewhat unsettled and craving for something a little different, life was a bit too orderly and dare I say a bit too easy, knowing that there was something out there, we needed an adventure so we set about getting an adventure and an adventure we have had.
Andy and I (Caroline) have just completed, oh actually no, we have not completed we are still on our trip of a lifetime after leaving the UK in November 2008 with the desire to see the real Australia we thought we would take a year out but it seems that we extended it by a few months.
After the purchase of a Nissan Patrol and an off road camper trailer, we have hauled it 60,000 Kilometres from our start point in Maroochydore, Queensland, driving clockwise around Australia, following the sun.
Our camper trailer has been our home for over 14 months and we have taken it to the most fabulous places around this most amazing and beautiful country, we have met some amazing people, many of whom we mention in our blog and whom we owe a debt of gratitude for being a part of our adventure and of course to those of you who have taken the time and effort to read our blog and send us messages to keep our spirits up.
There are days that travel is hard for many a reason, missing family and friends for one, but you constantly have to think, where are we going? Where will we set up camp tonight? Do we have enough food and water? Your priority is to look after yourself and keep healthy, stay sharp but enjoy what you are doing
We have learnt many things not just practical but about ourselves and our abilities, we have enjoyed the solitude, the stars at night, the big sky in the day and I guess above all we got to know each other again.
Please feel free to read our blog, we are not blogging every day now and are slowing down because that “W” word has come up (apologies for using it on a travelblog) we hope to get back on the road again when the coffers are topped up and in the meantime if we do anything exciting you will be the first to know about it.
We had a rough idea about what we wanted to do and where we wanted to go, but had no idea about what lay ahead of us and where the road was going to take us, except that we were ready to take that challenge and have a big adventure
Happy Travels!
Kangaroojack
Travel Blog Posts
April 10th 2012
It was Thursday morning before the Easter weekend, we were out of bed early putting the final touches to packing the truck so that we could head off on a group trip to Errindundra later in the day. We had both booked the afternoon off work with the intention of leaving at midday so that we could do a couple of chores before heading off to Williamsdale to meet with the rest of the group. Thursday morning at work went swimmingly well so we set off bang on time, headed home to throw the swag on the roof, have a quick shower and head off, stopping at two important places on the way, the camping shop and ARB (Andy’s favourite place). At Williamsdale we are the first to arrive at the service station, the service station ... read more
At last a trip to McIntyres Hut
Published: April 9th 2012Oceania » Australia » Australian Capital Territory
March 24th 2012
Another early start beckons on this Saturday morning, Andy wakes me at 6.00 with my morning tea and before long I am washed, dressed and sat in the truck on the way to MacDonald’s for breakfast, well as you know by now that is Andy’s way of bribing me out of bed early, especially on a weekend! By 7.20 we are just pulling up at Urriara Homestead, where we find another member of our 4 wheel drive club, and I thought we were going to be early, but a few minutes later a small trickle of vehicles gradually start to appear, and by 8.00am we have a contingent of about 27 vehicles and lots of people ready for a day out in the Brindabella’s. Sandra and Jeff who are running the trip have broken the group ... read more
March 12th 2012
It wasn’t exactly the weekend that we had planned, the recent weather has taken its toll in New South Wales and the ACT, with a number of regions flooded, roads and bridges washed out and a significant number of national parks closed including the dirt road into the Brindabella’s, in Fact 82 National Parks are closed and the flood area is the size France. I am not complaining, the only thing the weather has impacted is our fun in the outdoors, many other people have suffered with homes and businesses flooded and lost. Before I talk about the weekend, I will just give you a brief of our last few weeks. Some of you may remember us meeting Lee and Marilyn Harris when we were in Tasmania 3 years ago and we have kept in touch, ... read more
February 19th 2012
Hi all, this blog had no shortage of good blog title, wetting the Bed, getting in to bed with an umbrella, but we settle on Ding Ding Round 2,so read on and you will read why It was 7.30 and as usual was the first in the office, I switch the lights on as I walk through and head over to my desk and do the usual routine of plugging the laptop in, switching on and while it goes through its boot up phase I head to the kitchen to put the kettle on and get some breakfast on the go. I had gotten into the routine of heading over to the daily grind for breakfast with Andy (two skinny flat whites and two rounds of toasts to go), but the last few weeks have been ... read more
February 14th 2012
Hi Bloggers, again we have been pretty busy, last weekend we were at a "working bee" at the Queanbeyan Show ground as it was our 4 wheel drive biannual promotion on the11 & 12 February, which is put on between three clubs, the ACT 4 wheel drive club, the Landrover club and Southern Table Lands Club, as well as raising funds for the clubs a huge 60% goes to charity. This year’s Charities are the Royal Flying Doctors, VKS 737 and a few other local charities, I can’t believe it was two years ago when we went to the last promo, as it was then when we decided to join the ACT 4 wheel drive club, and as we remember the weather was just hideous. After 10 years of drought, the rain chose to start on ... read more
February 1st 2012
This is my View Thanks everyone for your kind messages following our last blog. We will keep you posted as to our progress. We have had a lovely relaxing time on the farm, we did a lot of reading, relaxing, sleeping and of course sitting on the veranda looking at the fabulous view, drinking copious amounts of tea. Did I mention how hot it has been? No? Well yesterday it was 37.2 on the veranda and last night at 20 past midnight when we went to bed the temperature was reading a cool 27c. It was intended that we were going to try to leave the office at a sensible time around 4.30, but the best laid plans always fail and we did not pull out of the car park just after 6.00pm with ... read more
Hitting the Mark, First Time
Published: January 27th 2012Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Nangus
January 27th 2012
Today is 26 January 2012 (Australia Day) and we are on the farm, sitting outside its 4.13 pm and is 31 degrees sitting on the veranda, with Caroline in one chair, on her I Pad, Helen in the cool of the house also on her I Pad, Kimba,one of the dogs is sitting mesmerised by something in the bushes and me typing this blog, this is my view: I cannot see another house for as far as I look, only tree’s, paddocks of varying green and beige, hills, water holes, sheep, clouds and sky. We had a private e-mail that sort of hit home this morning, from a Kangaroojack “fan”, dare I be so bold! and someone who has interacted with us for our whole trip virtually, someone we have never met but who has appreciated ... read more
The Arrival of Ramchop
Published: January 22nd 2012Oceania » Australia » Australian Capital Territory
January 22nd 2012
Firstly I will start off by wishing everyone a Happy New Year, though we didn’t blog, you were in our thoughts. Sorry we have not been blogging, everything just exploded last year and we just had to put our hands up and say we just cannot do everything. As I type this it is 17 January 2012 and we are well and truly back at work and in the thick of it again. I am going to have to do my best and recap the whole of December and some of November since we did the last blog. I will say a big thank you to certain people who made an effort to contact us and ask if everything was OK as we weren’t blogging, that is really good of you to be so concerned. There ... read more
Hip Hip Hooray, we are back
Published: January 14th 2012Oceania » Australia » Australian Capital TerritoryJanuary 14th 2012
Hey all, we are back. Firstly happy new year to everyone. I am sitting at home with a new Toshiba laptop, only purchased about 2 hours ago, as Dell, have been faffing around trying to get our old lap top repaired,which has had more rebuilds than Joan Collins. I have a blog ready to go,but can not down load any photo's and re size them as the resizing program is on the old laptop which is dead. Bare with us,we have got loads of photo's and some adventures to share with you all. Kangaroojack... read more
How to get in to a hammock
Published: November 26th 2011Oceania » Australia » Australian Capital Territory
November 12th 2011
Days to Citizenship +7 Well I will give you an update on our citizenship first of all, my documents have been submitted and I have heard no response, and Caroline has her documents being submitted on 29th, I have made sure that they are all in order and just wait for them to be put in the mail. One of my colleague I sit next to who has come over on temporary secondment, from the UK, and has embraced his time in Australia, Martin and his family have come over for 8 months or so and is due back to the UK, in April. Martin and his family have, have come over and have done some of the usual Australian things and he has travelled a fair bit the company. Caroline and myself took him “Under ... read more
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