This article first appeared on HerCanberra. We did it. We packed up our home, our kids and our lives and travelled this amazing country for almost a year. We’ve been to some amazing places, had some amazing experiences, met some wonderful people and learned some valuable lessons. And while it’s bittersweet to be home again, … Continue reading Our family gap year: what I learned
We did it. We packed up our home, our kids and our lives and travelled this amazing country for almost a year. We’ve been to some amazing places, had some amazing experiences, met some wonderful people and learnt some valuable lessons. And while it’s bitter sweet to be home again, I’m so very glad we … Continue reading That’s a wrap!
This article first appeared on The Weekender: Travel. With less than one week to go on our family gap year, we decided to camp at the tiny town of Jugiong, just one hour from the outskirts of Canberra and only two hours from our home. We chose Jugiong for the donation camp by the river, and … Continue reading Travel diary – Jugiong, NSW
This is it folks. We’ll be home for good later this week, eleven months after we hitched up Harvey, our trusty Jayco Eagle Outback, and headed into the unknown. Our last few weeks have been well spent catching up with friends and family, some of whom we haven’t seen for years. Our plan was to … Continue reading The final week
After being delayed a little due to the fires on the east coast, we ended up with only three weeks to explore Victoria. As Hubby and I have travelled through Victoria a number of times before, including travelling The Great Ocean Road in a tiny campervan (pre-kids), we decided to use this time to visit … Continue reading Travel diary – Victoria
I can’t believe I’m actually writing this, but our family gap year is almost over. In less than two weeks we’ll be packing up the van and moving back into our house. We’ll be unpacking boxes and boxes of things we haven’t needed or missed. We’ll be trying to get used to having more space … Continue reading Making the most of it
It’s been a while since I posted on here but I’ve been a little distracted by the fires on the far south coast of NSW. I grew up in the Bega Valley and my family still live there. We were visiting them when the fires hit. We are all okay, but evacuated twice – once … Continue reading A little detour
From the Barossa Valley, SA we decided to head back to NSW to spend some time with family before we embarked on the last leg of our adventure. We travelled along the Riverland Way through Renmark, SA before crossing the border into Victoria. We had a quick stop at Mildura to check out the Murray … Continue reading Travel diary – The Riverina, NSW
From Adelaide, we headed into the Barossa Valley where we spent a few glorious days exploring the area and all its delights, basing ourselves in the lovely little town of Greenock. There are so many wineries, breweries and eateries in the Barossa Valley, but travelling with two kids in tow we decided to pick our … Continue reading Travel diary – The Barossa Valley, SA
It may just be a line in a kids song, but it sums up our gap year pretty well. That and the preceding lines… ‘Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How much longer do we have to go?’ (If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that, or some version of … Continue reading Sit back, relax, chill out and enjoy the ride
Our family gap year 