The Best Part of Travelling Australia

Young Adventures Australia

To help celebrate everything that is great about Australia, I asked a few fellow travellers to tell us what the best part of travelling Australia is. As the replies started to come in I quickly saw there was a common theme with one word standing out – DIVERSITY. That is definitely a great word to …

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A Decade of Travel – How Far Can You Go?

Fraser Island

It’s hard to believe that we have reached the end of another decade. For us, this means we have been travelling together for over two decades! The last decade of travel has been absolutely awesome, especially once we made the decision to buy our camper trailer. Some years we only did a couple of little …

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15 Top Tips – How to Save Money to Travel

Sydney

If I was to ask you what your biggest barrier was to being able to travel would your answer be money? There is no denying that travelling can be expensive and trying to save some money these days can be damn hard. But if you really want to be able to travel, with a little bit …

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Chris Vee and Tillys Big Lap – AAO FEATURED LAPPERS

Featured Lappers - Chris, Vee and Tilly

Welcome to a new regular series on All Around Oz, featuring some awesome travellers who are out there doing ‘The Big Lap’ or who are planning their Big Lap. It’s all designed to answer any questions you might have, to help get you on the road faster. So welcome to Chris, Vanessa and Tilly from …

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Things to do Before You Travel Australia

Map of Australia

We are getting ready to travel Australia for an indefinite period of time. Planning for this has been underway in one way or another for almost four years now. We have our vehicle paid off and have just a couple more things to add to it before we leave. We took delivery of our NextGen caravan …

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2017 – Our Year in Review

Our Year in Review - Cold and Foggy in Cowra.

I love taking the opportunity at the end of each year to look back on our adventures. 2017 has been a really fantastic year for us. We’ve managed to fit in quite a few trips, both short and long. Our house renovations are almost complete. We bought a caravan and sold the camper trailer. Our …

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Getting Around the Gold Coast on the G

getting around the gold coast on the g

Just recently, I happily got up early on a Sunday morning so as I could be amongst the first influx of people to ride the new extension of the Gold Coast Light Rail system. We have been using the light rail since it first opened and find getting around the Gold Coast on the G …

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What We’ve Learnt in Our First Weeks of Caravanning

our first weeks of caravanning

In the last few weeks we have been making the transition to caravanning. We have road tested a couple of different vans so far and we already know that we love ‘van life’. So I thought I would share our thoughts with you on what we’ve learnt in our first weeks of caravanning. LIFE IS …

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Travel to Stay Healthy

Urunga Headland

Travelling surely has to be one of the greatest pleasures in life. I know it certainly is for us. But what if I told you that regular travel is a great way to keep your mind and body healthy? I’m talking about slow leisurely travel not 5000 kilometres in ten days. But the kind where …

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Travelling with Younger Kids – My Top 9 Tips

Ellis beach Kids

Travelling with Younger Kids – there is no doubt it can be a challenge! You have to take twice as much stuff as you normally might need. Everything has to be planned with military precision especially if you happen to be flying anywhere. FIRST TRIPS We have always travelled with our kids, both by car …

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