Trekking Downunder
Top 10 essentials for crossing the Simpson Desert
The biggest requirement for any remote overland travel, especially crossing the Simpson Desert is you have to be prepared. On our recent...
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LIFE ON THE ROAD
Trekking Downunder
- Aug 17, 2019
- 14 min
Safe Outback Driving Travel Tips
After spending almost 12 of our 17 months on the road travelling to remote and outback destinations we have really started to pick up a...
Trekking Downunder
- May 7, 2019
- 5 min
Preparing for 8 weeks travel in the red centre NT
As a family of 5 being anywhere in a van together is going to have its challenges..... Let alone venturing into the remote corners of the...
Trekking Downunder
- May 3, 2019
- 4 min
Travelling Australia with the bare essentials - How to keep your weights down
Minimalist caravanning is intentionally travelling with the things you really need vs the things you just want. Travelling Australia with...
Trekking Downunder
- Apr 26, 2019
- 5 min
Top 10 Overland Outback Travel Essentials
Leading up to our new full time nomadic overland lifestyle I undertook an enormous amount of research of what others shared that they...
Trekking Downunder
- Mar 14, 2019
- 4 min
1 Year Expense Budget - Family Travelling Australia
💸TRIP EXPENSES for Year 1 🗺 15/3/18-14/3/19 Blaxland, NSW to St Marys, TAS (Furthest points-Mt. Isa QLD to Cockle Creek TAS) I’ve said...
Trekking Downunder
- Feb 27, 2019
- 11 min
The 7 most common pressures when lapping Oz
The unspoken social pressures of travelling. There are many types of travellers- Those with a thirst for education and information Those...
Trekking Downunder
- Feb 27, 2019
- 3 min
Travelling Australia...What could possibly go wrong?
Just how prepared can you be for the unexpected? When travelling full time around Australia the thought crosses your mind - what could go...
Trekking Downunder
- Oct 22, 2018
- 3 min
Travelling Family | Six Months Expense Budget
It takes a lot of love and dedication to spend 24/7 with your family, especially in a small 18ft van. But we’ve done it, for 6 months now...
Trekking Downunder
- Aug 25, 2018
- 5 min
Top Travel Apps for Exploring Australia
Here are the apps that make life on the road so much easier for us. Especially whilst Free camping around Australia. Top 4 travel apps...
Trekking Downunder
- Aug 25, 2018
- 8 min
Free and Low Cost Camping Around Australia
Free / low cost camping- Hints, tips and tricks. We choose to free camp and do so about 98% of the time- not because there is anything...
Trekking Downunder
- Jul 20, 2018
- 6 min
The how to guide | Volunteering at the Birdsville Big Red Bash
A lot of people were asking how we got such a sweet gig getting to be volunteers at the Birdsville Big Red Bash, the most remote music...
Trekking Downunder
- Jul 15, 2018
- 3 min
Trekking Downunder's | Month 4 in Review
(Mid June- mid July 2018) What’s NEW We Begun our adventures of the Dinosaur trail at the beginning of month 4 and it only got bigger and...
Trekking Downunder
- Jul 2, 2018
- 5 min
Whether or not to take our dog travelling around Australia
When our family was planning all the details of our open-ended trip of OZ the hardest decision we faced was whether we would take our...
Trekking Downunder
- Jul 1, 2018
- 2 min
Travelling Fulltime | Quarterly Expense Budget
They say the first 3 months of being on the road are always the hardest. As a family it is all about getting into a routine, surviving...
Trekking Downunder
- Jun 23, 2018
- 2 min
Family Travelling in an AOR Quantum Plus
So you have decided to travel Australia with your family. Now comes the hardest and most expensive decision you need to make. What...
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