Third night in the van

Apr 19, 2017 | Adventure, Life

So I’ve just spent my third night in the van… Need to park where headlights/traffic don’t randomly wake you Turn the fridge down (or off) overnight will improve sleep quality EVERYTHING you do out of a van takes longer – cooking, dressing,...

I’m not really a train person

Mar 7, 2017 | Adventure, Life, Van Life

Despite my adventure on the train yesterday I’m not really a train person, today I realised how unprepared I am without a vehicle to provide the necessary comforts that I have become used too. I like to be prepared, I like to have a rain jacket and a warm...

Catching Public Transport

Mar 4, 2017 | Adventure, Life

Well today I took my first ‘functional’ trip on public transport since around 2005, I haven’t been a regular train user since my apprenticeship and the days before I got my license; when I talk about functional I mean to travel with a purpose or...

A Journey of a Thousand Miles

Jan 25, 2015 | Adventure, Life

They say “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – my journey started more than 15 years ago and has finally reached its end – I have travelled 3683 kilometres since last Wednesday. Yesterday morning I left Grafton at 7:00am...

Tasmania, Australia’s Island State

Nov 7, 2011 | Adventure, Life

Although Tasmania may be just a dot on the map it is one of the world’s most ancient lands, the natural beauty, friendly people and spectacular wildlife make it a must see destination. Tasmania lies just south of the Australian mainland, our Tassie Local website...

St Marys Tasmania, the town that chose me

Jan 23, 2007 | Adventure, Life

My ‘relationship’ with Tassie started in the early ’80’s, a good friend of mine had spent a lot of time on the East Coast and around Maria Island, each time he returned he told me stories about how beautiful the place was. He was also...

Share a song from your Teens

This week I was given the Facebook challenge to 'share a song from your teens' everyday for seven days... music had always been such a big part of...

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Nineteen Sixty Four

It was most likely a warm day on the day I was born, well it was summer in the northern hemisphere and I would like to believe the weather was...

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Happy New Year 2023

And just like that 2022 is behind us…When I wrote the post below on the morning of January 1st 2020 it was with a degree of hope and expectation…

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Leaking oil is bad

Sometimes when you think you have everything sorted you come outside and find oil on the ground. Oil on the ground, specifically differential oil is...

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