Campfire Stories
Some of the best moments don't make it into highlight reels.
Campfire Stories is where we share the wins, the stuff-ups, the laughs, and the lessons we only learned by doing.
No filters. No perfection. Just real family travel, as it happens.
Curtin Springs – Two Nights, a Talking Cockatoo & Our First Glimpse of Uluru
Two nights at Curtin Springs before Uluru — and a talking cockatoo called Peek-a-Boo who stole the kids' attention.
The Oodnadatta Track – Taking Our Home Into the Outback
Taking our home along the Oodnadatta Track — corrugations, dust, William Creek and a real test for the Y62, the Great Escape and all our gear.
Flying Over Lake Eyre – A View We May Never See Like This Again
Flying over Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre during an exceptional filling event — one of the luckiest moments of our lap so far.
Flinders Ranges – Our First Proper Outback Adventure
Four nights at Willow Springs Station — gorges, wildlife, the Y62's first real workout and the Skytrek 4WD track through the Flinders Ranges.
Whyalla, South Australia – Dolphins, Ships & a Few Days by the Coast
Whyalla was one of those stops where we had a few things we wanted to see, but we ended up fitting quite a bit into our time there — dolphins, ships, maritime history and a few days by the coast on the Spencer Gulf.
Silverton – Mines, Mad Max & an Outback Pub
Two nights in Silverton — underground at Daydream Mine, the Mad Max 2 Museum, the Silverton Hotel, gaol history and the endless Mundi Mundi Plain.
Broken Hill – Our First Taste of the Outback
Our first real taste of the outback — mining history, railway museums, the Picnic Train site and Chad's memorable flying fox mishap.
We Actually Did It – The Day Our Lap of Australia Began
After six years of saying "one day", we sold the house, hitched up the Great Escape and finally started our lap of Australia.