Well we’ve made it to blog number 3 – manufacturing and fitting the subframe to De Trucksta. This is Fred’s forte so he got to planning the construction. Steel sizes, amounts to order, measurements not to mention accounting for the bend in the chassis. Yep there is a bend in Continue Reading
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Building an Expedition Vehicle – Where do we Start?
Now we are back in Rockhampton with De Trucksta, it’s time to get this show on the road. Our hope is to have him complete and ready to roll by June 2024 as we have signed up to volunteer at the Big Red Bash again. There is so much Continue Reading
BIG CHANGES ON THE HORIZON
Hey everyone, it’s been way too long since I blogged and I have no good excuse as to why. It’s time to update you all on what we have been doing, what we are up to now and about our future plans………….. I’ll start with the beginning of the year Continue Reading
It’s Official – We are on the Road!
On Tuesday 15th March 2022, 2 years after purchasing our bus, with renovations basically complete we drove away from our block for the last time. The block has been sold, another era to lock away in the memory banks. We always set ourselves a deadline of March 31st 2022 and Continue Reading
Getting Closer to Full Time Travels
Lockdown rules lifted so it gave us the opportunity to hold a garage sale. Now I can’t lie it wasn’t the biggest success ever but we managed to reduce our surplus a bit and anything is a bonus. We still have heaps to get rid of one way or another. Continue Reading
Exciting News – What We Are Up To Next
First of all hello, long time no post! Sorry about that but we have had a full on 2nd Covid year. Until a couple of weeks ago we were still in a Clayton’s lockdown – the lockdown you are having when you aren’t having a lockdown. Even though restrictions lifted Continue Reading
Week 4 – All good things must come to an end (for now at least)
It was time to head home, leaving our friends and family in Queensland. A quick trip to the Bundy Markets to stock up on fresh fruit, veg and eggs. Brunch with Leanne and Robbie and we hit the road. We were planning a shorter travel day today due to the Continue Reading
Week 3 – Mooch Camping with Family & Friends
We crossed the Queensland border so it was time to catch up with family and friends. What a whirlwind week, starting in Toowoomba to see the grandkids. We had identified a place to stay in Vale View and had some fun as the GPS took us to what we thought Continue Reading
The Inaugural Trip – Week 2
After a night parked up in Old Junee beside the highway we have learnt that our bus must be well insulated as we hardly heard a car or truck go past. We normally saw the lights first, it definitely didn’t bother us when sleeping. It was bloody cold in the Continue Reading
The Inaugural Trip – Week One
After Fred spending every waking moment, when not at work, on the bus, we headed off on our first trip. We have 4 weeks leave from work so this will be our “test run”. Not everything is finished but plenty close enough for us to be comfortable and content. We Continue Reading