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
The Trailer – old to new
We have owned our car trailer for about 19 years and it has been very handy for us and for plenty of mates but it is now time to bring it along for the ride, to be more precise, to carry our ride, our Suzuki Jimny. Well Fred being so Continue Reading
Goodbye Merlin – the end of an era
We said our goodbyes to “Merlin” last week. He was a real trooper and a fabulous initation into bus life. So much so that we are preparing for FTT (Full Time Travel), life on the road, being on perpetual holidays (you get the idea) renovating “De Busta” our 53 seater Continue Reading
454 Days to full-time on the Road
So as I write this the countdown sits at 454 days to our original final date to be on the road. This date is significant to us being 31 March 2022, our 20th wedding anniversary. To be honest we have our fingers crossed that we will be organised earlier and Continue Reading
Our DIY Sofa
Background – I found this Utube video of a guy who whacked up a sofa in minutes from a few pieces of plywood, glue and a saw. At that moment I was feeling empowered – I can do this, it will be my bit of the bus, Fred is so Continue Reading
We’ve replenished the coffers so check out our purchases
Well, I’ve been a bit quiet of late as we haven’t been working on De Busta. We got to the stage that we needed to source more funds to continue as we had exhausted most of the lower cost items leaving the big daddies like batteries, levelers, solar panels etc. Continue Reading
The Last 2 Weeks – The Undercarriage
In a covid free life we would be in Europe cycling across the country right now. But it is 2020, the year of the not going anywhere. The upside of this is we now have an abundance of holidays to use plus we get to work on the bus. The Continue Reading
Reno’s: The Inside continued – What we achieved this week
With COVID there is a heavy demand on the postal/delivery services. A big shout out to all those guys and gals who have been working tirelessly for months now supporting us all by bringing all our goodies directly to our door. Well we scored big this week with deliveries arriving Continue Reading
Reno’s – Progress So Far
With the seats out, we marked out on the floor our designs. We stuck tape to the floor to visualise our design, pulled, it up again to move and reposition. This happened a few times as we tossed ideas around until we eventually decided on our final design. Over the Continue Reading