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
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