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The decision for us to travel around Australia wasn’t really a hard one to make. We both love travelling and both see this as a vital adventure for our family. I guess we’re ‘doing our bit’ for the Australian economy too :) I hope other families with young children will feel inspired to follow in our footsteps and take off on an adventure of their own.
Our estimated departure date is somewhere early July. But that is not set in stone just yet so we’ll see.
So far we have the car – a ’91 Land Cruiser 80 series – and we’ve got our caravan – a Windsor Rapid – and boy oh boy do we have a long list of other things we need too! We’re slowly ticking off the boxes but we seem to add more to the list than we get to tick off!
Anyway, I hope you’ll enjoy sharing this journey with us. We’ll be posting regularly to keep you all up to date with the planning and preparations before we head off. We also hope to post at least weekly once we head off and no doubt we’ll share lots of photos too!
Till next time!
SSLJ
xxx
Awww sweetie – how exciting – what a fabulous thing to do! I’m sure you’ll have the best time and how wonderful will it be to have all that time together before the kids have to go to school. Good luck! I’ll be keeping an eye on your adventures xxx
U did it! yay! I will agree with Donna and say that is a wonderful adventure to take on. I am looking forward to ur blogs and your many adventures. Take lots of pictures! xoxoxoxoxooxoxox
Hi Silvia. Great news, great idea. Good luck with your adventure. I’ll place a link to your blog on No Boundaries. Can you send me an email address for our records.
Safe travels
Kym
hey guys, great idea. I remember you talking about doing this…i think it’s an excellent idea.
looking forward to hearing all the adventures …i’m currently touring at the mo …it’s going well.
look forward to hearing from you soon…..when you online usually ..would be good to chat and catch up.
Liz xx
Silvia!!!!!!!!
what a FANTASTIC project!!! I´ll definitelly be watching this space, looking forward to the adventures!
U 2 are brave to travel with 2 babies!!!!
Good luck!!!!
Love, Lygia
You will love it! 20 years ago (was it really that long)my husband and I took our two children aged 11 and 6 on a trip up the centre and down the east coast. We loved it and were glad we did it. The children are now grown up and still talk about the great time we had. Hope you all have a fantastic trip.
Hi Christine! It’s great to hear the positive stories about traveling with kids. Thanks!
That sounds like so much fun! We are from the US, but would love to travel down to Australia and do what you have planned. Maybe in a few years when we can save enough money. Any recommendations on where we should try to visit if we make it down?
Thanks for popping by Brady! I’ll let you know what we recommend after our trip!
I’ve commented a few times already and have yet to say thank you for linking to our blog.
So, thank you.
I can’t wait to leave on our trip. Our planned departure date is July 1st so it’s coming up fast.
How are you planning to finance the trip with going for 6 months? Will you work as well or use on savings? We’ve been planning and saving for 12 years to make ours happen.
Thanks for linking back!
We don’t have a date set just yet but we are looking at early July. So we might see you somewhere on the road!
Financing the trip – mainly savings. But we’ll do some work here and there – I guess we’ll see how we go.
Hi Silvia
We are doing much the same trip in 2011 with a 2 and 3 year old so will be watching your blog with great interest. Please let us know how the Windsor Rapid goes as this is also at the top of our list. At the moment we have a Jayco Dove but the Rapid looks so much more suitable. Let us know if you find it to be a hassle after so many stops.
Hi Sylvia
Found your site today and will be reading with great interest. We are taking 6-7mths to do as much as we can. We are leaving in July 2010 and heading north and across the top end to WA. We have 2 children, will be 11 and 9. Now to get organised. Would be interested in knowing what to pack and costs. Regards Janelle