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Keeping it real  We have swapped the luxury yacht for a tent roughing it in the bush, a bush with the tallest palm trees I've ever seen. We are at one with nature, mozzies, March flies, crows, giant lizards and dingoes. Luckily our camp is surrounded by fence so no sign of the Dingo in this cage. We love tenting as much as everything else, it's so cosy being all wrapped up. You feel safe within those canvas walls from the chill, squawking birds and whatever it is rustling through the ground footage outside. It's those damn insects that spoil camping so I can see why is not for everyone.  Let me give you the hot tip - we've found the best bug deterrent is Detol - we mix it with suncream to apply it to our skin. You smell like a clinic but no more itching and scratching!  There are resorts on the island if you're not convinced bush camping is for you - and of course we spent a day in their pool, because that's how we roll. We moved to a bug-free beach camp after w

Dedicated to Ashleigh – for your future journey   6 months on the road We’ve been 6 months on the road. Can you believe it? It’s gone so fast but we’ve done so much, and it seems like we chose the perfect timing for this epic adventure  feeling bloody lucky we missed that persistent Perth rain, dodging lockdowns and now borders opening up for the road ahead. My cup spilleth over, my heart is overflowing, I feel so joyous, so relaxed, so grateful.   Blogging again Caravan life is now just normal life.  That initial excitement that inspired me to holiday blog was full of anticipation of the unknown and undiscovered (by us, thankful someone else found them and made them known to be worth seeing). People always asks for the the low-down on where to go that is non-touristy - but there's a reason why they are touristy - they are worth seeing! We've been too busy adventurising than diarising. But now, I’m blogging again… why am I re-inspired? We’ve gone off-road, in the literal