It’s official. We are going mobile.
We pick up our van – who we name ‘Matilda’ – in Caringbah, in the south of Sydney. This means that after not driving for eight months, I now have to pilot a right-hand drive vehicle with a manual shift on the left through the entire length of Sydney to get us north of the harbour.
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Slightly nerve-wracking, but we survive.
We stay in campgrounds along the way. The blog may not get such regular updates; not every campground has WiFi (unlike nearly every cheap guesthouse in Southeast Asia.)
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We get lost a few times when we stray from the motorway.
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After not getting very far the first few days while we provision Matilda, we reach the Queensland border and the chill goes out of the air.
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Australia is well set up for camping. The sites we’ve been to so far are a delight.
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The scenery is nice, too. I enjoy long-distance driving.
Interestingly, the first time we turn on the radio, we hear a story of how ‘Bluesfest in Ottawa, Canada’ is threatened by the presence of a killdeer nest. Everything’s connected.
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Happy Canada Day, everyone!
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Sight or Insight of the Day – Going Mobile
Driving along outside Port Macquarie, we spot a sign: ‘Want to pet a koala?’ I can’t slam on the brakes fast enough.
We feed wallabies and kangaroos.
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They are surprisingly gentle and delicate creatures
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I can cross ‘pet a koala’ off my bucket list.
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