Just about there  Things were progressing, but we still had a way to go, so we thought it best at this stage not to put ourselves under added pressure and gave up on a leave date, instead deciding that when we are ready we will just go. But we didn’t let up, and by this […]

Progress is made By the end of January, the storage bins were finished, the seating was underway, and we started on the wiring. By this stage, Dad had returned to his safe haven in Sydney, but I had Eddie. Eddie is a friend of the family, and as a recent school leaver was looking for […]

Help Arrives By this stage, my folks were back up from Sydney. This time, Mum was going to help out with the kids, and Dad was going to help me with the bus. This was going to be fun, ….. One of the first jobs I had for the old boy was to help me […]

Planning With Honky planted firmly in the driveway, we figured job number one was to remove all the old seats and have a layout plan of where things would go. We all got into including the kids, and Nona. Nona (my mother) God bless her, was supposed to be visiting from Sydney and playing with […]

WE FIND A BUS With the decision made to do the trip, one way or another, the next thing was to decide on the best vehicle. We did a tonne of research, and decided, especially as we were bringing kids along, we need to do it in comfort. We went to every RV and caravan […]