In this article we introduce Kev and Cristina who hit the road in 2017 and have since founded Nomads Around Australia, a website dedicated to interviewing other nomads and giving them the opportunity to share their stories so we can all be inspired to see what is achievable and how easy it is to live […]
Many of us dream of life on the road, for many the big question is how can we fund our trip? The String Family have been able to do just that. Commencing their big trip in 2016 with no set plans the family of four musicians originally hit the road in their caravan planning on […]
One of our Free Range Camping members recently met up with Murry Rhodes in their travels. After hearing about Murry, it prompted me to get in touch with him to find out more about his story. Turns out Murry is a bit of a character from the outback and a fellow traveller with a story […]
On a warm afternoon in October this year, we were walking past a few of the other campers at our campsite at Cowra when the kids couldn’t resist being attracted to a cute dog in one of the vans, on closer inspection we saw it was, in fact, three small dogs and a cockatoo. One […]
Joy and her husband Kim hail from Mt Barker in South Australia, and as it turns out Joy was the winner of last month’s prize of the Quokka Fire pit. When I called Joy to tell her of her win, we got chatting and I found out more about her, so much so that I […]
On a recent trip to Gympie, home of the Gympie Muster, some friends introduced me to a couple of avid gallivanting nomads. As avid nomads ourselves, we soon got chatting about our travels. Peter and Dawn love their caravan so much, that they actually live it in, on their property, even when there are not […]
Story by: Linda McCall Meet Jo Drury, “The Gibb River Girl”, as I have playfully nick-named her. I first met Jo at Barn Hill Station in Western Australia while she was on a holiday with her husband Ross. We kept in touch and when I recently saw that she had completed the Gibb River ‘Solo!’ […]
Its Pineapple Festival time in Yeppoon QLD, so we are back in one our favourite spots at the Poinciana Tourist Park right near the beach. As I pulled up to our allocated camp spot, we discover our neighbours are Trish and Dave, whom we met very briefly last time we were in town five weeks […]
We first met Linda about 2 years ago, just prior to her hitting the road and embarking on her trip around Australia with her partner Mark and trusty side kick Dakar Dingo, (or is that the other way around?) Linda with her travelling companions Mark & Dakar Their vehicles of choice were a Toyota 4×4 […]
I am an ex-Kiwi farmer who has been travelling around Australia with my caravan for 4 years visiting my children and exploring this huge country. I plucked up the courage to free camp after about 6 months and have found some wonderful peaceful places to stop. I had almost become a hermit sometimes not talking […]
