Hey everybody! Thanks for reading this, I really do appreciate that! We have a couple huge announcements to make, first of which is: We bought a van!!!
Meet Ol’ Bessie, our beautiful girl that is hopefully going to pull us over 15,000 kms as we swing down and around the coast. We completely redid the back, as illustrated in pictures below, and Ol’ Bessie is now a comfortable living space for us to spend the next 3-4 months in (if she lasts that long…). As some of you know, we did NZ in a van, and really appreciated the amazing things we were able to do and see with the freedom that comes from vehicle ownership. We are excited to do the same in Oz!
My second announcement is about this blog: It will now be a weekly and regular instalment!
For those of you who are like “Hey, he said he’d write a blog last time! Why should I believe him this time?!” I would like to say fair enough! Completely valid point! However, this time I really do intend to, and will focus on these writings. I’m doing this because I not only want to capture the stories, but also share my knowledge with other backpackers. We travel in a way that is unique, and allows us to save tons of money and find some pretty stellar places. I want everyone to be able to learn from our mistakes and triumphs.
For those of you who are reading simply for your personal entertainment, well that is what TV is for. I promise that this won’t be remotely entertaining or funny in any way!
I intend to post a weekly update on Mondays, Canadian time (Late Monday night Aussie time), as well as posting some helpful guides for fellow travellers sporadically (I’m aiming for every second Thursday but don’t hold me to it!) As well, there may or may not be plans for a new website in the works to showcase both this blog and my photography! (Shh don’t tell anybody!!)
Well that’s that! Check out our first week of travels here, and keep checking back every Monday for more posts!
Congrats on Bessie! I have always owned a minivan and was ready to upgrade to the latest model but was concerned how costly they have become. I brought in my minivan and was told that they have a huge resale value, so they knocked a huge chunk off the price and managed to get me in a newer model for the same price I was paying already.
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