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Comment on 100,000 people are travelling around Australia right now – Why aren’t you? by Steve Baile

Steve Baile — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:40:00 +0000

G’day Matt,

One of the great things you have now that you didn’t in 2004 is social media and Skype so it will be relatively easy for you and your kids to stay in touch with friends back home. Every Maccas has free wifi so if you get yourself an iPad you’ll be able to Skype/Facetime for free while having a coffee and a cheeseburger. I think this is the key to keeping your kids connected with their friends so it isn’t like they’ve gone forever, just a long holiday and their friends back home can follow along.

Our kids were pre-school age so home schooling wasn’t on the agenda but we met many other families that were and they seemed to be coping with it pretty well. Your kids are young enough though that they’ll get plenty of learning from the experience. In fact they are the perfect age for a Big Lap – old enough to appreciate it and be engaged, take photos etc. but young enough not to be still happy to have an adventure with mum and dad – teenagers would be a different story.

I look forward to hearing all about it.

Comment on 100,000 people are travelling around Australia right now – Why aren’t you? by Matt

Matt — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:14:48 +0000

Hi Steve,

Me & my wife completed a lap back in 04, and thoroughly enjoyed it, thinking about going around again with our sons, 1 aged 6 the other nearly 3.Our only concerns are the obviuosly the children , i.e schooling & also taking them out of their little social network of friends.Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated, take it easy,

Cheers,

Matt

Comment on 100,000 people are travelling around Australia right now – Why aren’t you? by Kassidy

Kassidy — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:04:52 +0000

Thanks, my family is planning to do this in July of this year. As the nerdy forteen year old, I’m put in charge of the researching thanks for your help

Comment on 100,000 people are travelling around Australia right now – Why aren’t you? by Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:38:49 +0000

Thanks Steve, myself and soon to be wife (next week) are travelling around Australia in a few weeks. We are both 27years old and have taken a career break which is a big and scary step. Its great to read your article and have some positive re-assurance. Thanks very much and all the best to you and your family.

Comment on 100,000 people are travelling around Australia right now – Why aren’t you? by Lesley

Lesley — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:46:25 +0000

Only an hour ago my husband & I were outside looking at the stars with our girls aged 8 & 4 talking about how many more we would see if we finally took the plunge & went for it. The next thing I did was Google “travel Australia with kids” & here I am! Thanks Steve for reminding me not to procrastinate any longer. I look forward to reading more of your site as we prepare to hit the road!

Comment on 100,000 people are travelling around Australia right now – Why aren’t you? by Pete

Pete — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:26:15 +0000

Mate we’re planning a trip when kids are about 9 and 7, but wondering if you can give us some advice about taking them out of school for a year or so, and making sure that they don’t miss out on schooling. How did you handle this situation and what effects good or bad do you see with your kiddies? Thanks mate, enjoy your trip, I really liked reading the website,
regards,
pete

Comment on Which way to travel around Australia? by Greg Elsey

Greg Elsey — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:21:49 +0000

Hi Steve,

Good advice. For some reason, and I have no idea why, I always think of travelling in a clockwise direction. I think at the end of the day, it would depend on how long I was going for, where I wanted to spend my time, and the time of year.

Cheers,
Greg

Comment on Camper Trailer Brakes by campertrailer101

campertrailer101 — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:39:43 +0000

Thanks for this. keep the updates rolling in.
coming from someone who has built a few trailers , cheers .

Comment on How to: Travel around Australia with kids by Steve Baile

Steve Baile — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:03 +0000

Sounds like a great setup. I reckon you’ll find more work than you need, especially in the remoter areas where skills are harder to come by. We met a sparky who had stopped announcing that he was a sparky when he arrived at places because he suddenly had lots of jobs to do and was trying to have a holiday. If you get the urge to do a more detailed write up on your rig with some photos, email it to us and I’ll post it on the site which will open it up to feedback from other people as well.

Comment on How to: Travel around Australia with kids by david and tanya and kiera frost

david and tanya and kiera frost — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:53:32 +0000

we are doing the same we had been planing this for about 3 years ,we bought a 40ft bus for $6,000 from adelaide and i flew over there and drove it back to perth on my own and just took 3 days and i have decked it out as our motor home it took me 2 years on weekends to do we have been to adelaide and back and i have made a few mods on it as you do it has every thing that you need in the bus and by doing it ourself s we have set it up to suit us at a cost in total $40,000 ,then i bought a 1986 pajero for $2,000 and then set it up so we can tow behind our bus on a A frame as these old 4×4 you can tow straight on the road so dont have to bother with a trailer .it has very thing we need such as roof top tent, roll out awning full mosquito and fly net on the side ,fridge ,draws storage ,s/s water tank holds 50lt with pump ,work lights,spare parts, winch ,2 spares ,recovery kits and so on ,this has been done so we can park the bus in a caravan park and put in storage and then take of in the 4×4 for a few weeks at a time to explore surrounding areas as we like fishing,prospecting and wild life and tacking pics and video we are going to home teach out little girl that is nearly 5 we have rang the eduction department and there is no problem with that,we have no time so could be on the road for more than 10 years as i said no time,we will work as well i am a boilermaker welder by trade i have a mr licence as well fork lift ticket and boom ticket and my wife is a pc nurse but very handy with my hands . we hope to have every thing ready at the end of this year ,i have retired about 3 months ago so i can get every thing ready and my wife has gone back to work and i look after the little one , by doing 90 percent of work ourself s we have saved a lot of money .we are on face book so if ya want to see what we have done look for david frost and there is a pic of the 3 of us and a small dog near a hay stack or just email or ring on o432026419 if ya want to ask any questions o just have a chat