Jul 26, 2019 | Africa, Featured
The birds wake us up today and its not to cold so we make our way out of bed, pack up with just a coffee and leave. We have skipped a few breakfast’s and need to stop doing that. But we did stretches so that sorta makes up for it. With the camera on time lapse we head...
Jul 25, 2019 | Africa, Featured
But not us…. Waking up early I head out and inspect wagon, adjust the exhaust and tighten a bolt. Basic stuff that can end a trip is easily fixed with a basic tool kit and some know how. Ignoring these small problems can snowball out of control. leaving you...
Jul 24, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Packing up early we have cake and coffee and roll out of the park headed for town, we have plans and try to somewhat stick to them. With plans to stay at a lodge with glamping we get wifi and sort it out, only to discover that its actually self catering, so some miss...
Jul 23, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Order up! Eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms for brekky, coffee on the side please. Today is a minimal drive day, we work our way past Paradise pool, well try to, the road is fully blocked. They won’t move. The elephants that is. After waiting for 30 minutes we figure it’s...
Jul 22, 2019 | Africa, Featured
The hippos were quite vocal last night, but nothing ever came into view. We have our usual slow removal from the tent, then the snail pace coffee drink. Why not just sit and enjoy the area. Our fellows campers are packed up and gone and we decide that we should...
Jul 21, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Waking up at 7, we quickly shower and finish packing. Motoring on into town we swing into the café to ask about the dress and grab a coffee. The dress is there but the lady is not, so that’s a win and we go about our restock. Heading into town we get our LPG refilled...
Jul 20, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Have you seen my dress? After a slow start to the day we begin planning, with a well thought out plan to make the most of the day we head out, stop number 1: ARB which wasn’t even open yet but he let us pick up a bbq mesh grill for our fire. Then off to Reiley’s for...
Jul 19, 2019 | Africa, Featured
We’re not doing that again… Time: 6AM Location: Sunday pan Temp: 1c Lions: MIA This was our one and only early wake up attempt, we froze, seen no lions, and got stuck behind slow driving tourists. But we did see a honey badger so that was a slight win....
Jul 18, 2019 | Africa, Featured
The birds, clearly sick of the snoring wake us up. Do do dooooo, on repeat. Nice the first time, after a while, please leave my camp. A light breakfast of toast and amarula coffee gets us running. I get all the cameras back on charge and transfer photos as required....
Jul 17, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Today is the day, we wake up once the sun has allowed the temperature to climb a bit. No point in freezing. With a small fire started back up Asareh starts breakfast, omelet . I go about the important business of heating up water, this is where metal jugs are...
Jul 16, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Start the car!!! Waking up we sit and enjoy our coffee, Normally we are the lazy campers leaving at 10-11 but to day we have some serious miles to cover, and its soft soft sand. We get rolling and head further north, the sun climbs higher and higher and...
Jul 15, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Sand….deep sand, It so bloody soft. We rise and make an amazing breakfast, avo’s and all. Heading north we start hitting this soft sand we were warned about, I drop down to about 10/12 PSI and we carry on, fuel consumption sitting around 25-30L per 100 im...
Jul 14, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Fuel Calculations We pull up to the gates of the CKGR and prepare ourselves. We are beyond excited. Proper off road time. We talk to a local who runs the private camps sites about fuel consumption. I’m not liking the numbers. I sit and crunch numbers while...
Jul 13, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Needs More Cowbell We wake the next morning and make our way to the watering hole on foot but there is nothing there, a bit of exercise never hurt though. Packing up we motor into town for a restock, as we have new plans. I don’t even know why we make plans...
Jul 12, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Welcome To Botswana We are up early as its freezing, 2c outside. Coffee never tasted so good. With Amarula that is. Packed up we motor for the border but of course take the back roads because why not. Most of this trip will end up being dirt roads. No one was keen to...
Jul 11, 2019 | Africa, Featured
The Trip Starts With an early morning exit we make quick miles out of town headed for Pilanesburg National Park, PNP for short. We get a bit lost at sun city as you cant enter from that side, so a quick back track finds us at the gate. Our first taste...
Jul 10, 2019 | Africa, Featured
The Big Pack The decision has been made to fully pack the house and commit to Africa. I head back to Perth and pack up the house, the workshop and pack everything we want to keep away into permanent storage. During this time I have chosen to get a heap of work...
Apr 4, 2019 | Africa, Featured
Where we’re going we don’t need roads… Working our way out to the main highway We pack up and leave the campsite, with plans from the owners to take the new ring road around the the SA boarder, a nice easy drive. It had rained so the drive out...
Apr 2, 2019 | Africa, Featured
#BeachLife #SpeedingFines We hit the road north around 10am, and exit the park, no elephants today. At the exit gate I attempt to refill the tyres. Apparently at 8 years old my ARB fill hose has had enough and promptly explodes. A quick fix and shorter hose...
Mar 30, 2019 | Africa, Featured
I don’t know? “I Wanna Sit on The Roof” – Asareh We wake early after a lovely sleep, the tent is comfy. Did I mention we have no LPG bottles yet, so after getting a fire going we cook omelets for breakfast. The coffee when camping is...
