Mick and Sue’s Aussie Adventure Part Two

Mick and Sue’s Aussie Adventure resumes with Part Two of our Big Lap of Australia.

What began in December of 2019 and ended abruptly in April of 2021, we will pick up again. The stories from Part One are listed here.

We have changed our rig totally. We traded in the Triton for an Isuzu MUX that has more power. And we sold the Royal Flair Aussie Mate for a lighter rig: a Skamper Kamper Dingo. We are sacrificing the luxury and convenience of the caravan with a lighter tent top camper trailer. It will be interesting to see how we like this change.

We aim to visit the places we had initially planned to visit in 2020 but missed out on due to the pandemic which caused border closures and a forced change of plans. We are heading for the Northwest of Australia.

Once again, I am using the Wikicamps app to plot and log our trip. However, experience informs us that the best laid plans can often go astray.

It took a whole year to finally get the repair work done on the caravan. We are not sure if this was because of supply issues during the pandemic, or slack attitude of the repairer, or lack of follow-up by the insurer. Or perhaps a mixture of all three. In the end the repair work did not cost much. We were happy to move the caravan on once the repair was completed and we had retrieved it. We hope the new owners enjoy the caravan as we did.

It also took a whole year to get delivery of our new car; supply and demand issues we hear. In the meantime, we enjoy precious time spent with our family, granddaughters and friends.

This trip will not be an extended lifestyle choice, but a winter escape and exploration of some beautiful and warmer parts of this country. And we go with experience and knowledge, rather than as newbies.

I plan to write blog posts about our travels here, however I am aware of the lack of internet access in some of these remote places, so some of the posts will be added after the events. And we can be followed on Instagram @mickandsues