30/4/2017 - Everyone keep traveling its a reminder that we're free!!

4WD camping, New South Wales, Australia

Chilean Patagonian Andes

Milford Sounds, New Zealand

New Zealand's Southern Alps

Wellington Coast, New Zealand

25/04/2017 - My Original Lifelong Bucket List completed

Many of you reading this surely have a "bucket list".    I hope I can inspire you by telling you that as of April 2015 I have completed mine.  Its taken me a while to post this as I normally keep this sort of thing to myself, but I wanted to share it with everyone. So here you go:

1. 2012:  Earned my wings (private pilots license)
2. 2015:  Traveled to, stepped foot on and went bivvy camping on Antarctica
3. 2015:  Solo 5400kms expedition/drive through the Patagonian Andes
4. 2010:  Trekked the Mt Everest basecamp (EBC) trek- Chomolungma (Mother Goddess of the world)
5. 2015:  Build and still use a true 4WD Expedition Camper van
6. 2005:  Climbed a large mountain (alpine climbing) in Alaska
7. 2013:  Went to Fiji and island hopped for 24 days
8. 2005:  Solo drive the Alaska Highway 3860 miles in WINTER from Seattle to Anchorage under the Northern Lights
9. 2001: Solo 2600 mile drive across the continental USA
10. 2001: Skied at the birthplace of downhill skiing in Davos, Switzerland.

I am now working on my next bucket list.   I am in my mid-40s and feeling like I am 25 or 30 still! I hope this blog post can inspire others to keep dreaming and working towards their dreams! 

Col Norman D. Vaughan - RIP

My lifelong motto:  “Dream big and dare to fail!”

My lifelong hero:  Col. Norman D. Vaughan

16/4/2017 - Easter Weekend 4WD camping

So I decided to brave the horrific Sydney Easter weekend traffic to get away.  Rather than leave Thursday after work with 1.5 million people stuck in gridlock traffic, I decided to wait to the next morning to head out. 

Well the morning came and I left around 10am.  The traffic was very light crossing into North Sydney via the Harbour Bridge.  I think my driving GPS was set with the not then best settings because I was going the shortest possible route, but it was not set for then fastest.  After getting up into

9/4/2017 - Bondi Beach: Doing nothing on a perfect Sunday morning...

Even van camping on a city beach parking is nice.. the morning here is magnificent..

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