I've just had a big road trip from Mareeba in Far North Queensland to Tasmania with my daughter. It was a fantastic trip. On the road somewhere I used Google Maps most of the way instead of standalone GPS. Google Maps is fantastic but I had heard of WAZE, so I tried that as well. Waze, which is another mapping app, is now owned by Google - they bought it back in 2013 for nearly 1 Billion US dollars! But although Google now owns it, it's still a very different product. The main … [Read more...] about Google Maps vs Waze
We are not on holidays
Cate, Zoe and Seamus travelled for 4 years around Australia. Zoe was 2 years old when we started.Below is a summary of our adventures in Western Australia. We left Canberra in Feb 2007 in a Landrover and have been wandering ever since (stopped in Sept 2010 to live in Portland Roads for 4 years). We headed for Western Australia. The trip across the Nullarbor, Head of the Bite and Esperence was way too quick. We were running behind schedule (as usual), we had hoped to take a couple of weeks … [Read more...] about We are not on holidays
Last Generation of Grey Nomads?
Excellent article on the future of grey nomads The grey nomads are the precursor to a new generation that might not only want to travel, but need to in an economic environment that is not static or stable. And that will mean they can no longer afford to stay in one place. Credit: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-10/how-the-grey-nomad-lifestyle-may-change/10599340 … [Read more...] about Last Generation of Grey Nomads?
Little 4-day driving trip
One of the recent 4-day driving trips south to spend time with a group of entrepreneurs in southern NSW. Interesting to find Optus really strong in northern inland NSW, and Telstra very not... [Read more] … [Read more...] about Little 4-day driving trip
Why is long term travel different.
Why is long-term travel so different from camping or even a "trip of a lifetime" to the Cape? The biggest difference is that you are NOT on holidays! You may be retired or have a nest-egg, or have rental income, or be running your business while you travel to fund your lifestyle, but you are not on holidays. This puts a totally different perspective on your trip, and I should add at this stage, that long-term travel is neither better nor worse than camping, just different! I have done and … [Read more...] about Why is long term travel different.
