Welcome one and all. I’m two weeks behind schedule, but the site is finally up and running. There’s still a few bugs and glitches to be sorted, surely, but essentially, I’m putting us out there to be read and followed.

Being that this is my first post to the blog, I’ll let you know quickly what you can expect if you hang around to read about our adventures. If you haven’t already done so, check out the links on the home page. There’s a story there about how the trip came about, as well as an introduction to us all. I’ll be adding some more info up there in the near future, as well as some links to any of the good people who have helped us realise our dream.

As for the blogs, during the planning stages over the next few months, I will try to put up a brief weekly message, letting you all know how we are progressing. Once we hit the road and are on our way however is when the fun will really begin. 6 months, 180 days, 4320 hours, 259,200 minutes, 15,552,000 seconds, and I will be attempting to come to you live, on a daily basis. I’m sure there will be days where internet access is out of the question, and other days when I’m sure I’ll say it was unavailable, but apart from that, I’ll be coming to you from somewhere in the nether, nether.

Now, being that we’re going to be travelling around for some time, in a caravan with a couple of dogs, I’d be quite happy to hear from like-minded people. Those that are out there doing the same thing, drop us a line. Say G’day and offer a tip or two. You never know, we might just see you on the road sometime.

As for the planning side of things. Well we’re progressing at a slower rate than I would have liked. Our caravan is almost trip ready, but there’s a few little jobs to do that I keep finding time to put off. I have at least chosen our new tow vehicle, which I will introduce to you at later stage. Suffice to say, there is also a number of tasks that need to be completed once I collect it to get that trip ready also. My next worry is if I should be taking a satellite phone, or relying on regular mobile phone coverage.  Ideally I’d like the safety of a sat phone, but not the cost. Being that our trip will mostly follow main routes, what do others think?

Whilst I’ve been busy sorting out pre-trip stuff, Rebecca has been busy on the net researching our possible ports of call. It’s out of her comfort zone to do the holiday planning, but she has come through with aplomb. With notebooks full of places to see and things to do,  I’m sure we will be far from bored during our time away. In fact the way we are going, 6 months might not bee long enough to see all that we plan. Lets see what happens, but dare I say it, Aussie Adventure II might be in the works before we even start our first.

Until next time, stay safe, have fun and don’t forget to write.