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Sorry to be a hassle ... but we've moved our blog site to: http://hitthetrack.wordpress.com Please click on the link and you can sign up there to receive email updates each time we blog about our travels. Thanks!

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Myrtle Park is a lovely council owned camp group around 30km out of Launceston on the way to Scottsdale.  It is pretty much half way.  It's situated on the St Patricks river and boasts to have trout and platypus. We arrived New Years Eve hoping it to be a peaceful setting.  We were placed in the "overflow" area rather than in the busy by the river spots.  Plenty of

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It's now the 9th Jan and all Christmas presents have arrived.  I wanted to get the kids all a DVD and ordered some online.  Most came in the time frame and the one I paid extra for and was promised to arrive ... didn't.  Thankfully it was the girls that had to wait and not the younger boys, who may not quite have coped with the idea.  Also a thank you to Auntie Dot who sent

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We have finally hit the track and started our big adventure.  We left Sydney on the 8th December heading straight for Melbourne to jump on board the Spirit of Tasmania on the 10th.  Looking back it was such a mammoth, whirlwind effort with one of the few things we never organised before departure was our mobile internet.  All is connected now, hence I can do a blog post :-).

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So glad I didn't make any wild statements of promising to blog on a more regular basis! Hornsby has been the start of our adventure for about four months now .... would we have sold the house when we did if we'd known how long finishing the trailer would take?  Probably not!  But we'd probably be even further behind as Stephen would have to keep working to keep up with mortgage

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My blogging regularity is very poor!  I tell myself I'll attempt a weekly blog and then I don't even get a monthly blog in ... so I won't promise anything - you will just have to take them as they come. Our house is SOLD, settled, cleaned and vacated.  A VERY big step in the beginning of our journey.   Although, when does a journey really begin?  I believe life is one

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Trailer returning home ... Well it's been a while ... maybe they've already gone bush some of you maybe thinking.  No - been busy busy busy! The trailer had the sheet metal work done just before Christmas and is in our back yard with all the intricate work happening to it.  Water tanks fitted, floor mounted, storage boxes over the wheel arches fitted, wiring run through, hoses and

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Welding has begun, the chassis is coming together!  Every little step taking time and patience.  These first steps have helped us understand the real time and effort this build is going to take - but it is exciting, even though there is so much to do! The design has taken countless hours in coming together.  Every detail being VERY important to the millimetre.  Some of the

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The camp shower has been tested!  No one wanted to brave the back yard, so it was set up in the bathroom for a few days ... hot water system, jerry can, gas bottle, pump, battery and battery charger!! We went around in circles for a while trying to choose a hot water system.  One major factor was to choose how much money we wanted to invest into it and whether we thought some of the

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Friday saw the big delivery arrive ... the suspension plus related parts for the build of our new home!  The awaited truck arrives out the front, I quickly text Stephen with the news, open the door and the delivery man says "where's your fork lift?".  I give a "you've got to be joking" look, he gives the same look back as we stare at the pallet on his truck holding 120kg of metal. We

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The other weekend we had our second garage sale ever.  I think with our trip in mind and the fact we plan to empty our house in about 6 months time this garage sale was far more successful than our first.  I spent about three weeks prior emptying book shelves, display cabinet, office drawers, kitchen cupboards - therefore we had plenty to sell!  The kids got involved including our

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It is the eve of step two towards our "big trip".  Our "big trip" is the long talked over, mulled over, yearned for trip around Australia.  We plan to build a trailer, sell up and travel and work around Australia for 12 months, most likely beginning early to mid next year. Our first major step towards this becoming a reality was to finish hiring camper trailers and sell them all. &nbsp

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The beginning of April saw us taking a trip for five nights.  It was the first time we've gone away in the school holidays camping and were bracing ourselves for the crowds. We arrived at Dunn's Swamp, about 25km out of Rylstone on the Friday afternoon and didn't have too many choices of campsites.  We where pleased we arrived on the Friday thinking it would fill up fast.  A few

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Here are a few of my favourite shots from the latest landscape photography workshop with photographer, Glenn Mckimmin.  It was a great day with an added bonus of no rain! (The previous landscape workshop was quite wet!)  Although we had no grand, spectacular sunrises or sunsets it was still a beautiful experience as that special early and late light always gives. Sunrise - Wamberal

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Last Saturday afternoon was our portrait photography workshop with Glenn McKimmin. What a blast it was for me and from all reports for many others! I'm loving my job organising these workshops - it is such a privilege to be involve. I get to meet amazing people who all share a passion for photography and of course learn something new along the way. It was not until I attended a few workshops

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The holidays are nearing to an end. Our busy time has passed - with all the trailers currently out on hire with only a couple more hires to go for January.Although the month is busy we get longer stretches of having all the trailers out and a little more time to give to other aspects of our business.Last year Stephen & I began some training. We have started a cert IV in Front Line

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I do apologise ... it has been such a long time since I've updated this blog!! I have one excuse after another, but will not bore you with that now but give you a little run down of our latest trip to Outback NSW.In August we (being my Mum & Dad, Stephen and our four children) set off for a relaxing three week trip. We decided this trip was to relax and chill out for a while, rather than

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All camper trailers are now booked for Easter. It is always a very popular time to go camping. We never camp then as we have no camper trailers available but we do try to take a break over the school holiday period.Hopefully this year will be a dry Easter, as most Easters since we have owned this business have been WET! Rain never seemed to bother us 4 years ago, but now we are very conscious

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Last weekend we visited our favourite camping place at Barrington - Camp Cobark. We took photographer, Glenn McKimmin with us. The purpose of the weekend was to find great photography locations for a photography workshop.... and that we did! There were so many great locations - too many to fit into one workshop! We scampered down the scrub, explored private properties, stood in the middle of

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In early November we took a weekend out and went to Yengo National Park for a family camping weekend. We camped at Mountain Arm camp ground in the Big Yengo area.This area is behind locked gates and is beautiful. There is a house you can book through National Parks or bush camping with toilets provided. We were the only campers there and enjoyed the ease of not having to keep our children

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I am really enjoying photography at the moment! It has always given me a huge buzz to take a great shot and over the years the time I've spent enjoying the hobby has dwindled. I've continued to take photos - mainly of the kids, but my real passion has always been landscapes and nature. I completed a course with Ken Duncan earlier this month and well it could be an understatement to say my

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We had a wonderful day last month exploring Yengo National Park and surrounds. It was a National Parks Discovery 4WD tour. They have fantastic guides, who are volunteers and are passionate about the area and its history. We saw Aboriginal artwork, rare plants, spectacular views and found out some real interesting facts and history.It is an all day event. We started around Kulnura at 8:15am

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Well the long awaited Dirty Gear Bag has arrived! Stephen was promised the bag months ago when he renewed his 4WD magazine subscription. Even the courier started to duck his head every time he passed our house as Stephen would stop him in the street just to see if maybe he had forgotten to deliver a parcel to our house.What is a Dirty Gear Bag... some of you may ask? It is a strong canvas bag

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Having our fourth baby has really slowed us down this year. The older kids are going into camping withdrawals .... "when are we going camping again?" "I want to go horse riding" "when can we go outback?" are all weekly questions in our household. "Soon... When Matthew starts sleeping better" or "When Matthew starts walking" (for the outback) is the answer.We've camped with all our kids as

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In 2004 we took our two small girls to the Flinders Rangers in South Australia. It was the days before the red Patrol and the days before camper trailers. I found the days a little long with constant fatigue and MORNING SICKNESS! The nights were COLD and uncomfortable in a swag. Call me soft, a wimp... whatever you like, but I do LOVE our camper trailers. Thank goodness the days of

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