P-Diddy's B-Day party in Sydney

On Wednesday we started out trip to Sydney, because I wanted to be there for my birthday. We stopped at Wilson promontory national park, lakes entrance, batemans bay and Jervis bay.

 

The great ocean drops

Mary, a 23 year old german girl would be my travelpartner for the roadtrip from Adelaide to Sydney. I was really excited to travel in my Van! Mary seemed to be a really nice girl and we agreed quite well on the travel plan. After seeing the exceptional white kangaroo at bordertown we climbed a small mountain near Mt Gambier and discovered a salt lake in the short distance. Off course once we started walking it was more far away then we guessed, and flies were all over me,but it was nice to experience walking on the salt and on the way back we saw the biggest Lizzard till now I saw in Australia sunbathing on a dead tree. 

When nothing goes right

The first days we just recovered behind our laptops and chilled around in the CBD. Slowly we started

to look for jobs.  After leaving our 2 great
relocations, we had to look for new transport for the east coast. The only way to experience it in total freedom and don’t spend all your money on hostels is to buy a Van. So after a lot of searching I bought my first campervan! A 1984 Toyota Hiace, with high top roof and 315000k on it. I bought it in Glenelg, a small suburb at the south west side of Adelaide with a really nice atmosphere and beach. Nigel, the man who sold the van to me was really friendly and helped me a lot. He even invited Flo and me to stay in his house for a couple days. Nigel, if you read this: THANKS A LOT! I did a great deal buying it, but it was empty on the inside. So I had a lot of work to do.  I started to think about a bed, building some kind of kitchen to cook and find a way to put all stuff away.  While Flo was working I worked on my Van every day, drawing plans, going to Bunnings and Ikea 7 times, sawing wood, screwing boards…

Man versus wild: episode one

I had organised a second relocation car from Alice Springs to Adelaide: bigger than the first one. This time we also had a toilet, shower, microwave, kitchen, hot water, automatic gears & cruise control. We had to wait 3h for it because some kids had smashed the windows, but at lunch it was fixed and we were ready to go!  The next 1500km on the road were really boring with an empty landscape and straight road for hours and hours and hours…

To the heart of Australia.

From Darwin to Alice Springs I found a relocation car for Flo and me. For the people who don’t know: a relocation car is a rental car who has to be brought back to a specific city in a limited amount of time. If you‘re smart you end up with an almost new 4wd campervan with airco, fridge, kitchen and you pay no fee, except the fuel. Travelling in style!