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KALAHARI DESERT {Part 2: !XAUS}

  As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘Hi’ in the comments below. In our most recent blog post we wrote about entering the Kalahari, here we write about our experience as we headed deeper into the park. Fresh […]

KALAHARI DESERT {Part 1: Kgalagadi Lodge}

    If you think of the Kalahari Desert, what comes to mind? For Gareth and I it brings visions of heat, lions and sandy dunes. Two of these were waiting for us as we headed towards the park.     Our story begins in Uppington in South Africa. We waited it out here for […]

CAPE TOWN, BABY! + HEADING NORTH

  As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘Hi’ in the comments below.     The coast road towards Cape Town, named the Garden Route, is one of country’s most popular tourism attractions … it’s like the gods of South […]

ON SAFARI AT KARIEGA PRIVATE GAME RESERVE

  NEVER before have we had such an incredible encounter with elephants than at Kariega Game Reserve.         Kariega was our first foray into private reserves in South Africa and boy did it impress. The park is located in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, along the Garden Route, and stretches across ten-thousand […]

THE ELEPHANTS OF ADDO

  As we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa, we are sharing our expedition with you. Feel free to read on and say ‘hi’ in the comments below.     Driving out of Lesotho we dipped back into the modern era and drove through the Karoo of South Africa. This region welcomed us with […]

WRAP UP {EDITION 37}

  HELLO + WELCOME  to the Aussie Overlanders Wrap Up {Edition 37} where we let you know what’s been going on as we make our way from Sydney to London, overland through the guts of Africa. I read on my FaceBook feed recently that “apparently” it’s too late to wish each other a happy new year, […]

The Troopy Arrives In Africa

  Six weeks ago we handed over the keys to our Troopy in Australia to have it shipped to Africa.  We walked away excited and nervous as all hell. It was with similar feelings we woke the day it came to collect it.   We had arranged with our (incredible) shipping agent, Maurita, that we […]

WRAP UP {EDITION 34}

    HELLO + WELCOME to  Wrap Up {Edition 34} as we make our way from Sydney to London, overland through Africa. It’s Kirsty here today for a very exciting Wrap Up. Gareth sends a big hello!       OUR RIG IS ON IT’S WAY TO AFRICA     Last week we drove the […]

WRAP UP {EDITION 32}

  HELLO + WELCOME to the regular Wrap Up of what’s been going on as we drive from Sydney to London, via Africa in our trusty old LandCruiser. It is G here today. Lets get into it.       HEADING BACK TO THE EAST COAST   To take off from where Kirst left us […]

G-POST: PHOTOGRAPHY INSPIRATION

    HELLO + WELCOME to what will be a regular post from mwah… Gee. This will be a little section where I might tell you a story, a bit about myself, a blog I am loving, things that inspire me or people who inspire me. Whatever it is, I’ll write about it.   PHOTOGRAPHY […]