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In October 2001, only 5 weeks after Harry was hatched we set
off on a 2 month trip to North Queensland. At the time our home on
wheels was a very old Chesney Kampa GT (which we loved to death), so my
mother thought it best (with a new born baby) that we took their new
"Gazelle" Infinity 17ft pop top. We all know that mums know best so
with very little persuading we said YES. We had a ball on that trip
even though our life was dictated by breast feeding and sleeps. At this
stage we made the decision to take 12 months off and travel around
Australia and even decided when it was going to happen. We wanted Harry
to be 4 years old as was Alex on that trip. So 2006 was the year
chosen. As part of the trip preparation it was necessary to upgrade our
van to something bigger and easier and quicker to set up.
After searching for over 12 months we became the proud owners of a 21
year old 'Viscount Grand
Tourer'(See 'Our Story' for more details). The old Viscount was in
great condition (even better now) and we picked it up for less than
$10,000-00.
My point is that you don't have to spend a fortune to see this
beautiful country and to enjoy quality family time
together.
We departed Bundaberg on the 10th December 2005
for nearly 14 months on the road. That trip ended in February 2007 and
plans were made to again take off later that year, this time for 3
years. Unlike the first trip this one will be a combination of a little
work as well as touring.
So the 14th December 2007 was departure day. To follow our adventures
and hopefully to be inspired continue to log onto this web page. It
will continue to be updated monthly, hopefully with never a dull moment.
If you would like to find out a little more about our van and
some of the 3000 modifications I have made to the caravan click on Our Story.
If you want to follow our adventures click on the month that
interests you in ' Our Trip'.
If you would like to contact us you can send an e-mail to parfitt(@)followourtrip.com. We send and retrieve our e-mails via a
laptop
and Telstra wireless card which works whenever we have Next G reception
. We check our mail at least
weekly (if in phone range) and will in most cases get back to you
within a few days.
Brett, Chris, Alex and Harry.