Australia Road Trip

Jayne and David Murden's trip around Australia by road. A journey which commenced in September 2006. Leaving behind the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, UK, they spent 10 months on the road travelling in a clockwise direction from Brisbane, Queensland.

Saturday, September 30, 2006

Update Saturday 30th September


We've seen "heaps" of roads like this over the past week

For the past seven days we've explored the whole of Brisbane looking for something to travel in. There seems a distinct lack of affordable motor homes, its either top of the range luxury or something without the basic comforts of a toilet/shower. Instead we've purchased a caravan. Neither of us have ever towed anything before so its going to be a new experience for us. We'll post some pictures when the van is delivered but its a 2005 Jayco Expanda Pop Top. It expands upwards and outwards which means we get more space without towing something too large.

We've spent the past few days touring the car yards of Brisbane. We've seen a few vehicles that could be suitable and learnt alot about towing. Hopefully in the next few days we can sort something out.

Spent Saturday afternoon visiting my stepbrother Kevin and helping him get through some bottles of Tooheys. Tomorrow the car yards are shut so we get a day off to do things like washing and perhaps more drinking. So far we don't feel like we're on holiday as we've been driving around car yards during the day and searching the internet at night.

We wish we could have bought one of these houses with a private mooring,
but we've been far too busy....