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For the first 16 years, we traveled up to 11 months per year, spending the rest of the time at our home in Australia, preparing for the next journey and letting all the new impressions sink in.

OUR JOURNEY

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“YOU NEVER NEVER KNOW, IF YOU NEVER NEVER GO”

The slogan I copied from a very successful advertising campaign in Australia

Today February 2025 it is 21 years since (January 2004) we started our around-the-world adventure, and what an experience it has been. Not everything has gone smoothly; we’ve faced our share of difficulties. But, as the cliché goes, when you taste the bitter, the sweet is oh so much sweeter! Being an overlander is challenging work, but the greatest reward is the once-in-a-lifetime experiences we encounter every day. We love driving our overland truck through distant continents for months on end, discovering new countries and cultures. Along the way, we’ve seen so much and made countless friends. around the world. But when we look at the world map, we realize how much more there is to see.

2020 was a challenging year due to COVID-19, but despite the circumstances, we were lucky enough to continue traveling in 2020 and 2021, exploring Central America and Mexico.

2020 was a challenging year due to COVID-19, but despite the circumstances, we were lucky enough to continue traveling in 2020 and 2021, exploring Central America and Mexico. In April 2021, we returned home to Australia to build our new house. We resumed our journey in July 2022, continuing to explore Central America and Mexico. By March 2023, we had explored the northern part of Mexico and the western USA. We returned home in November 2023. In March 2024, we explored the central and southern USA, including Route 66, and returned home in October 2024.

Our plan for March 2025 is to explore the East Coast of the USA and Canada.

Did you know?

1. The surface of the earth measures 510 million square kilometers.
2. The 5 continents make up a total of 29.3 percent of the earth`s surface, that`s about 149 million square kilometers land area, the rest is occupied by the oceans, seas and islands.
3. The water surface in contrary is about 361 million square kilometers, representing about 71 percent of total surface of the earth.
4. About 7 billion people live on our planet.
5. One-third of all people on our planet live in China and India.
6. One percent of the world population lives In Australia and Oceania.

AUSTRALIA 2004 -2009

Part 1 Cairns to Darwin   2004

Part 2 Darwin to Perth via the canning stock route 2004-2005

Part 3 Perth to Adelaide via the Nullarbor off road tracks 2005

Part 4 Adelaide to Melbourne and Tasmania 2005-2006

Part 5 Tasmania, Victoria and Western New South Wales 2006

Part 6 South Australia-Simpson Desert-Len Beadell tracks in West Australia 2006-2007

Part 7 The Kimberleys–Tanami Desert-Alice Springs Arnhem land 2007l

Part 8 Central Australia-The gulf country-Cape York 2008

Part 9 Central Queensland-Fraser Island-Moreton island-Stradbroke Island 2008-2009

AROUND THE WORLD

Stage 1 Borneo 2009

Stage 2 South Africa to Europe 2010 -2011

Stage 3 Europe to West Africa 2011

Stage 4 West Africa to North Cape 2011-2012

Stage 5 Russia to Mongolia 2012

Stage 6 Mongolia to Singapore (Via China) 2012-2013

Stage 7 Stan Countries-Tibet-Nepal  2013

Stage 8 India-Pakistan-Iran-Europe 2014

Stage 9 Winter trip Iceland-Southern Africa 2014-2015

Stage 10 East Africa to Egypt 2016

Stage 11 Brazil-French Guyana-Suriname-Guyana 2017

Stage 12 Argentina-Chili-Bolivia 2018

Stage 13 Bolivia,Peru, Ecuador, Colombia 2019/2020

Stage 14. Colombia-Mexico 2020

Stage 15. Mexico-Guatemala 2020-2021

Stage 16. Mexico 2022

Stage 17. Mexico and Western USA 2023

Stage 18. Central & Southern USA 2024

Stage 19. Eastern USA and Canada 2025

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OVERLAND AUSTRALIA;  https://youtu.be/bJI4Hl25mmk

OVERLAND AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST; https://youtu.be/de5lrRS6SHs

OVERLAND ICELAND TO CAMBODIA; https://youtu.be/r79K2LKZWdo

OVERLAND THAILAND TO EUROPE;  https://youtu.be/zFDEwRkfdiw

OVERLAND SOUTH AMERICA PART 1;  https://youtu.be/w3AMTxSOhU0

OVERLAND SOUTH AMERICA PART 2; UNDER CONSTRUCTION

OVERLAND CENTRAL AMERICA; EXPLORING AT PRESENT

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