We had an amazing farewell performance in southeastern Tasmania. When we left a beach campsite our fellow camper Teddy, whom we had met the day before, performed impromptu on his beautifully painted Didgeredoo. Teddy hails from Queensland and currently travels in his camper van around Australia. The musical farewell should send us positive energy and safe travels […]
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8.00 pm While Amiram is reading the last (of the 4) bedtime stories for the kids in the tent, I finish off washing the dishes, locking the bikes and covering the chariot (bicycle trailer) with the raincover for the night. Then I already start thinking about those possums, that have haunted us the last couple of […]
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We were “picked up” by a father with his 2 year old son at a playground on a hot day in Tathra, New South Wales, while cycling from Sydney to Melbourne sometimes later in January 2017. Father and son had observed us searching for a suitable campsite and thought “we can do better then a site […]
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Hauling our bikes, loaded with kids and gear, over mountain ranges or through drenching rain, while keeping the kids happy, probably sounds a far cry from a relaxing holiday. It turns out however, that our physical exercise, the unfiltered exposure to the elements and the human encounters are unique experiences that create lasting happiness. Being in nature for […]
Read More ›For those of you who are curious about our daily routine, we have recorded a 15 seconds timelapse of how we set up our Eureka tent. I wish it would really be 15 sec. 😉
Read More ›While riding one of the most beautiful cycle routes ever in Tasmania we had to stop twice for snakes. One of which we captured on video :-O
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Do you know the feeling that you just want to “get out of here” (as 3 year old Tayanika puts it in her dry humour)? “Why am I doing this to myself/ us/the kids?” Cycling up a steep hill on a sticky dirtroad, somewhere in Tasmania, these words repeat in my head again and again. […]
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While riding in incredibly beautiful Tasmania we realised that we had crossed the 5000km mark. We are going to celebtrate this today with a rest and play day…and of course lots and lots of yummy and naugthy foods. Tassy, as the locals call it offers some of the finest cycle touring in the world because […]
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Our Warmshowers host Bronnie showed me and Amaya the great Ecocentre in Melbourne. Among other things Bronnie’s work there includes lectures on sustainable living and environmental topics. The Ecocentre has been active in a diverse range of environmemtal topics since more than 20 years. The Melbourne based NGO started with conservation issues in Melbourne’s coastal areas. Melbourne’s Port Philip […]
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We actually celebrated Tayanika’ s 3rd birthday two times, one time in Melbourne and one time in Tasmania. We had a yummy pre-birthday cake and songs with friends that had invited us to their house in “Altona” (sic!). A suburb southwest of Melbourne, not to confuse with that of Hamburg, despite it also being near […]
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