Overland with Kids

Based on our choice of vehicle, we are anticipating that issues will definitely arise with our trustee LR Defender en-route which may immobilise us. In fact, given the ‘which vehicle?’ debate - we are counting on a problem or even a series of problems, based on past travellers experiences.So - for us total novices at [...]

We have been busily working on more detailed maps of our route from the UK to Australia which is beginning to get very exciting as a route begins to define itself. In the process, Andrew thought it would be quite fitting to provide an official start and end point to our forthcoming journey.  After checking [...]

Having done a rough stab at the countries we wish to visit and with an ever increasing list of points of interest in each, it is becoming difficult to plan without seeing these on more detailed maps. Money was duly spent in the bookstore this weekend initally on huge maps of Europe, Africa, Thailand, and Australia. By plotting most of our [...]

A primary goal (amongst many, including a daily education routine) of the trip is to increase our own and our children’s self-awareness and appreciation as to the quality and comfort of our lives here in the UK - especially our educational environment and opportunities, compared to that of others around the world.
We have always been [...]

We have had some useful email correspondance regarding vehicle choice and considerations from the drive to oz team (www.drive-to-oz.com) - Graham and Eirenne and their 3 children who are currently in Laos, travelling from UK to OZ using a Toyota Land Cruiser. The following represents 3 email exerts over the past few days between ourselves which, [...]

We can’t remember if we already mentioned in previous posts that one of our aims is to visit as many World Heritage UNESCO sites as possible along our route. We have gone through 3-4 country lists - quite time consuming but following our most recent trip to Spain , we have been researching our itinerary [...]

Andrew bought a bike several years ago in London which still serves him well and Jessica and little Andrew (AJ) have always had bikes. Anne is really keen on cycling locally around our town and around the block etc. but has never owned a bike in her entire whole life -not even as a little girl. [...]

We’ve been away to Tarragona in Spain and are not long back. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to bring CSW due to time limits (didn’t want to rush and end up just driving for the sake of driving) and also because the CSW is a bit poorly (can’t get above 55mph) and it’s in desperate [...]

We have just added a new category to our site called ‘Kids Page’ where we will keep items that Jessica and AJ and their friends will be more interested in seeing in one place rather than having to search through the blogs to find at a later date.

We have just parted with some cash in order to undertake the Preliminary Skills Assessment with the migration specialist and are now moving to Stage 2 of our application. This is where we must commit much more serious money and to Andrew actually undergoing the fomal Skills Assessment itself - a written and practical excercise. So far, we [...]