HOW WE TRAVEL: THE TROOPY

In 2022 we kitted out a Troopy (Toyota Landcruiser) as a camper. In our blog, we explain what we did and why, then we review key parts of the build and the main providers (Ironman/Alu-Cab, Drifta and Cruiser Co), then we give you our verdict on how it's all gone so far.

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WHERE WE TRAVEL - ROADTRIPS

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October 2024
Down the Great Diving Range - Qld and NSW

• Around the Scenic Rim
• Girraween and the Granites
• Glossies in the Blue Mountains
• The Alpine Way

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September 2024
Melbourne to Lamington NP via the Pacific Coast

• Sale and Mallacoota
• The Sapphire Coast
• The Central Coast - the rainforest begins

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August 2024 
Melbourne to Corner Country

• Bourkes parrots do some nuptial feeding
• Birding in Corner Country: Tibooburra, Fort Grey and Cameron Corner

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April 2024
WA Goldfields, Nullarbor, Eyre Peninsula

• Menzies, Lake Ballard and Kalgoorlie
• Eyre Peninsula: Venus Bay and Tumby Bay
• Auburn in the Clare Valley

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November 2023
Broome, Ningaloo, South-West WA

• Eighty-Mile Beach, Point Samson, Ningaloo and Exmouth

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October 2023
Perth to Broome via Pilbara

• Bird photography workshop at Wooleen Station
• Through the heart of the Pilbara: Karajini and Cheela Plains
• Learning about waders at Broome Bird Observatory

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September 2023
Melbourne to South-west WA

• ​Birding and whale watching on the Nullarbor

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August 2023
Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine, Timber Creek 

• Darwin and surrounds
• Kakadu, Edith Falls and Timber Creek (Gouldian, Star and all manner of finches) -

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July 2023
To Cunnamulla, Thargomindah and Kilcowera Station

• Bowra Sanctuary (with pink cockatoos)
• Kilcowera Station  (Bourke's parrots) and
• a day at Thargomindah (Channel Country Music Muster). 

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May 2023
Melbourne to Bunbury

• Dimboola, Burra
• Nullabor Plain (and some birdwatching)
• South-west WA.

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March 2023
​Melbourne to Gloucester NSW

• Copeland Tops
• Forster
• Booti Booti National Park.

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February 2023
Tasmania

• Spirit of Tasmania ferry to and from Geelong
• The Tarkine, Lorinna, Swansea, Wineglass Bay,  Maria Island
• Bruny Island
• Peter Murrell Reserve and Mt Field National Park.

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June-July 2022
Melbourne to Cape York through the Outback

• Arcadia Valley (to Carnarvon Gorge)
• Eungella, Bowen and Paluma​, Tyto Wetlands and Atherton Tablelands
• Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Julatten
• Iron Range, Cape York
• Winton, Longreach, Charleville and Bourke

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April 2021
Melbourne to Southern Highlands:

• Echuca, Deniliquin and Mathoura
• Berry Mountain,  Jervis Bay and Fitzroy Falls
• Bowral, Burradoo and Exeter.