HOW WE TRAVEL: THE TROOPY

We're novice four wheel drivers and camping enthusiasts - in 2022 we found a Troopy and kitted it out as a 4WD camper. In our blog, we explain what we did and why, the 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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ROADTRIPS

September 2024: Melbourne to Lamington National Park 

• Mallacoota
• The Sapphire Coast

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August 2024: Melbourne to Corner Country

• Bourkes parrots do some nuptial feeding
  
• Tibooburra
• Fort Grey
  
• Cameron Corner

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April 2024: Perth to Melbourne via the goldfields and 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 to south-west WA

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

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October 2023:  Perth to Broome via the inland 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 Western Australia

• ​Birding and whale watching on the Nullarbor

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August 2023: darwin, Kakadu, Katherine and Timber Creek 

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

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July 2023: Melbourne 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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April 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

• Goondiwindi, Roma and ​Arcadia Valley (to Carnarvon Gorge)
• Eungella, Bowen and Paluma​, Tyto Wetlands and Atherton Tablelands
• Daintree, Cape Tribulation and Julatten
• Birding in Iron Range, Cape York
• Queensland outback: 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.