23/02/2021
LIFE CHANGING TRIP ⚠️
The North-west Qld trip I did back in October 2015. I packed the kids and I into my little 2006 Rav 4, armed with an awning, roof racks and a roof basket, a tent and camp chairs & set off for a 3000+km journey over 2 weeks of camping, following my parents in their Prado, for what I didn’t know was going to be a life changing trip.
After a break up with my partner, I didn’t want to admit it at the time and hid it well, but I was suffering pretty severe anxiety & depression. I had constant anxiety attacks driving being in unfamiliar territory worrying about all the bad things that could happen out there, but at the same time throughly enjoying myself & these new places. I’d never ventured far from home, let alone basically solo with my kids. The trip was an eye opener of all the amazing places I had never seen or even knew existed. It was the trip that made me get help for my anxiety & depression. It was the trip that made the ‘travel bug’ bite. Ever since that trip, I became an ADVENTURER & constantly crave road trips and exploring new places & sharing those memories with my children. The one thing that made me get help for my mental health, is the same thing that fixed it 💚 forever grateful for my parents making that trip happen!
PLACES WE WENT:
Macrossan River
Einasleigh
Cobbold Gorge
Cumberland Chimney
Burketown Bore
Burketown
Karumba
Kronosaurus Korner
Gregory River
Lawn Hill
(Not in that order 😉)
@ Queensland, Australia
