20/05/2026
How we started travelling Australia 🏕️🚐🇦🇺
The other day a friend who just moved here said how he wanted to get a 4WD to start travelling Aus. We were talking budget, gear, what he needed and it got me thinking.. we started with absolute F*k all.
So here’s my 10 cents on it… YOU DO NOT NEED ALL THE GEAR TO START 🙌🏽
When we first moved to QLD all we had was our Holden Cruze. Living in Brisbane.. it made sense to stay overnight when visiting places like Gold Coast, Sunny Coast ect, but accom got expensive. That’s when we bought the swag!
Now, it was a tight ass fit. The whole backseat was taken by the swag, boot was an esky and some chairs and that was it 😝 but we bloody loved it! This got the ball rolling.. and we explored every second weekend like this!
But it got to a point where we had seen a lot of the attractions accessible with a 2WD, and we were curious about all the islands and beach camping, so we decided to upgrade.
Next was buying our first ever 4WD, our Prado! It was our pride and joy, even if it cost us like 8k in mechanical visits haha. Now we had access to all the 4WD tracks and incredible beach camping. We started to tick off the islands (Fraser, Moreton ect) and we fell in love! Still repping the swag, we started to build our camping gear. Everything was always kings, kmart.. anything that would save us a buck and honestly.. it worked a treat!!
We then sold everything to go overseas, but when we came back we had a dilemma. Did we want a van or a 4wd? Vanlife is a little more spacious and comfortable in the winter, but we loved getting off the beaten track. That’s when we settled for the troopy which has loads of room inside. Did it cost us some coin? Hell yeah 😅 but we had done YEARS with the bare minimum and we felt like it was time to get something a little most costly and comfortable as we’re living in it full-time. But I digress..
The main point is to encourage anyone I can to get out there and see our beautiful country with what you got 🏕️ We see so many insane rigs with nice gear online, but you don’t need it!!! All you need is good company, music, insane sunset and a couple of beers…