Ozdyssey - The Granelli's Australian Odyssey
Blog URL http://ozdyssey.com
Located Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Tags travel, australia, caravan, camping, family, kids, touring, journey, odyssey
A young family deals with the financial crisis/recession in their own special way - packing up and touring the country in a caravan!
Latest Blog Posts
- Back in the saddle on Oct 10, 2009 in Uncategorized
It’s been a month since the accident and Scott and I have healed well. We’ve both been discharged from the burns unit and now only have the scars to show for it all. We’ve had many a discussion about where to go from here. And as th...
- Great Balls of Fire on Sep 17, 2009 in Uncategorized
It is with great sadnesss that I have to announce that our trip has come to a very premature and firey end. The whole incident is still a bit too raw for me to write up the full story but in brief, we lost EVERYTHING – car, caravan and all cont...
- The last of Queensland on Sep 9, 2009 in Uncategorized
Day 35 – Saturday On the road again, this time we stopped at Julia Creek. We arrived pretty early but by the time we’d set up camp and walked into the town the shops had shut for the weekend. The information centre wasn’t open eithe...
- Into the outback on Sep 4, 2009 in Uncategorized
Day 31 – Tuesday We headed towards Townsville today. Setup camp at Alligator Creek Campgound and then drove into Townsville to sort out the alternator. Luckily the auto electircian agreed to have a look at it in between his other jobs so we wou...
- Overdosing on sand on Aug 31, 2009 in Uncategorized
Day 27 – Friday What a beautiful spot! We spent the morning enjoying the low tide. It goes out more than a kilometer so the boys had heaps of space to run (crawl) around and enjoy the mud. It’s the weirdest beach I have ever seen. You...
- Somewhere over the Rainbow – Beach on Aug 27, 2009 in Uncategorized
Day 20 – Friday Cathryn, Wayne & the kids turned up today. They brought the wind along with them – it was blowing a gale! Day 21 – Saturday Scott and Wayne tried some fishing but unfortunately nothing substantial was caught. The...
- Sun, not a drop of rain and the temperature keeps rising! on Aug 20, 2009 in Uncategorized
Day 9 – Monday Another day near Canungra. We drove up to Mt Tamborine to see what the big deal is. Amazing views and scenery. We took the opportunity to see the largest glow worm cave in the southern hemisphere. When I say cave, I mean a man ma...
