On Purpose & Off Track

03/11/2025

4 months on the road and so far we've averaged $8895. We have done a LOT of vehicle maintenance that we just didn't get around to in the mad rush before we left, and we've also paid for flights for our baby girl to go home to Brisbane. October was one of our smaller months where we didn't do a heap of driving, we were mostly in and around Adelaide.

01/11/2025

29/10/2025

WHERE WE STAYED

Lochiel Footy Field FREE - Check out Bumbunga Pink Lake.

Port Augusta RV park $10/night - last big supermarkets for a while - stock up! Other than that we keen to leave Port Augusta as it had a bit of a weird vibe.

Nooltana Creek FREE - Absolutely lovely little free camp on the side of the highway.

Mt Little Station $50/night - Planned to stay 2 but ended up staying 4 as we were all having a ball! Feeding the baby animals daily was an absolute highlight.

Parachilna Gorge FREE- this place was dusty as hell and had sooooooo many flies, but it was still one of my absolute favorites. It just felt really amazing and watching the full moon rise over the gorge really took my breath away. It was a beautiful drive all through this area.

Leigh Creek Caravan Park $20/night - strange but interesting experience in this once booming, now abandoned mining town. The IGA here was well priced and had a good range so another good spot to stock up on some groceries. We saw at the local tavern that Zac Effron stayed there while filming Gold, so we decided to watch it. Don't. It was an awful movie and we deeply regret letting our 8yo watch it as he wouldn't sleep in his own bed for 3 days. Bad parenting choice.

Curdimurka Siding FREE - this was our first camp on the Oodnadatta and it was Dan's favourite. The sunset was pretty special, but boy were the prickles and flies intense! It was behind a gate on private property but was easy to access, just follow the signs.

Box Creek Camp FREE - just a little free camp on the side of the road, very peaceful.

Algebuckina Bridge FREE - this place was lovely, lots of people stop in for a visit.

Oodnadatta Pink Roadhouse $20/night - look it was dusty as hell but we needed water, and it was just as cheap to pay for a night here and fill up, as it was to pay for just the water.

THINGS TO KNOW:
It's hard to get water, Oodnadatta was the only place we could get it!

The flies suck. You will have to buy flynets. Get used to it.

CONTINUED IN COMMENTS

21/10/2025

We asked chatgpt to give us a list of "which partner" questions and it was so much damn fun!

15/10/2025

Dyson in the caravan for full-time travel is a NON-NEGOTIABLE.

Brooms are great, but the Dyson gets the sand and dust in a way the brrom just doesn't. It's also golden for giving sandy and dusty beds a once over when washing the bedding just isn't an option.

This is what came off our queen sized bed that had only been washed a week before. Gross doesn't even come close... But I'd rather that be in my bin than in my bed 🤢

24/05/2024

Why do women feel the need to tear each other down this way? Our wounds, from each other, run so deep. We need to do better.

It's interesting that this woman has chosen a part of my physicality that has always been picked on, to attack. A part of me feels hurt, but an even greater part of me knows I'm beautiful, I'm worthy, and my value lies in more than one person's judgement of my face. I also know that this woman's comments reflect more about how triggered she is, that I would dare to give value to men, than it does about me.

I pray that if you're triggered enough to attack a sister this way, you can find it in you to do some reflection and explore why you are so triggered.

Peace out ❤️

21/05/2024

I don't think anyone should live in fear because that's going to do more harm to your health and probably EMFs, that said EMS is something that we should all be really mindful of because they are dangerous.

It's not a conspiracy theory, It's not woo-woo, It's incredibly well documented that radiation can cause significant harm to our health, especially to our children who are still growing and developing.

I can't wait to get my hands on this product, and actively be working towards keeping my babies as protected as they can possibly be.

Preorders are open from 1/6/24.

Hit me up if you want to order.

29/01/2024

Cuddles make my heart happy ❤️

25/01/2024

Grief, my old friend,

I didn't expect you today.

You visit far less often,

But I know you'll never go away.

Grief, my old friend,

You bring me such a gift.

When your waves are done washing over me, through me, and out of me, I am somehow lighter, and I can breathe a deep sigh of relief.

Grief, my old friend,

I do not resent you.

Without the sadness, ache, and anguish,

I cannot feel joy, glory, and love anew.

Grief, my old friend.

Thankyou for the reminder,

To cherish what really matters - Love - 

And for leaving me a little lighter.

I share this unexpected moment of pain just to normalize the non-linear, and often confusing experience of grief. It's okay to cry for your loss. My love to anyone bereaved by su***de. It's a complex grief. No better or worse than other types of grief. But complex.

I miss you baby brother 💕


***deawareness
***debereavement

17/01/2024

I realize today that I hardly ever smile with my lips open. I don't show my teeth.

Once upon a time when I was 18 years old I dated some t**t face who nicked named me chompy, because I have quite a significant overbite. I realize now that the overbite is probably to do with being a mouth breather and possibly having a tongue tie, and honestly just being able to breathe properly is more important to me than how I look. But his words stuck with me. To this day, I'm conscious of my smile.

You see, when you criticize a woman, it stays with her forever, like a scar on a heart. If you tell her she doesn't look great in that dress, she will never wear it again. If you tell her that her hair looks better long, she will never cut it again. If you tell her that a meal wasn't great, she will never cook it again. And you bet your ass that if you criticize her body, she will probably hate it for the rest of her life.

As women, We have an inner voice, that is the worst critic we will ever come across. So when we get criticism from the outside world, especially from people we love, especially from the men we trust with our hearts, It hurts us, very deeply.

I'm not saying you should never be able to give a woman constructive criticism, But if you going to give criticism to a woman, Make sure it's for a valid reason, not just to be an as***le.

So to the as***le who has made me self-conscious of my smile for all of my adult life, here are my chompy AF teeth 🖕

01/01/2024

I'm grateful for this guy. Beyond words.💗