G’day.

This is where Maria, Col, sometimes Johanna and occasionally the other kids (Zac, Heidi and Rachel) record our travelling adventures. The above photo was taken at Byron Bay, while on one of our first excursions in July 2009.

We love the experience of a mobile and simple lifestyle. For us that means hitching up our caravan, heading off to some of the great corners of Australia and detoxing from our inner urban habits. Not a holiday but another mode of living, our second home. Most times we are away we take work with us, the difference being the environment in which we do it. Sometimes it means flying back to be face to face with clients, a price we are willing to pay.

The bits we like most are:

• sense of freedom
• feeling connected to and immersed in nature
• being nomadic; discovering new places and new experiences
• slowing life down
• feeling the routines and responsibilities of our urban lives fall away
• enjoying the process of planning and preparing food – and eating of course
• TV – free
• walking, riding, swimming, surfing, taking pictures, playing … in parks, on beaches and in the surf

How did we end up living like this? THE BEGINNING tab has a go at answering this.

We use the term yurting to describe what we do. Our caravan is OUR YURT. OK, its a bit of a stretch, but it works for us. It is our way of experiencing mobility and simplicity.

Every now and again, instead of just writing about what we’ve done, we reflect on the idea of yurting, our thinking and feelings about the choices we have made to do this. You can read about our yurting PHILOSOPHY here.

Our yurting so far has been IN AUSTRALIA. These are the places we have been and the stories recounted in our blogs.

When we set out on this journey, we only thought of yurting in Australia. But our enthusiasm to travel to other shores is high and we have decided to begin to think differently about how we visit other countries. See the  INTERNATIONAL travel tab. All text associated with international travel is blue.

And if you would like to browse some photos, you can do that under the SNAPSHOTS menu.