As a part of his job Brendan spends a lot of time writing reviews about things. Cars, caravans, holiday destinations. You name it, he’s reviewed it just about. So it was only appropriate that he provide a review of our own lives this past 12 months. And what a 12 months it was apparently. It [...]
December 20, 2013
Angela
Uncategorized
Heads up folks, there’s a new Batty in town! Congratulations to brother Tom and his wife Madeline on the birth of their second daughter, Indiana Sandra. We were lucky enough to get some snaps of this beautiful little lady in her first weeks. What a stunner! River thinks she is “just lovely”. Leave a nice [...]
July 12, 2013
Angela
Interesting Stories
One of our most staple meals during our travels was a little McCormicks rice cooker mix for chicken risotto. It was super easy to make and only required one pot, which is the best kind of meal when you are camping if you ask me! Brendan loved it so much we made sure to put [...]
Approximately 3.5 months ago our little family of 3 became a slightly larger family of 4. Asher David was born on 30 March 2012 at 5.30pm via c-section. Weighing in at 3.56kg and 51cms long he had all the correct digits and appendages. It took us a while, but for those that are interested here are [...]
July 16, 2012
Angela
Family
We left you last time on our way back to Sydney where we were lucky enough to celebrate the wedding of our good friends Chris and Claire. It was a very busy 2.5 weeks with bucks and hens celebrations, suit fittings and all of those other little appointments that come with the final preparations of [...]
January 15, 2012
Angela
South Australia
We have come to the conclusion that no one is born in Darwin. We can’t even confirm the hospital has a maternity ward. People there are friendly though, so it doesn’t take long to strike up a conversation with a random. Plenty of those conversations go something like this. “Yeah we are just travelling through, [...]
November 17, 2011
Angela
Northern Territory
About time we got you all back in the kitchen again. Today we are putting our own twist on one of the most traditional Australian camp foods – Damper! We also try our luck with some delicious creamy pumpkin soup – a favourite of ours at home which we have adapted to the camp kitchen. Try them [...]
November 14, 2011
Angela
Camp Cooking
Not sure if you worked it out or not, but our return trip to Sydney wasnt just for the pure pleasure of seeing all our friends again. We had some very important business to attend to which included the wedding of a friend we have known since high school and also meeting our brand new niece, [...]
September 15, 2011
Angela
Family
As mentioned by Brendan, we finally made it to the tip of our great country. While it wasnt exactly a life changing event, the experience of getting there and back again has certainly had quite an effect on our little trio. Whilst visiting the tip we decided to base ourselves in Punsand Bay which is [...]
September 15, 2011
Angela
Queensland