Great Walks

THE LONG WAY ROUND

A couple of years ago myself, my wife and our two daughters pulled the plug on the real world, packed our lives into a Landcruiser and headed north from Sydney. The plan was to hug the coast until we got sick of each other, or sick of living in a camper trailer, and fortunately neither happened. Instead we kept going, had an amazing family adventure that completely changed our lives, and when we rolled back into Sydney a year later we’d seen places I never knew existed, and now could never forget.

We’d learned an enormous amount about this country, and each other, and we remembered how little you really need, to live a happy and fulfilling life. And the walks. Oh my goodness the walk!. As Dr Seuss would say, “Oh the places you’ll go”. Now you can only go so far with a seven and two-year-old in tow, yet we managed to reach some incredibly out-of-the-way places, and the kids toughened up well, so we got some pretty lengthy hikes in there too. Here are a few of the

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