Ask any caravanner what’s on their bucket list and, more likely than not, they’ll reply that they would love to do a Big Lap of the country. Whether travelling clockwise or anticlockwise, it’s a huge undertaking that requires a good setup, a sense of adventure, and a big chunk of time.
Here, we chat with two families who took a few months to travel around Australia and asked them how they planned for their adventure, their highlights and, most importantly, how they ensured theirs was a safe journey.
THE POLLARD FAMILY
Bec Pollard and her husband Lloyd had always planned to do a Big Lap when their children Ava and Finn were in primary school. But Lloyd’s job was stressful, and Bec says the couple needed a “circuit breaker” before he burnt out - so they fast tracked their plans.
“That was the genesis of the trip, it was just to basically get away from the life we had been living, for a little while at least, and just a chance to do something different,” says Bec.
So, they ordered a van, spent more than 18 months planning their adventure, and took advantage of Lloyd’s long service leave to spend 6.5 months on the road and cover 30,249km.
GETTING SET UP
The family had not owned a van before, but knew they wanted something that would accommodate them on their big adventure as
