Daily Checks We have a little ritual we perform on every drive day to make sure Molly is in fine form. It involves a walk around the truck checking the following 7 things While walking around Molly, look for anything…
The plan is for Molly to take us and all of our Molly stuff to some of the most remote places in the world. But just how much stuff can we take and just how far can we go? Here…
Sunday, May 5, 2019 Finally got around to putting a new roof rack on top of the existing roof rack. The roof rack that Molly originally came with had a pronounced curve, and we wanted something that was flat. So…
Thursday, March 15 & Friday March 16, 2018. As we were a tad pressed for time to get back home (one of us had to be at work the next Monday) we didn’t do any sightseeing on the way south.…
In 1992/93 we did an overland trip from Morocco in the North of Africa to the South of Africa. It turned into a backpacking trip when we could not get our vehicle into Algeria. We made it to South Africa,…
Thursday to Saturday, January 12 – 14, 2017 It was a long haul, commencing on Thursday January 12th, down to Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, with stops in LAX and SYD. Every so often a stopover can present a unique opportunity: our…
A list of countries from around the world that we have been able to visit (so far) 001 Afghanistan002 Albania 003 Algeria 004 Andorra 005 Angola006 Anguilla007 Antarctica 008 Antigua & Barbuda009 Argentina 010 Armenia011 Aruba, Curaçao & Sint Maarten012…
This is the tale of our Overland Adventure (with some side-trips) from Sydney, Australia, to Eeklo, Belgium, in Sterlin our Landrover Discovery. How did our adventure start? Well…. Once Upon A Time, in a campground in the Moroccan desert… We…
About 20 years ago we started dreaming of this trip and now, incredibly, we have completed it, and are back home. The ‘back home’ part still feels a bit surreal every now and then. No more planning of the next…
Friday, October 24, 2014 We drove from Luxemburg City to Eeklo by way of Bastogne, where we visited the Bastogne War Museum; another very well done museum, very worthy of a visit; and the American Memorial / Mardasson Memorial. We spent…
Thursday, October 23, 2014 We arrived in the late afternoon into Luxembourg. Our little hotel was smack bang in the middle of the local Red Light district, which made parking Sterlin a little challenging, but we found a safe enough…
Saturday, October 18, 2014 It was a short 70km drive from Zurich to Arvenbuel. The weather was absolutely perfect and provided a wonderful introduction to this part of Europe. The scenery was a little bit like New Zealand, only more…
Thursday, October 9, 2014 After breakfast we said goodbye to Kim and Vaughan and headed to Gindou, about 160km north of Toulouse. We arrived at our good friend Luc’s just after noon. Gindou is a small hamlet away from just…
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 We arrived in Toulouse and had parked Sterlin at Kim and Vaughn’s place, just as Vaughn came home from work. We spent 2 nice evenings reminiscing about our trip – Kim and Vaughan are 2 of…
Sunday, October 5, 2014 On the way to Nantes we made a flying visit to St Malo. We planned to stop for a quick coffee and a look around, but all of the parking was height restricted so we made…
