Blog Archive — Happy Campers Australia

Blog Archive

Travel diaries & monthly expenses.

Our written travel journals from 2018 to 2024, preserved in full. In 2024 we moved our storytelling to YouTube — but every one of these 153 posts lives on.

All 153 original posts are preserved at their original web addresses, so old links and search results keep working.

2024

16/01/2024Moving Our Blogs To Youtube

2023

12/01/2023How The Rising Cost Of Living Has Impacted Our Travel Costs
09/01/2023Kimba South Australia Donation Camp

2022

09/02/2022Full Time Travel Is Not Always Sunshine Rainbows
19/01/2022Stats From 3 Years Of Full Time Travel

2021

06/08/2021July 2021 Travel Expenses
27/07/2021Cape Leveque Western Australia Taking Your Caravan
07/07/2021June 2021 Travel Expenses
31/05/2021May 2021 Travel Expenses
05/05/2021100 Thousand Kms Traveling Australia
02/05/2021April 2021 Travel Expenses
12/04/2021Sunny Acres Farmstay Rushworth Victoria
05/04/2021Tolmie Recreation Reserve Victoria Low Cost Camp
01/04/2021March 2021 Travel Expenses
28/02/2021February 2021 Travel Expenses
27/02/2021Freedom Camping At Barmedman Mineral Pool NSW
19/02/2021January 2021 Travel Expenses
04/01/2021Travel Expenses December 2020

2020

01/12/2020November 2020 Travel Expenses
07/11/2020Our 5 Most Favourite Gadgets
31/10/2020October 2020 Travel Expenses
22/10/20202 Years Traveling Australia An Update
17/10/2020Full Time Travel Making The Decision To Go
09/10/2020Highlights Of Traveling Australia In Pictures
05/10/2020Do You Wonder What Tools Are Needed For Full Time Travel This Is What We Carry
04/10/2020Our 5 Favourite Simple Caravan Modifications
30/09/2020Travel Expenses September 2020
30/09/2020Travel Expenses August 2020
20/09/2020How Has Our Spending Changed Post NSW Covid Lockdown
20/09/2020Travel Expenses 2 Months Post Covid Lockdown
23/08/2020Our 5 Most Favourite Items For The Caravan
14/04/2020West Australias Horizontal Falls Tour Is It Worth The Big Dollars
12/04/202065000 km And 18 Months Touring Australia The Stats
11/04/2020March 2020 Travel Expenses
01/03/2020February 2020 Travel Expenses
08/02/2020Lake Ballard WA Free Camping Amongst Antony Gormley Sculptures
31/01/2020January 2020 Travel Expenses
27/01/2020Tasmania We Put The Ferry Cost Into Perspective
16/01/2020Ponto Falls Free Camp Near Wellington NSW
03/01/2020December 2019 Travel Expenses

2019

30/11/2019November 2019 Travel Expenses
12/11/2019Telstra Or Optus For Traveling Australia
01/11/2019October 2019 Travel Expenses
25/10/2019Tow Vehicle Comparison Challenger Everest Ranger
07/10/2019Our First Anniversary 12 Months On The Road
02/10/2019September 2019 Monthly Expenses
01/10/2019Camooweal Billabong QLD Free Camp
31/08/2019August 2019 Travel Expenses
28/08/2019Eight Weeks In Tasmania The Stats
27/08/2019Mary Kathleen Free Camp East Of Mt Isa QLD
03/08/2019July 2019 Expenses
20/07/2019Our Top 3 First Aid Items While Travelling In A Caravan
01/07/2019Quobba Point Blowholes Campground WA
01/07/2019June 2019 Expenses
07/06/2019Driving The Gibb River Road
07/06/2019The Gibb River Road Campgrounds
04/06/2019May 2019 Expenses
19/05/2019Chambers Pillar Northern Territory
19/05/2019Ford Ranger Tow Vehicle New Vehicle Fit Out
19/05/2019Kings Canyon To West Macdonnell Ranges Driving The Mereenie Loop
18/05/2019Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park Things To Know
12/05/2019Morris Pass Lookout NT Free Camp
12/05/2019April 2019 Expenses
27/04/2019Lake Hart South Australia Free Camp
10/04/2019Free Camp Seymour Victoria
07/04/2019Six Months On The Road How Is It Going
01/04/2019March 2019 Expenses
12/03/2019Eight Weeks In Tasmania All Free Or Low Cost Camping
28/02/2019Monthly Expenses February 2019
28/02/2019Fingal Tasmania Free Donation Camp
28/02/2019January 2019 Expenses
06/02/2019Derby Tasmania Free Camping
06/02/2019Ben Lomond National Park Tasmania
02/02/2019Kentish Park Lake Barrington Free Camp Near Sheffield Tasmania
27/01/2019Smithton Tasmania Tall Timbers Free Camp
23/01/2019Black River Camp Bush Camping Near Stanley Tasmania
23/01/2019Burnie Tasmania Cooee Point Free Camp
23/01/2019Burnie Tasmania
22/01/2019Spirit Of Tasmania Night Sail Car And Caravan Tips
14/01/2019Yass NSW Joe Oconnor Park Free Camping
01/01/2019December 2018 Expenses

2018

31/12/2018Using The Washing Machine While Unpowered Camping
23/12/2018The Pretty Little Town Of Gundagai NSW
18/12/2018Nariel Creek Rec Reserve Victoria Donation Camp
16/12/2018Lake Wallace NSW Free Camp Near Lithgow
14/12/2018As Our First Clover Leaf Comes To An End
11/12/2018Carcoar Dam NSW
11/12/2018Chinchilla QLD Watermelon Festival
10/12/2018Briagolong Victoria Free Camp At Blue Pool
10/12/2018Omeo Victoria Livingstone Park Free Overnight Riverside Stop
05/12/2018Mornington Peninsula Victoria Low Cost Camping
02/12/2018November 2018 Monthly Expenses
02/12/2018Arthurs Seat Mornington Peninsula Victoria
30/11/2018October 2018 Expenses
25/11/2018Maldon Victoria Free Camp
24/11/2018Echuca Victoria Free Camping On The Murray River
22/11/2018Heathcote Victoria
22/11/2018Victorian Goldfields Railway The Town Of Maldon
19/11/2018Tantanoola South Australia
15/11/2018Lake Lascelles Victoria
10/11/2018Portland Victoria Seal Tour To Lawrence Rocks
07/11/2018One Month On The Road How Is It Going
06/11/2018Langhorne Creek Fleurieu Peninsula SA Freedom Camp
03/11/2018Coorong National Park South Australia
03/11/2018Victorian Silo Trail Rochester To Patchewollock
03/11/2018Burra South Australia Heritage Passport
17/10/2018The Spanner Man Boort Victoria
17/10/2018Old Glen Innes Road NSW
17/10/2018Temora Warbirds Airshow 2018
02/10/2018Warialda NSW Sculpture Break Park
02/10/2018Pilliga Scrub Hot Bore Baths NSW
02/10/2018Darling River Run
20/09/2018Farewell To Family And Friends
11/09/2018Excitement Anxiety And Trepidation
08/09/2018Travel Diary Day 14 South Australia
31/08/2018Our Kokoda Digger 11 Inside Tour
29/08/2018Travel Diary Day 13 South Australia
03/08/2018Travel Diary Day 12 South Australia
02/08/2018Travel Diary Day 11 South Australia
01/08/2018Travel Diary Day 10 South Australia
28/07/2018Travel Diary Day 9 South Australia
28/07/2018Travel Diary Day 8 South Australia
28/07/2018Travel Diary Day 7 South Australia
28/07/2018Travel Diary Day 6 South Australia
28/07/2018Travel Diary Day 5 South Australia
26/07/2018Travel Diary Day 4 South Australia
23/07/2018Travel Diary Day 3 South Australia
23/07/2018Travel Diary South Australia
23/07/2018South Australia Trip Log
19/07/2018Hat Head National Park NSW
18/07/2018Chaffey Dam Nundle NSW
18/07/2018Curdimurka Rail Siding Oodnadatta Track
30/06/2018Cameron Corner
30/06/2018Lake Cadibarrawirracanna
30/06/2018Historic Currabubula Pub NSW
30/06/2018Nindigully Pub
30/06/2018Birdsville Track
30/06/2018Oodnadatta Track
30/06/2018Knorrit Flat Nowendoc NSW
30/06/2018Dunns Swamp Rylestone NSW
30/06/2018Roma Chinchilla Carnarvon Gorge
30/06/2018Upsalls Creek Forest
30/06/2018Cangai Bridge NSW
30/06/2018Gumma Reserve NSW
30/06/2018East Gresford Showground Near Dungog NSW
30/06/2018Split Rock Dam
30/06/2018Wooldridge Fossicking Reserve Uralla NSW
30/06/2018Mannus Lake NSW
30/06/2018Yarrangobilly Village NSW
30/06/2018Pildappa Rock
30/06/2018Streaky Bay Islands Caravan Park
30/06/2018Penong Windmill Museum
20/06/2018Blowering Dam NSW