Before setting off on full-time travel, one of our biggest concerns was how our kids would make and maintain friendships. At home, we had a wonderful community and strong connections—so what would life look like without our people?

One of the most magical aspects of the Daintree Rainforest is its unique geography—it’s the only place in the world where two UNESCO World Heritage Sites meet: the Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. Pretty amazing, hey?

When it comes to beaches, you’ll be spoilt for choice. With pristine sands surrounded by lush greenery, every beach feels like its own little paradise. For us, one of the most enjoyable parts of our trip was exploring these breathtaking stretches of coastline to discover our personal favorites.

Port Douglas is, it’s definitely a tourist hotspot, with resorts galore, which often means higher prices. But don’t worry! There are still plenty of affordable (or free!) ways to enjoy this tropical paradise with kids.

This question is asked multiple times a day on the socials, and rightly so, when we are leaving the conventional way of life, you worry about the impact this will have on the most important people in your life… your kids!!

In my year of planning our big adventure, marking out all the exciting places to go, How I was going to educate my kids was running parallel with all my research and scrolling time. It was always on my mind…. sound familiar?

I want to be completely honest with you - I got so stressed about home-schooling, in the beginning.

I guess I had my own insecurities in my abilities as home educator, and constantly felt overwhelmed at the responsibility of it all.

Early on in our trip, we had some challenging times trying to get Maddie to do anything remotely school work related and it stressed me out so much. I felt like I was failing her and had made the wrong decision to pull her out of school and to home educate while travelling Australia.

I am so grateful for the people, inside the churches that we have visited so far on our travels.

I wanted to share this because churches can be a great resources for travelling families. There are a lot of misconceptions regarding Christian Churches and I wanted to set the records straight so that others can benefit from this amazing resource we have in local towns that we visit across Australia.

I must admit, during my time researching about the dinosaur trail, I found it hard to locate the information I needed and I spent a lot of time online trying to plan our days and piece together the must see activities at each location.

There was so much that I wish I had known when I arrived at each of the attractions that would have been helpful to know beforehand to make our day more enjoyable.

It’s a very good place to start….

When we were first married, we spoke a lot about travelling. I had travelled extensively overseas in my 20’s and had the best. Time. Ever.... So naturally, I wanted to share all these experiences, and more, with my brand spanking new husband.

One of the many benefits of living on the road full time, is the option to free camp.

You might be thinking … AWESOME!!

Free accommodation!

Now, don’t get me wrong, it is awesome,

BUT there are some things you need to consider, especially when you have multiple kids…

I am going to list them here, so you can be as prepared as possible for when you take off on your own adventures….

We had wanted to visit Gladstone on our trip, but time wasn’t on our side and unfortunately instead of staying a week, which is what we would have preferred, we only had one weekend!,

There were 3 things that I loved about Gladstone, and they were completely unexpected, to what I was presuming I would enjoy.!

Hughenden had an awesome free camp available to its visitors. It was a little on the dusty side, but we are in the outback after all.

The Hughenden Discovery Centre was included on our Dino Trail ticket, although I would say you get a lot more for your money because as well as the dinosaur part of the centre, they also have a fantastic modern interactive exhibit on the town itself.

We parked and hooked up to power in Richmond. It was a welcome reprieve and gave us a chance to do our washing, run the air-conditioning at night and to just spread out and enjoy our own space..

Kronosaurus Korner was really good. It had loads of learning for the kids, and some areas where the kids were encouraged to touch the fossils.

I see a lot of posts that ask how you can fund living on the road full time?.

I also see a lot of social media post that ask for the breakdown of cost so they can get a visual on what expenses there might be whilst travelling full time.

This is ALL very important research and I definitely agree, that planning to do such a huge lifestyle change needs to have careful thought, planning and consideration….

However…..

can I challenge you to look at things from another angle?

Rather than looking at the costs that COME WITH living full time on the road, maybe look at the cost that YOU WON’T HAVE anymore, once you hit the road full time.

I can almost guarantee that there is not one family on the road, who casually strutted into this lifestyle with little to no worries about whether it was the right thing to do.

We had 4 kids under 10, a beautiful home we had just spent 5 years renovating, great job, our kids were in a fantastic school, why on earth did we up and move into a caravan???

My kids have been completely blessed in their road-schooling journey this past 2 months as we ventured into outback Queensland, We have definitely been in the right town at the right time to watch some incredible community theatre productions!

These dolphins are so special, and he time spent with them is unforgettable!

Time! Is it’s own currency. When you think about it, it is far more valuable than money,, you can always make more money, but time, you can never get back, and you can never make more.

The kids LOVED dressing up at the Mary Poppins museum

This Winton sign, as you come into the town, is becoming a popular photo spot for tourist. The “I” is optional, and can be put down, if you wanted to use a human “I” instead - thank you Hannah