RV FEATURE
It really is as easy as packing the car and heading north, south, east or west. When the sun is about an hour from resting its blazing heat on the horizon, find a place to pull up stumps for the night, two or a week.
As a kid, I was hauled all over the country by my parents in a Valiant station wagon, tinny on the roof and a Millard caravan in tow.
Adventuring on a budget was great in my early days of driving with mates. A tent or swag, an Esky full of food and drinks, and no plan other than to have fun away from home.
Mark ' s Hiace... after it lost a battle with a fallen tree limb.
Later, working as a surveyor with stints as a remote-area surveyor in the Northern Territory and spending many hours, days and weeks working away from civilisation, I learned the richness of solitude, the power and humbling of our remote country, the luck that we have, to call this land our own, along with the freedom and security we have of being able to travel relatively unhindered.
Nowadays, I have the pleasure of remote touring in a custom 4x4 HiAce campervan. But, regardless of how I travel, I revel in the remoteness of our outback. To stand atop a red sand dune in the desert, feeling my insignificant, minuscule presence while far from other souls, is empowering. To stand on a deserted coastline, warm white sand between my toes and the sun beating down on my freckled skin is soothing … energising.
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