It was a busy day finalising everything on the car and the camper. I planned to get away around 11am, but as usual, all my plans fell apart. As I was only going to travel to the Goulburn area (approximately 5 hour driving) to rest for the night before continuing on to Melbourne, it didn't really matter what time I left. Well, it was about 6:30pm when I got under way. So much for planning! I fuelled up and headed on down the highway. I still needed to eat so...

With only a few more days before my first big adventure in a camper trailer, the preparation is continuing. I purchased a Patriot X1 a few months ago, and planned to test drive it on a couple of small adventures. However, all my plans fell in a hole due to personal reasons. I've been slowly making modifications to the camper to suit my needs. Since I will be travelling alone, I need to be able to set it up and pack it down quickly and single handed. A few p...