Fabienne Wintle, Author at This Is Our Australia

From Unknown to Unreal: Ballina Is Full Of Surprises

As soon as we saw crystal clear waters of the Richmond River from the bridge – we knew we had made a big mistake. Why on earth did we never stop in Ballina until today?

Ballina Lakeside Holiday Park Review

This truly is an excellent family-friendly park. Very well maintained, excellent amenities, great kids area. We give it 5 star.

Brunswick Heads NSW

Brunswick Heads is one of our favourite beach spot, just south of the Gold Coast in Northern NSW

Beautiful Vintage Caravans

View our Vintage Caravans photo gallery, straight from our Pinterest board.

Inspiring Travel Quotes

View our Travel Quotes photo gallery, straight from our Pinterest board.

The 5 Reasons Behind Our 2 Year Road Trip

I couldn’t think of anything worse! Such was the reaction of one of my mummy-friends when I announced we were packing up everything we owned to go and live in a 7m x 2m caravan for 2 years, with 2 preschoolers! It isn’t about the caravan, it isn’t about the destination either. It’s about the […]

5 Essential Tips To Get You SUPping

You’ve seen all the SUPs in the water and want to give it a go? These 5 essential tips will help you get started on the right foot.

Selecting a roof top tinnie to take around Australia

Read about how what you need to know and watch a video interview of a boat manufacturer to help you select the best cartopper for your needs.

How To Create The Perfect Travel Playlist

Music is the perfect companion to road trips. Check out how to get your tunes organised into the best ever playlist.

Must Have Tools To Run Your Business On The Road

Do you have a business? Would you love to to and explore Australia but not sure you can do both? Discover the tools that will let you do it!

16 Tips for Caravanning With Young Kids

Going on a huge adventure around Australia is fabulous. However, living in 14m2 requires a bit of extra organisation. Fabie and Warrick share their tips on how to avoid chaos.

Our itinerary around Australia

Where are we going? We have decided to go around Australia in a figure of 8. So we aren’t really going ‘around’ Australia in fact. We will first be heading up along the East Coast towards Cairns. Then inland, back towards Brisbane on the Matilda Highway. We should hit Sydney around November and are hoping […]

Our SUP adventures

Our love for Stand up paddling started in Autumn 2013 when we took the boat out to Moerton Island and borrowed a SUP from TangaTours! Fabie decided to take Charlotte straight up and they both fell wtihin 2 mili seconds… The following week we started to seriously look into it and in July 2013 we […]

Best social media groups for caravanning and camping lovers

Where is the best place to ask a question about caravanning and camping and get a fast answer? Facebook groups of course! Family-focused Caravanning and Camping groups Families on the road travelling Australia (link) Travelling Australia with kids (link) Caravanning and Camping before retirement Young Nomads (link) Tips & Tricks for Caravanners and Campers Caravan […]

Official documents to take on the road

What documents shall you bring on the road with us, just in case you need them? Which other ones should be scanned? If you are going on the road for more than a month or two, or if you are packing the house into a storage shed this question has most certainly popped in your mind. […]

Digital maps of Australia

With a background in Digital Tourism I have to say that I expected to find some pretty good maps when googling for ‘Digital maps Australia’. As we are in the planning stages I am trying to find out which roads are sealed and which roads are NOT! Sounds easy right? Haha. I have now been […]

Living the dream exploring Australia

G’day, we are Warrick, Fabienne, Celeste and Charlotte, an Aussie family who is 9 months into a 2 year roadtrip around Australia to explore the extraordinary beauty our continent has to offer. Australia is just magical, it is blessed with the purest water, the freshest air and the friendliest people. We are living our lives to the full […]

LARC Amphibious adventures

We spent an afternoon with Neil Mergard, owner of the LARC in 1770…. This is his story. On a cool factor, from 1 to 10, what is it like to drive the LARC? That’s a pretty obvious one isn’t it? Straight up. It has to be a 10 for sure. What else does it? Nothing […]

Cam Rodgers – the friendliest real estate agent in Agnes Water

Cam Rodgers is the owner of Cam Realty Pty Ltd, a mobile and uber-friendly real estate agency based in Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy. Why do people choose to live in Agnes Water and 1770? Lifestyle. My clients like the laidback lifestyle that it offers. They want to leave the hustle and bustle of the […]

Working on a turf farm in Beaudesert was the highlight of my trip

Fabie is sitting under a tree in Agnes Water and talks with Simon – 20 year old backpacker from Germany – about what the ‘true Australia’ is and what the highlight of his stay was.