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17 Sep
New tents from the award winning manufacturer, Alpino
We've partnered with Alpino to provide our European customers with a range of new cotton camping tents that have been tested across the continent for over 60 years! Alpino are an awa...
27 Aug
Brand new WAY&FARER Canvas Camping Tarps
We're excited to have some brand new WAY&FARER Canvas Tarps available in two colours across three different sizes for purchase throughout Australia & Europe! ...
03 Aug
All powered-up with AllPowers!
We're excited to have gotten our hands on a Portable Power Station (& it's a beauty!) and some powerful 400W Solar Panels from AllPowers. Just as we were finishing our 30,000 km ...
13 Jul
New gear from Bushcraft Spain
Loads of new gear from Bushcraft Spain has just reached Australia & we're excited for you to get your hands on some of it! We've added 16 new items to our Bushcraft Spain range, ...
EU CUSTOMERS
The WAY&FARER EU Camping & Outdoor Living Store is now open!
The long-awaited EU Shop is finally here! We’ve stocked up our warehouse in France and got a bunch of products available for purchase with-in Europe.
For now, we’ve only got a couple of dozen products available in the EU, although we’re busy growing our product range of camping and outdoor equipment inspired by Australia, so make sure that you come back again soon or contact us here if there’s something available on our Australian Camping Shop that you’re interested in!
AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMERS
We’ve opened the EU shop, but we still call Australia home!
The Australian Shop is still operating straight out of the Grampians in Victoria, offering great quality camping & outdoor living products, Australia wide.
Visit the WAY&FARER Shop and enjoy business as usual!
Follow our journey as we explore Australia in a 1982 Viscount caravan.
01 Aug
Chasing Slow – Part 1: Fleurieu Peninsula
We've started our long, slow lap around Australia - from Geelong to Geelong, heading west via the coast! The Great Ocean Road, Otways, Wilsons Prom, Tasmania - we've done it all, so ...
08 Aug
Chasing Slow – Part 2: Flinders Ranges
It's been a burning desire of mine for many years to head out to the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, & now we finally got to go there, it didn't disappoint! I grew up regular...
22 Aug
Chasing Slow – Part 3: Crossing the Nullarbor
It's time to hit the coast! (again). After heading inland and having an introduction to the outback at Flinders Ranges, we drove south for about 500 kms and were reunited with the So...
11 Sep
Chasing Slow – Part 4: Esperance
Our first full day in WA was upon us! & it had been long anticipated - we've made it to paradise on the south coast of Western Australia: Esperance. We drove about 7,500 kms gett...
17 Sep
Chasing Slow – Part 5: Margaret River
The entire southern part of Western Australia is stunning and diverse. The coastline is home to turquoise coloured water with pristine sandy beaches separated by rocky cliffs with hundreds of small islands dotted across the ocea...
02 Oct
Chasing Slow – Part 6: Perth & Heading North via Kalbarri
With the south coast complete, it's time for some sun! Winter is over and we're heading north, so it's going to be a bit of a double up on the heat coming our way. Our two main places of interest for this leg of our lap around A...
08 Oct
Chasing Slow – Part 7: Exmouth
"It doesn't get better than Exmouth" - Western Australian locals. Since crossing into WA and sharing our travel plans around the camp fire or over a beer at the pub, we've heard time...
31 Oct
Chasing Slow – Part 8: Gorgeous Gorges of Karijini
It's time to head inland after spending most of the last 11,000 kms along the coast. We're heading west from from Exmouth to Tom Price, then into the Karijini National Park to go explore some most stunning, remote and oldest gor...
11 Nov
Chasing Slow – Part 9: Entering the Kimberley through Broome
Waking up to the soaring heat in the full exposure to the sun, a body that felt like it was falling to bits and a mission to get to Broome, off we went. We started the day at Not Daz...
27 Nov
Chasing Slow – Part 10: We broke down in Fitzroy Crossing!
We got up and left Broome at 5:00 for a long, remote drive through the Kimberley. Better to be safe than sorry, we detoured to a place called Derby for some new tyres and to get the car serviced. Feeling in fine form, off we wen...
10 Dec
Chasing Slow – Part 11: Lake Argyle
Rain arrived and flood waters rose, the roads went under water and the way out was closed. We broke down in Fitzroy Crossing & ended up spending about two months there. The wet ...
20 Dec
Chasing Slow – Part 12: Northern Territory Top End
Goodbye Lake Argyle, farewell the Kimberley, see ya later Western Australia - we're crossing into the Northern Territory. We pulled out of Lake Argyle & before we knew it, we ent...
03 Jan
Chasing Slow – Part 13: The Red Centre
We're on a mission! We're heading south, then south again. Our original plan was to complete a clockwise lap of the country and be back in Victoria for Christmas, but as we broke dow...
11 Jan
Chasing Slow – Part 14: Glenelg River Canoe Trail
A fair few Christmas's ago, Tom (my brother) & I went canoeing down the Glenelg River over a few days in the very south-west corner of Victoria. We slowly paddled down stream through the stunning dry forest and gorges, campe...
20 Jan
Chasing Slow – Part 15: Great Ocean Road Bypass
Completing the Glenelg River Canoe Trail was a lot of fun, although pretty exhausting! So, we skipped the Great Ocean Road & headed for the hills! Although we were in a perfect l...
05 Feb
Chasing Slow – Part 16: Daylesford
We've been roughing it for a while and after getting some well needed rest, we combed our hair and headed for Daylesford. My Dad and his wife, Julie have spent a fair chunk of the la...
19 Feb
Chasing Slow – Part 17: Mount Buffalo
Over the years, we've heard a lot about Bright and how nice the place is, & as it's only a bit over an hour from the farm that we had been helping out at, it made sense to go and take a look!
28 Feb
Chasing Slow – Part 18: Australia’s Highest Mountain
We hiked up the highest mountain in Australia! ..but, not as planned. Exploring the Australian Alps wouldn't be complete without making our way to the Mount Kosciuszko Summit, the highes...
10 Mar
Chasing Slow – Part 19: Canberra
Right up in the northern part of the mountains that we've been exploring for the last few weeks, just where you'd never expect it, we found Canberra, Australia's capital city.
22 Mar
Chasing Slow – Part 20: NSW South-ish Coast
Back to the coast! We've been inland for a while since canoeing down the Glenelg River at the start of the year. Mainly spending our time at high altitude (..by Australian standards)...
31 Mar
Chasing Slow – Part 21: Blue Mountains
Out of anywhere on the east coast, the Blue Mountains were our most anticipated destination. We've heard so much about the place and the regular comparison to the Grampians in Victoria that we've explored in detail, now we had f...
25 Apr
Chasing Slow – Part 22: NSW north coast to Byron Bay
Byron Bay sits right up the top of NSW where the clear warm water rolls in from the east onto the pristine, sandy surf beaches. Known for long hair and a laid back atmosphere, the place is an iconic Australian surf town and alwa...
09 May
Chasing Slow – Part 23: Lamington & the Gold Coast
We couldn't resist the urge to pop in to Queensland and go hiking in the Lamington National Park before finishing what has been a long, incredible time exploring Australia. Byron Bay...
30 May
Chasing Slow – Part 24: Exploring Australia!
..from "exploring" to "explored"!
30,000 kms later, we've finished our caravan trip around Australia! We hitched the caravan to the back of the car last July and set off from Geelong with little expe...