So living on the road seems all Rosie from a glance but like with anything in life you just don't really know what it's like until you experience it for yourself!

I remember before we begun to travel 6 months ago (can you believe it!) that I slightly feared weather... I feared living in a canvas thin walls as I imagined that they wouldn't protect like a solid house structure would. But that fear soon disappeared as I was so determined to live the life of travel and figured we could just follow the good weather.

BUT whatever the weather there will always be challenges. Weather is unpredictable and I actually like this about it. I love that it can be rainy one day and sunny the next. I lie in bed at night wondering what the next day will be like... I like that element of surprise! 

Considering the rest of my family - particularly our kids can make me nervous in combination with unpredictable weather. I know I can keep myself safe but what about 2 other lives! 

Recently (couple of months ago) we had a full on experience with wind of 61km winds. Now that doesn't sound like much but I can assure you it was full on and it seemed to get worse each day out of the 7 days we were staying on the coast of Victoria. We could have moved but in this instance we felt stuck for the first time in a travels. We were waiting on our next lot of income to come through - this felt like the longest week ever! 

Living with....
Through this experience with wind we soon had to learn very quickly that we had to accept it not reject it. When we felt high strung things like massive hole in the side of our tent happened....

After a meltdown and lots of cursing and wishing that a house with solid walls would pop up in front of us we felt that we needed to be smart... To go with the wind not against it, learn to live with it rather than complain and resist it and wish for something better. Amongst the vet restless nights with our tent moving in, out up and down we still managed to live with it and find a new appreciation for it

As I write this post we are experiencing consistent rain. At first we resisted it... Thinking we can't wait to get away from the 'bad weather! What is 'bad' weather anyhow? Some consider bad weather as too much humidity or rainy or windy or coldness... This helped us to reconsider so called bad weather. We figured that we need to 'bad' to make the good. Rain helps grass grow, sun feels nice when it kisses the skin, rain can feel refreshing like new beginnings, wind can feel high energy which can remind us to be settled in our own bodies... It all effects us and I personally think it helps us grow so much. We have learnt so many things from the weather - aka mother nature! We  have learnt that we can be one with it and adjust accordingly!  
We often wonder how people native to the lands would cope with different weather... The answer is obvious... They adjust and accept whatever weather comes their way, they don't resist it, they respect it! 


I'm listening late at night to a beautiful lil with creek trickling water through it... It's so calming and peaceful. The funny this is that people buy those fake water fountains in stores for this effect! I feel so blessed to be experiencing it now! Thank you rain! :-)

I love living the life we live! Not because it's easy but because in addicted to this great land! We have learnt so much from allowing ourselves to 'feel' places... Not just visit them. We are not the type just to 'see' places we would much rather feel places meaning that we open ourselves to new experiences and this affects our personal growth in a HUGE way. We are way different from 6 months ago that we are finding it hard to adjust to the 'new us' but we love it and wouldn't trade it for anything!

Get out there are begin to 'feeling' places with your family- you're life will change even if it's just day trips, it all makes a difference! Believe that! 

Here's to your freedom! 

~ Tara 

The last 4 weeks have been full on! I always try to blog here at least once a week to keep in contact with you but so much else has been happening which is causing us to think about what we are really passion about. 

We are not going anywhere! In fact part of the reason of our busyness is that we are taking action on our inspirations. We are expanding our communities (sam's passion, my passion and here - our combined passion)! We're excited - if you can't tell! ;-)

Anyhow, what have we been doing??? Well lots n losts LOL. I hope that you're connected with us on Facebook, because we do post there daily.

Okay so I'm (tara) writing this blog post from the Adelaide Hills, in a little town that we have taken a liking to - Kersbrook! Maybe its their FABULOUS wines??? ;-P We haven't been in Kersbrook for the past 4 weeks though. We left to the Flinders (not sure that we would come back down) but we felt such a heart tug. We have formed some really great new friendships and we can sort out some of the 'logistics' in our life like: New iphone and ipad & buying other stuff you just can't get to up in the 'desert' :-)

The drive to our first stop in the Flinders - Hawker - was spectacular, we were NOT expecting the beauty of it. I mean we have seen pictures of it, but it truly is so different when you experience it!

We found an amazing big Gumtree that was a 'tourist-y' thing. It was MASSIVE!!!! Sam and I giggled like little kids (as our kids slept in the car) running to the big gumtree and wondering how we could climb it :-)

Hawker was a little town. we stayed for only 5 nights at Flinders Ranges Caravan Park. While we were there we experience some amazing walks which just blew us away with the history of the Ranges and Aboriginal paintings from years ago!

Cave exploring, rock climbing and specular views… We actually shot Sam's first ever 'Survival with Sam' film which will be 'revealing all' soon - okay I'm such a tease! ;-)

We love wild life and we found a baby  lizard which we gently picked up and gave it some love… and I touched RED dirt - that was a dream come true for me  - yes it's the simple things that please me and I'm proud of it!

Aboriginal Cave drawings and exploring .....

Enjoying our walks..... 

After we left Hawker we came across 'Station Stays or Farm Stays' through a really great website. We called Beltana Station right away as they said the exchange work for accommodation and we wanted that exact experience! We weren't sure what to expect, but I tell you that is was way more than that… The Flinders Ranges is explained to be the land of healing and spiritual connection… thats EXACTLY what we felt being there! Anyone who goes there says there is something special about it… some can't explain….. You just have to BEB there yourself!

While we were staying at Beltana Station I suddenly felt the urge to write 'my book' which has been brewing in me for a while now (years) but as always the timing is always right! I made the decision and have announced it and it is happening!!!! If you want to stay in touch about this head over to my blog.

Over the weekend of our stay there we went on a 4wd trek around the 1/2 million acre property - thats MASSIVE!!!!! Of couse we didn't do the lot we just did a few hours worth.

we were amazed everywhere that we look! History, scenery, the feel… everything! It was awe-some! couldn't get enough!

Some of my favourite pictures...

Beltana is known for it's free range animals, in particular 'Chocolate' the very friendly Alpaca! We would often wake early in the morning to him trying to steal our bread LOL. He has such a personality. Sometimes while I was working on the computer he would be standing right next to me poking his nose in my business.  The kids loved him!

One this I was amazed by was the natural water springs and creeks… they are very magical… we spent hours at a time just being there… cooking damper on the fire and the kids even played in the water. The sun was kissing our skin…. about time! LOL

So tell me… have you seen sunsets like this???

this is 3 days worth of sunsets at Beltana right in front of our camper trailer… every night was so different and the STARS are amazing! You just HAVE to experience it for yourself or join us on one of our Freedom Family Getaways…… more of that later LOL - I know teasing again! ;-)

As I write this we (sitting in the Adelaide Hills…. just a bit cold ;-) We are actually going back to Beltana in a week time….and then…..wait for it….. DARWIN!!!!! OMG sun and warmth and swimming and ooooooooh yeah!!!!!!! LOL I will miss South Australia though…. so much had been able to transform for us while behind here…. The feel of the place is pretty awesome (if you're into that kinda thing)… and will miss our *new* friends.


I'll follow up next week. In the meantime please connect with us on Facebbok & Twitter AND YouTube we love to have you there!

When I heard people talk about the Adelaide Hills I thought "They're hills, how exciting can that be" but the people I spoke to assured me that "it's beautiful and you must go there" so we took their advice. 

Our initial introduction to the Adelaide HIlls was a very twisted one (hahahaha ;-) we took a wrong turn and went through seriously windy road to get to our friends house where we would set up camp on the acreage. 

This view of Adelaide city was 'almost' worth all the windy roads ;-)

we did finally get there (about a 1 1/2 detour!) :-)

Most of our week was full and busy - I had an influx of opportunities and clients for my coaching business. So in some ways it felt really productive and other ways I felt like I just didn't have enough time for everything.

Sam cooked for us and our friends that we were staying with overnight for the week - we thought it was a good exchange for some power and a place to stay. Every night was a feast with a bottle of red! Well deserved after  busy days for both me & my family and my friends from AER online solutions (if you want a website built, I can highly recommend them!) 

On Wednesday we visited the Big Rocking Horse - When I was about 5 or 6 I went their with my family and I remember having a picture taken in front of it! So I felt that strong urge to go back and so our kids.

After Charley and I climbed the big rocking horse we went to visiting the 'toy factory' where all handmade wooden toys existed… we were in our element! 

We then noticed that they had a free range animal farm that you can go into and hand feed all the animals. Our kids love animals and sop do we so we knew that everyone would love it. Goats, sheep, alpacas, ducks, cooks, kangaroos, wallabies, lyrebirds & emus (think that all LOL) - we spent ages in there - feeding, patting, having fun!

Get a good feel of The Big Rocking Horse by watching our video

On the Thursday our friends needed to visit clients in the area of 'Sterling' - they told us its one of the 'major towns' and it had a nice alternative feel to it so we followed them to this town which was so…. 'cute' and amazing… it had a real 'German' feel to it, with stone buildings and all. I personally love the 'alternative' store… like the healthfood stores! YUM!!!! I was in my element! 

Our friends had planned for us to experience a bit of the Borossa Valley (wine country!) over the weekend… My friend Amanda and I we're told by our partners that they would happily look after the kids while we did some wine tasting! oooooh yeah! 

The first winery we stopped off at was so 'flash' almost a bit too fancy… their wines were awesome though

We also stopped off at the 'Whispering Wall' which is basically a big weir for town water but it has fabulous acoustic effects… check it out in our video below for a laugh :-D

One winery we went to was wonderful for the kids and adults. They had an animal farm attached as well as a massive play area for the kids  - while Mumma's and dadda's enjoyed some tasty drinks!

We left Adelaide Hills on Monday headed for the stunning Flinders Ranges….. But we will be retuning to the HIlls because of their amazing wine! LOL and people and I would love to spend my 26th Birthday there with my friends, good wine, campfire and a horse trail ride!

ooh, almost forget…. this is how Amanda (CEO of AER online solutions) and I spent our well earned Friday night