One of the things that I was really anticipating during my stay in Australia was learning more about Aboriginal culture. After coming over from New Zealand and seeing the relationship between Maori and European settlers and how it has evolved into mostly a fair and mutually respectful arrangement, I was curious to see how the relationship between the indigenous Aborigines and […]
Author Archives: Steve Bouey
Carnet de Passage? Qu’est-ce que c’est?
May 8, 2007 – 9:25 pm
Carnet de Passage? What is that? This is often the question that we get from a wide variety of people… from people who want to know more about getting their cars overseas to the very shipping companies and customs agents who are supposed to process them for you. For those of you who don’t know […]
Update and Heading North
May 1, 2007 – 7:43 am
The TWBR team now consists of 5… Steve and I, Caki, Elena and Jimmy Swift, who has been riding dirty with us since Sydney. El Chapitan and Kira have gone off on their own and we wish them safe travels. Currently we are hanging out in and around Darwin in the Northern Territory getting some work done, cleaning out the trucks […]
Enjoying the Present but Always Preparing for the Future
April 27, 2007 – 7:31 am
Anyone that witnessed the arrival of the Tundra and the Sequoia in Sydney can tell you that I was extremely excited but even more so, relieved. Planning for and shipping the Toyotas occupied a good deal of my attention before and after we left the States and in the process, may have also took a few […]
Dust, Dust, Everywhere Dust
April 26, 2007 – 7:31 am
They say once you have been to the outback, you take a part of it with you. O.K. I don’t think anyone said that, but it sounds cool and is definitely relevant. The fact of the matter is, whether you want to or not, the outback does stay with you and it stays with you […]
The Outback, not a place for the weak hearted.
April 25, 2007 – 7:31 am
Australia is a vast country that takes the better part of a day to go from Byron Bay to Roma, the gateway to outback Queensland. We met and had a chat with some nice people at the caravan park there who were kind enough to give us some advice on what to expect ahead and even send an e-mail to a […]
Thule Hookup
April 17, 2007 – 12:38 am
It is about time to tell everyone a little bit about one of our sponsors and the great people that work there. Thule (pronounced "too-luh") has joined on as a sponsor of the expedition and, as you may or may not be aware, produce some excellent roof rack systems and storage devices. We have been […]
Lost in Translation in the Land Down Under
April 5, 2007 – 7:00 pm
We have been out of the country for a while now and have had things pretty easy in terms of language given that we have only been to countries where English is the official language. However, even though they speak English here in Australia, there are actually quite a few phrases and terms that can […]
Got the Toyotas… sort of.
April 1, 2007 – 7:00 pm
We have been out of internet contact for about 4 days now and as usual, there is a lot to update everyone on. We found out that we will in fact be getting our trucks on the 7th of April… after having to shell out another thousand dollars to get them here two weeks earlier […]
Our adventure leaving New Zealand
March 20, 2007 – 3:05 am
I wrote this blog about a week ago, but in the busy whirlwind surrounding our arrival into Australia, I was only able to post it just now. On an expedition around the world, not to mention a driving expedition, there are bound to be problems that pop up from time to time. We still do […]
