The extra stuff you can’t do without …. or maybe we can?  What do you think? I’ve added colour to the items we have already assembled for the journey.

Here is our list of toiletries. Some might disagree with the hair dryer and some makeup but my photos will look a whole lot better for it! I’ve shaded in blue that we already have assembled.

Here it is – the current version of the Baigrie Family packing list (in parts).  This list was compiled by researching the gear lists from a number of great blogs and using my good old commonsense.  I welcome all comments, suggestions and recommendations! I’ve coloured the items we already have.

Take a peek at this website.  Another Australian family is planning to embark on a RTW trip just before us.

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The first Cuboree camp in Queensland was …. wet wet wet!   Harris and I, along with 859 of our closest Cub Scout friends, leaders and helpers, descended on Stanthorpe on Friday for what we anticipated to be 5 days and 4 nights of camp. 

From the moment we ’bumped in’ it was obvious how much rain the camp ground had already received. Those lucky people who owned gumboots...

After travelling to two conferences recently with the world’s heaviest chunkiest laptop, I was determined that whatever computer we took RTW with us had to be light and compact.  Choosing a netbook was like anything related to this adventure so far – it involved many hours of consultation and online research. Finally I came to the conclusion that the bargain at Myer was the...

Hours of googling on the Internet means my ‘Favourites’ list has grown rapidly and exponentially.  Initially I began searching for RTW travel with kids and stumbled across blogs written by families.  This really inspired me to 1. Want to go RTW with my family and 2. have my own blog.  In my many hours of searching I have only found two Australian websites.   If you know of...

When I checked my work email yesterday morning it was there; one scanned and emailed official piece of paper granting me 12 months leave from my position. Hooray! My boss said my application must have been jinxed it took so long. Now all we need is a similar piece of paper from Steve’s work and then we will be able to start parting with serious amounts of money to book our...

I mentioned to someone recently that I haven’t had a great deal of time to devote to thinking about our travel plans in depth due to all the extra things that are currently on my To-Do-List.  My blog To-Do-List doesn’t accurately reflect all the extra things that the Baigrie Family has on their agenda before we can leave the country that keep us busy and life rarely dull. ...

Patrick and Harris are now the proud and brave recipients of their Tuberculosis injections.  Patrick was lucky enough to get his TB vaccination about 2 weeks before Harris and his arm has nearly healed.  It was not all fun and games however as there were nightly tears when his sore was at its most ugly.  Harris is only just beginning his journey of pus but I’m sure as an 8...