G'day, We're Steve & Lisa
We're a couple of West Australians in our sixties who decided that retirement was too good to spend sitting still. After decades of hard work, raising a family, and dreaming about the open road, we finally took the plunge — sold up, hitched up, and pointed the big rig north.
Now we travel full-time across Australia, chasing sunsets, discovering hidden gems, and proving that the best adventures don't have an expiry date. Our home base is Western Australia, but these days home is wherever we park the van.
The Rig
Our setup is built for the long haul — literally. We tow a 10-metre Retreat Whitehaven caravan behind a Ram 2500 HD, a combination that handles everything from highway cruising to the dusty corrugations of the outback. It's not a small rig, but we've learned to love the challenge of navigating tight campgrounds and narrow bush tracks with it.
The Ram is a beast — she drinks a bit, but when you're towing through the Pilbara or across the Nullarbor, you want something that doesn't break a sweat. The Whitehaven gives us all the comforts of home: a proper bed, a full kitchen, solar power, and enough water capacity to free camp for days at a time.
Why RamblinOz?
RamblinOz started as a way to keep our family and friends updated on where we were and what we'd been up to. But it's grown into something more than that. It's become a legacy project — a digital journal for our grandchildren to look back on one day and see the Australia that Nan and Pop explored.
Every post is a snapshot of a place, a moment, a feeling. The rainbow over Cleaverville at dawn. The mud-caked Ram after 26 kilometres of wet Pilbara track. Lisa's face when she spots a whale breaching off the Ningaloo coast. These are the stories we want to preserve.
What We Love
Free Camping
Nothing beats waking up to a sunrise you didn't pay for. We seek out the best free camps and low-cost spots across the country.
Photography
Steve's always got the camera handy. Golden hour, wildlife, landscapes — if it's worth seeing, it's worth capturing.
History & Heritage
We're drawn to the stories behind places — the old towns, the heritage trails, the Aboriginal rock art, the characters who built this country.
We also love a good walk (under 6km, thanks — we're retired, not training for a marathon), local markets, waterfalls, and a cold beer at the end of a long driving day. Steve follows the Collingwood Football Club with unreasonable passion, and Lisa has an uncanny ability to find the best coffee in any town, no matter how small.
Come Along for the Ride
Whether you're a fellow grey nomad, someone planning their own big lap, or just a family member wondering where the hell we are this week — welcome. Pull up a chair, grab a cuppa, and come ramblin' with us.
Steve & Lisa — somewhere on the road, probably covered in red dust