Rob & Marg's Blog

About Rob & Marg

Rob and Marg McAlister hail from the NSW South Coast. The 60-year-olds are on their dream journey. In their Dreamhaven Crusader, they’re touring around Australia and are sharing their experiences with you. “It really is a dream opportunity - a bit like winning the lottery. If anyone asked me what I would most like to do for 12 months, it would have to be this - travelling around Australia and seeing a great number of the sights, meeting lots of interesting people and of course, making lots of friends along the way,” says Rob.

The couple are sharing their trip here read about their adventures in the magazine or see them on the DVD. You can catch up with them here on their blog as they relive their experiences. “We'll share with all those interested our experiences; funny, scary, exciting, new, varied and everything in between,” says Rob. “We'll tell and show people what we feel, how we've coped and dealt with all the varied experiences to be had.”

  • The End of Rob & Marg's Big Lap
    8th July 2011
      After twelve months of travelling around Australia we have finally finished the last leg of the trip (the Snowy region, ACT and the South Coast of NSW). We’ve packed up the contents of the van and we’re back home – ready to recall at leisure those precious memories, and to sort through... | More
  • Jindabyne to the NSW South Coast
    30th June 2011
      This week we spent a bit more time looking around the Snowy area, using Jindabyne as a home base while we went out on day trips to Thredbo and Crackenback. The Express chairlift at Thredbo took us up to the restaurant at the top, and we found ourselves pulling on beanies as the... | More
  • Canberra & Jindabyne
    24th June 2011
    From Wagga Wagga, it was time to move on to Canberra for a few days, and then Jindabyne. Eleven months into our Big Lap of Oz, we’re getting very close to home now… so we were surprised by a visit from family; about two and a half hours drive away. They had been to Questacon, which is... | More
  • Wagga Wagga & Junee
    17th June 2011
    On the way to Canberra we stopped at Wagga Wagga, a big country centre that is a good place to stay for a week or so.  | More
  • Murray River to Albury
    9th June 2011
    The Murray River stretch of our trip, from Mildura to Albury/Wodonga and Lake Hume, was really memorable. We got to hear all about how irrigation got started, visit beautiful locations along the river, and step back in time at places like the Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement and the Port of Echuca... | More
  • Mildura/Deakin Big 4
    3rd June 2011
    We all enjoy a good social occasion at a caravan park (Okay, I can already hear you saying: “Is life in a caravan park anything else but a social occasion???”) so everyone at the Mildura/Deakin Big 4 arrived at the Sausage sizzle put on by Adele and Michael ready to enjoy themselves! This is a... | More
  • Warracknabeal & Mildura
    27th May 2011
    The time came for us to head back along the road to Mildura, ready for a contented few weeks exploring the Murray. We opted to break the journey halfway at Warracknabeal, a place we hadn’t been able to call into a few weeks back, on our way to the Great Ocean Road, because flood waters had cut... | More
  • Port Fairy - The Great Ocean Road
    20th May 2011
      Port Fairy looked so attractive when we drove through on our way along the Great Ocean Road last week, we decided we just had to come back to explore the area further.   As it turned out, there’s a lot to see around Port Fairy. If you’re a history buff you’ll love the... | More
  • Anglesea (The Great Ocean Road)
    9th May 2011
    After we had explored some of the delights of the Great Ocean Road, we decided to stay in the area a bit longer to chill out. We called in to Anglesea – a delightful spot, right on the beach and with a small shopping centre right across the road from the caravan park. This turned out to... | More
  • Along the Eyre Peninsula
    9th May 2011
    This week we continued our trip along the Eyre Peninsula: a really nice little part of the world. (Okay, I know we seem to say that about a lot of places… but really, it just goes to show what a great country this is for travellers. So many different places to see… so many fantastic things to... | More