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Stuart Island, Humpridge Track, NZ
© Gavin J Murray
Tales of the travels, trials and triumphs as we explore Australia in a converted bus
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Welcome to Hobohome
The website for Australian Caravanners and Motorhomers
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On this site you will find our Travel Log (over 7 years of travelling Australia in a converted Bedford bus) as well as a wealth of information and articles relating to motorhoming and caravanning around Australia. If this is your first visit, you may like to view our overview page to get an idea of what we are all about.
Hobohome Travel Blog
Our travel log is a collection of stories and photos from our travels.
Click on the excerpt below to view the latest entry or you can
browse the entire collection to see where we have been.
There is a map on the Travels Page that shows our full track around this great
country.
Thanks to the great people at SoftRock we are carrying a SPOT satellite GPS messenger with us for the duration of our central Australia trip. This amazing little device tracks our location 24 hours a day and can summon assistance (urgent or otherwise) if necessary. To see where we are right now (and read more about SPOT) - click here.
25th of August 2010
Cities are not our favorite places, and yet I am always a little excited as we are driving in, This excitement seems to be extremely fleeting and within hours we are just itching to get out of the madness. The primary reason for our being in Perth is for Tracey's first appointment with the endocrinologist. We knew that the operation that she underwent in December to remove the brain tumor, was not 100% successful in more...
Hobohome is a 1968 Bedford TRP bus that has been converted into a comfortable motorhome.
However, Hobohome is far more than that ... it has had a number of owners and each
of us has added own own
additions and improvements.
It is fairly unique in that it carries a small car INSIDE the motorhome (tucked neatly under the queens sized bed).
To learn more about Hobohome, visit
The Rig Page for a virtual tour of our home on wheels.
Motorhoming & Caravanning Articles
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Latest Article
VAST Satellite service to take Aurora’s Place
18th August 2010 at 11:00 pm by Hobo
V.A.S.T. (Viewer Access Satellite Television) is set replace the existing Aurora satellite television system used by many travellers. So what does this mean for those of us currently receiving our television from Aurora? Some background Aurora RABS (remote area broadcast system) was funded by the federal government to address the inability for terrestrial (land based) more...
Recent Articles
Getting Started – Long Term Travelling
8th August 2010
Basic Electrics for Motorhome and Caravan Owners (Part 2)
6th July 2010
Basic Electrics for Motorhome and Caravan Owners (Part 1)
1st July 2010
Installing Solar Panels on a Motorhome or Caravan
25th June 2010
Free Satellite TV Guide for Australian Aurora
18th June 2010
6th June 2010
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Stuart Island, Humpridge Track, NZ
© Gavin J Murray
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