Hobohome the Motorhome - OVERVIEW - what is all this about?

If this is your first visit to Hobohome.com - welcome. Let us introduce ourselves - we are Gavin Murray & Tracey Murray. We live and travel Australia in a large converted Bedford bus called Hobohome.

In February of 2003 we decided that we had had enough of the ordinary - we wanted some adventure in our lives. So we have decided to put our careers on hold, brought a 38 foot bus and took to the road with no preconceived ideas about where we would travel or for how long.
We have been adventuring around Australia since then. We call this the motorhome lifestyle - some would just call it a nomadic lifestyle. We started keeping a travel diary from day 1. You can browse this travel diary by visiting the Travels Page

More information about us on the Crew Page

More Information about the motorhome on the Rig Page

A couple of years ago I began combining my love of motorhoming with my training as an electrician by writing articles for our website. These articles are written for the layperson and the information is based on both my knowledge and training in the electrical/electronics field and on my experience living in a motorhome full time. You can browse the articles by visiting the Articles Page

 

 

 

 

Here is a list of the questions we are most commonly asked:

• How can you afford to travel, eat and pay bills when you don't have jobs?
  
  Firstly we live very economically - we do not spend up large on unnecessary things, we don't eat out much and we explore slowly. You would be very surprised how little it costs to live on the road (with a good setup and proper planning). The motorhome has been setup to be self-sufficient, we can happily stay away from civilization, water and power for 2 - 3 weeks at a time - so we almost never spend money on camping grounds.   Secondly, we do work. We run a small web based business (see www.imageworkx.com ).
• How do you decide where to go?
  
  The weather plays a big part in deciding where we go. Australia is huge - and we want to see it all. However there are good times and bad times to visit most places. We have no really effective heating in the motorhome and no air conditioning. This means we have to follow the good weather. This can be tricky, but we have good climatic information and great maps.
• Isn't it lonely?
  
  No, not at all. We meet so many great people on out travels. We also are able to accommodate friends and family who come and stay with us from time to time.
• How do you pass the time?
  
  That never seems to be a problem - we always have one project or another on the go. The motorhome takes quite a bit of time to look after and maintain. We both enjoy photography and improving our skills in this area. Trust me, we never get bored.

Some hints for using and viewing the site...

Due to the number of photos some pages are quite large. If you have slow connection please be patient.

Almost all photos have a larger version available - just click on the photo to see the big version (it will open up a new window, just close the new window or press escape to continue browsing the site). Most photos have a photo information link - clicking this will display information about how the photo was taken and maps showing exactly where the photo was taken.

If you have any ideas, suggestion, questions or corrections please email us.