Travels of Steve, Alison + 4WDAUS

3 Travellers having the time of their lives

Our Travels, Mapped and Remembered

These maps trace the roads we’ve taken across Australia and Thailand — the long desert crossings, the quiet coastal detours, the mountain passes, and the forgotten backroads that shaped our journeys. Since 2006, we’ve been recording our travels year by year, preserving the moments, places, and stories that mattered most.

This blog is our living archive. Every entry marks a point on the map: a campsite under a desert sky, a remote Thai village wrapped in morning mist, a rusted relic found on an old stock route, or a simple moment that stayed with us. Together, the maps and the blog tell the story of where we’ve been and how those journeys changed us.

Explore the years, follow the tracks, and wander through the memories. Whether you’re here for inspiration, curiosity, or simply a love of the open road, we hope these pages spark something in you.

Travel Galleries

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Seeing the World through Our Lenses

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Photography has been part of our travels from the very beginning. Wherever we go — across Australia’s deserts and coastlines or through Thailand’s misty mountain passes — our cameras are never far from reach. We’re drawn to the character of a place: the texture of a rusted relic, the quiet story behind an abandoned homestead, the colours of a sunrise, or a simple moment of everyday life unfolding in front of us.

We each see the world a little differently, even when standing side by side. That’s part of the magic. Two perspectives, one journey — captured in thousands of images taken over decades on the road.

Our expedition vehicle, 4WDAUS, appears often in these galleries. It’s more than a truck; it’s the reason we can reach the remote places we love, giving us the freedom to wait for the right light, the right moment, the right feeling.

These galleries are a visual companion to our Travel Blog. If the blog tells the story, the photos show the soul of the journey. Wander through them, explore the places we’ve been, and if you ever see us out there on the tracks, come say hello — we’d love that.

Blog Posts From Recent Trips

Where the Pinnacles Remember

Amid the haunting limestone spires of Nambung, we trace the echoes of explorers and loss — where the desert wind still whispers Frederick Smith’s story and the Pinnacles stand as timeless witnesses.

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Solo in the Nambung District – May 2026

Twelve days of solo trekking through the Nambung District revealed a landscape still healing — from the loss of Bee Hive Point’s wild hives to the fall of a great Tuart finally claimed by fire. Among rediscovered pinnacles and fading Alf Passfield landmarks, this journey became a quiet record of change, memory, and endurance in Western Australia’s shifting sands.

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Old Friends and Time to Say Goodbye

Catching up with old friends brings all the familiar warmth — shared stories, easy laughs and the comfort of people who’ve been part of the journey for years. But goodbyes always arrive too soon. This chapter captures the joy of reconnecting and the quiet ache of parting ways as the road calls us onward again.

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