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  • OUR JOURNEY
    • AUSTRALIA & SOUTH PACIFIC
      • AUSTRALIA
        • Queensland
        • Northern Territory
        • Western Australia
        • South Australia
        • New South Wales & ACT
        • Victoria
        • Tasmania
      • SOUTH PACIFIC
        • Cook Islands
        • The Republic of Kirabati
        • New Zealand
        • Soloman Islands
        • Tahiti
    • AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
      • AFRICA
        • NORTHERN AFRICA
          • Egypt
          • Morocco
          • Sudan
          • Western Sahara
        • WEST AFRICA
          • Benin
          • Bukina Faso
          • Ghana
          • Mali
          • Mauritania
          • Senegal
          • The Gambia
          • Togo
        • SOUTHERN AFRICA
          • Botswana
          • Lesotho
          • Mozambique
          • Namibia
          • South Africa
          • Swaziland
          • Zambia
          • Zimbabwe 2010-2015-2016
        • EAST AFRICA
          • Ethiopia
          • Kenya
          • Malawi 2010 & 2016
          • Rwanda
          • Tanzania
          • Uganda
      • MIDDLE EAST
        • Iran 2014
        • Jordan 2010
        • Saudi Arabia 2010
        • Syria 2010
        • United Arab Emirates
    • ASIA
      • SOUTH EAST ASIA
      • Cambodia
      • Indonesia
      • Laos
      • Malaysia
      • Singapore
      • Thailand
        • BORNEO
          • Brunei
          • Sabah
          • Sarawak
          • Kalimatan
      • FAR EAST ASIA
        • China
        • Japan
        • Mongolia
        • Russia 2011-2012-2013
        • Tibet
      • SUB CONTINENT
        • India
        • Nepal
        • Pakistan
      • CENTRAL ASIA
        • Kazakhstan
        • Kyrgyzstan
        • Tajikistan 2013
        • Uzbekistan 2013
    • AMERICAS
      • SOUTH AMERICA
        • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA
          • Argentina 2017-2018
          • Chile 2018
          • Paraguay
          • Uruguay 2017
        • NORTH WEST SOUTH AMERICA
          • Bolivia 2018
          • Colombia 2020
          • Equador 2019
          • Galápagos Island
          • Peru 2018-2019
        • DAKAR 2019
          • The Race
          • The Week Leading Up To The Race & Track Inspection
          • South America & Dakar 2019 100% Peru
        • NORTH EAST SOUTH AMERICA
          • Suriname 2017
          • Guyana 2017
          • French Guiana 2017
          • Brazil 2017
      • Central America & Caribbean
        • Caribbean
          • Antigua
          • Aruba
          • Bonaire
          • Cayman Islands
          • Curacao
          • Puerto Rico
          • Saint Kitts
          • Saint Lucia
          • St Martin
        • Central America
          • Costa Rica
          • El Salvador
          • The Republic of Guatemala
          • Honduras
          • Mexico
          • Nicaragua
          • Panama
      • United States & Canada
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          • Western United States 2023-2024
          • Central United States
          • Southern United States
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          • Alaska
          • Hawaii
        • Canada
          • Western Canada
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    • EUROPE
      • EASTERN EUROPE
        • Albania
        • Bulgaria
        • Romania
        • Poland
        • Ukraine
      • SOUTHERN EUROPE
        • Andorra
        • Croatia
        • Greece
        • Gibraltor
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        • Montenegro
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        • Slovenia
        • Spain
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      • NORTHERN EUROPE
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    • Around The World Journey So Far
    • Around The World Video Compilation
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  • ABOUT
Double Dutch World Safari
Double Dutch World Safari

4WD Overlanders

Our Journey

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For the first 16 years, we traveled up to 11 months per year, spending the rest of the time at our home in Australia, preparing for the next journey and letting all the new impressions sink in.

Meet the locals in Tibet
Siberia
Meet the locals in the Amazon region
Trouble Sudan and Ethiopia
Crossing Pakistan and Afghanistan border area with army escortr
Pakistan security guard
Interesting bridges in the Pantanal (Brasil)
Zambia
Peru
Bolivia

OUR JOURNEY

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“YOU NEVER NEVER KNOW, IF YOU NEVER NEVER GO”

The slogan I copied from a very successful advertising campaign in Australia

Local wildlife
Local wildlife
Local roads in central Brasil.

Today February 2025 it is 21 years since (January 2004) we started our around-the-world adventure, and what an experience it has been. Not everything has gone smoothly; we’ve faced our share of difficulties. But, as the cliché goes, when you taste the bitter, the sweet is oh so much sweeter! Being an overlander is challenging work, but the greatest reward is the once-in-a-lifetime experiences we encounter every day. We love driving our overland truck through distant continents for months on end, discovering new countries and cultures. Along the way, we’ve seen so much and made countless friends. around the world. But when we look at the world map, we realize how much more there is to see.

Iran
Omo Valley (Ethiopia)
Lalibela (Ethiopia)

2020 was a challenging year due to COVID-19, but despite the circumstances, we were lucky enough to continue traveling in 2020 and 2021, exploring Central America and Mexico.

Southern Egypt
Southern Egypt
Sudan
Syria
Ethiopia feeding the Hyena’s

2020 was a challenging year due to COVID-19, but despite the circumstances, we were lucky enough to continue traveling in 2020 and 2021, exploring Central America and Mexico. In April 2021, we returned home to Australia to build our new house. We resumed our journey in July 2022, continuing to explore Central America and Mexico. By March 2023, we had explored the northern part of Mexico and the western USA. We returned home in November 2023. In March 2024, we explored the central and southern USA, including Route 66, and returned home in October 2024.

Our plan for March 2025 is to explore the East Coast of the USA and Canada.

 

 

 

Did you know?

   

  1. The surface of the earth measures 510 million square kilometers.
  2. The 5 continents make up a total of 29.3 percent of the earth`s surface, that`s about 149 million square kilometers land area, the rest is occupied by the oceans, seas and islands.
  3. The water surface in contrary is about 361 million square kilometers, representing about 71 percent of total surface of the earth.
  4. About 7 billion people live on our planet.
  5. One-third of all people on our planet live in China and India.
  6. One percent of the world population lives In Australia and Oceania.

AUSTRALIA 2004 -2009

Part 1 Cairns to Darwin   2004

Part 2 Darwin to Perth via the canning stock route 2004-2005

Part 3 Perth to Adelaide via the Nullarbor off road tracks 2005

Part 4 Adelaide to Melbourne and Tasmania 2005-2006

Part 5 Tasmania, Victoria and Western New South Wales 2006

Part 6 South Australia-Simpson Desert-Len Beadell tracks in West Australia 2006-2007

Part 7 The Kimberleys–Tanami Desert-Alice Springs Arnhem land 2007l

Part 8 Central Australia-The gulf country-Cape York 2008

Part 9 Central Queensland-Fraser Island-Moreton island-Stradbroke Island 2008-2009

AROUND THE WORLD

Stage 1 Borneo 2009

Stage 2 South Africa to Europe 2010 -2011

Stage 3 Europe to West Africa 2011

Stage 4 West Africa to North Cape 2011-2012

Stage 5 Russia to Mongolia 2012

Stage 6 Mongolia to Singapore (Via China) 2012-2013

Stage 7 Stan Countries-Tibet-Nepal  2013

Stage 8 India-Pakistan-Iran-Europe 2014

Stage 9 Winter trip Iceland-Southern Africa 2014-2015

Stage 10 East Africa to Egypt 2016

Stage 11 Brazil-French Guyana-Suriname-Guyana 2017

Stage 12 Argentina-Chili-Bolivia 2018

Stage 13 Bolivia,Peru, Ecuador, Colombia 2019/2020

Stage 14. Colombia-Mexico 2020

Stage 15. Mexico-Guatemala 2020-2021

Stage 16. Mexico 2022

Stage 17. Mexico and Western USA 2023

Stage 18. Central & Southern USA 2024

Stage 19. Eastern USA and Canada 2025

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Email:  outbush@westnet.com.au

OVERLAND AUSTRALIA;  https://youtu.be/bJI4Hl25mmk

OVERLAND AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST; https://youtu.be/de5lrRS6SHs

OVERLAND ICELAND TO CAMBODIA; https://youtu.be/r79K2LKZWdo

OVERLAND THAILAND TO EUROPE;  https://youtu.be/zFDEwRkfdiw

OVERLAND SOUTH AMERICA PART 1;  https://youtu.be/w3AMTxSOhU0

OVERLAND SOUTH AMERICA PART 2; UNDER CONSTRUCTION

OVERLAND CENTRAL AMERICA; EXPLORING AT PRESENT

 

 

 

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