Well, two more sleeps to go…….
I think we’ve got things under control now. Richard is no longer threatening to cancel the trip, so things are looking good! (this may change when we start to pack all the things I have organized into the camper trailer tomorrow though. )
I don’t know what Richard has mentioned in his posts but we are very excited about this trip as we are planning on making a travel documentary on it, using our new High definition video camera.
We’re aiming high, I know, being relatively new to the video world, but we are determined to try !
Would love to hear your thoughts anyway in regards to this.
The idea is, to make a travel documentary that is informative as
well as showing the reality of families undertaking such a trip.
We want to include all of the normal family experiences while on the road – and out in remote
places, (without making it too “home video” like ) as
well as show other people the true beauty of the outback.
(There might be the opportunity also to sell some of the video we take as “stock footage” if we are clever enough.)
I remember the first time Richard announced that he was taking us all to the “desert” for a holiday.
There went my silly notion of sunbaking on some tropical island beach sipping a cocktail with a little umbrella in it!
“
The desert! What on earth FOR?” I had said to him.
I had thought it would be the most boring experience …..nothing to see but….”nothing”.
I had absolutely no idea of the beauty that is to be found out there, and that "the nothing" is amazing in itself!
How even the tiniest bit of colour attracts the eye and how BLUE the sky appears…and the gorges, and little desert
oasis’s with palm trees….the bird life, wildlife….the quirky little towns and quirky outback characters!
Immediately I fell in love with the whole experience and have been hooked ever since. (Despite the flies!)
We would like to try and show people, through our filming, how fascinating it really is – that there can be so much more reward – (so many lasting memories) to family “holidays” than simply flying to Queensland and doing all the theme parks with your kids.
We have researched every place we are going to, in order to get a little background on the different
places, but I think by actually speaking with the locals, and other travellers, will be where we truly find the most valuable and interesting information.
Anyway, I won’t blither on too much.
If anyone has attempted to do the same thing and has any tips or advice – or even if you haven’t but think of something that perhaps would be helpful, we’d gladly welcome any last minute information.
The filming will start tomorrow, as we begin to pack all the stuff in the camper trailer.
Oh fun. :)