City2Surf

With some 80,000 other runners Park My Van took to the Sydney Streets on Sunday to take park in Sydney’s annual City 2 Surf fun run. It's 14km over an undulating course that snakes east from the ci...

Melbourne Graffiti

After mentioning the quality graffiti in and around Melbourne in our Destination Melbourne guide recently I decided to revisit some of it's best haunts when I was just down for the weekend. Gone ar...

Plans For Vans

Check out our latest press coverage - we were featured in Sydney Morning Herald's Traveller section on Saturday 9th August - "Plans for Vans."

The Blue Mountains

Sitting some 90 minutes west of Sydney the World Heritage listed Blue Mountains attracts some 12 million visitors annually. The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of seven national parks and cons...

Newell Highway adVANture - Day Ten

Newell Highway adVANture - Day 10: Melbourne to Sydney. Overall Trip Rating A+ Last day on the road: Tied up all the loose ends, drove the van back to Awesome Campers, and spent a little time film...

Newell Highway adVANture - Day Nine

Day 9: Tocumwal to Melbourne. 3 hours, 16 minutes, 270 km. Overall Grade: B+ - the trip was coming to an end. Left Town Beach camping area in Tocumwal and breakfasted at the Local Bakery on rec...

Newell Highway adVANture - Day Eight

Day Eight: Narrandera to Jerilderie to Tocumwal. 1 hour 59 minutes, 166 km. Overall Grade: B+ Home Stretch! We head to the Koala Reserve across the river once we're up. We walk along the path, ...

Newell Highway adVANture - Day Seven

Day Seven: Condoblin to Burcher to West Wyalong to Narrandera. 2 hours 49 minutes, 240 km. Hacky sack count: 22 - Record! Left Lake Gum Bend for West Wyalong. Took the most direct route from Condo...

Newell Highway adVANture - Day Six

Day Six: Dubbo to Parkes to Ootha to Condoblin. 3 hours 13 minutes, 237 km. Overall Grade: A. Hacky sack count: 13 - Back on track! Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, is $46 a pop per adult, $24 for kids ...

Newell Highway adVANture - Day Five

Day Five: Pilliga Pottery to Coonabarabran to Warrumbungles to Gilgandra to Dubbo. 2 hours 39 minutes, 179 km. Overall Grade: B+ Got up early to milk the cows - traditional farm life! Pilliga pott...

Newell Highway adVANture - Day Four

Day Four: Moree to Narrabri to Pilliga Pottery. 2 hours 47 minutes, 212 km. Overall Grade: A Woke up early and joined the morning rush at the pools before heading into town to compare the local th...

Newell Highway adVANture - Day Three

Day three: Armidale to Barruba to Bingarra to Moree, 3 hours 57 minutes, 267 km. Overall Grade: A+ Day three stated with a quick bite to eat for breakfast, a few photos of Armidale Tourist Park to...

Newell Highway adVANture - Day Two

Day Two - Girraween National Park to Tenterfield to Armidale. 2 hours, 55 min, 234 km. Overall Grade: B After a cold night in the tent, day two began with a two and a half hour round trip of Girra...

Newell Highway adVANture Route A39

First Leg Day 1- Sydney to Brisbane to Awesome Campers to Girraween National Park 3 hours, 246 km Hacky sack count: 3 in the dark (Day one, perhaps a little rusty). Overall Grade: A-