About This Site

This website records the overlanding and other travels of Nina and Rob Blackwell and covers a period from March 2009 to the present. The images above are just a taste of the photographic record of our travels. Click here to see all of our travel photos.

Most of the travel recorded here has been vehicle based, and undertaken as overlanding adventures. Over the years we have had a number of vehicles and we have grouped our travels into Adventures based on the vehicle used.

Below you will find a summary of each of the different adventures and links to detailed pages about those adventures.

Clicking here will take you to a consolidated map of all our adventures. Each marker on the map represents a 'camping' spot where we spent at least one night, and the different adventures are represented by different colors.

Finally we hope and plan that the adventures are not yet over.

Hence when we are engaged in yet another adventure the section below entitled The Latest News will have summaries of the latest posts from which readers can link to the current adventure and all posts related to that adventure.

Our Adventures

The Americas

This is the earliest adventure recorded on this website and started in March of 2009. At the time we were novices at this overlanding thing and really had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. As it turned out .... read more

Around the World

Our longest overlanding adventure occupying approximately 5 years and taking us around the world from the far East of Canada, across North America, the Pacific Ocean to Eastern Russia, then through the Asian continent to explore Europe and then finally .... read more

Australia

Our 2019 Australian adventure was sufficently successful that we are now living back in Australia, planning a new travel vehicle and some more Australian based exploration. The new vehicle is currently undergoing some modification and preparations and sometime in 2nd quarter of 2023 we will be able to do our first trials.

Stay tuned .. once it is in our hands we will give you a tour and run down.

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Antarctica

We will end 2019 with a cruise to the Antarctic aboard the Greg Mortimer. This is a new ship, having just completed its maiden voyage and is named after a famous (in Australia at least) mountaineer and antarctic traveler. ..... click to see more.

Asia 2020 and 2023

At long last we are about to restart the Asia trip that was aborted by COVID19 in 2020.

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Travels with our Earthroamer

After completing our The Americas adventure we mistakenly believed that we would not undertake any more vehicle based travel outside North America and with that mind set, in 2011 just after OverlandExpo, we purchased a used 2008 Earthroamer. However as plans .... read more

Motorcycle Adventures

In 2015 on our annual return to the US, I Robert, decided to get myself a motorcycle license (my first ever experiences with motos) and a year later (again on our annual return to the US) I bought my first motorcycle a 2011 BMW1200 GS. That same year that motorcycle presented me with a broken leg and thats why we did not return to Europe that year. It was probably inevitable .... click this link to read more.

A Great Train Journey

In 2024 we undertook a A Great Train Journey, from Singapore to London by train. Not one train but a series of interlinked train routes. The trip took us through Malaysia, Laos, China, Tibet, Kazakstan, Georgia, Azerbajan, Turkey, Austria, and France. Click the following list to read the details or see the map of this amazing journey. Click Here

Motorcycle Adventures Round Australia

On May 16th of this year (2025) I (Rob) set out to ride a motorcycle solo and unsupported around Australia.

I expect the journey will cover 14,000-15,000 km, and and last something like 8 to 12 weeks. The route will be clockwise around the continent from Sydney and will try to largely avoid the coastal regions of the country. To the extent possible this will be an outback expedition.

Click the following link to read more.

A long sea voyage

In the first half of 2026 we will undertake A Sea Voyage, from Bankok to Lisbon. The 60 day journey follows (approximately) an old colonial route via India and South Africa to Europe. Along the way we will visit over 30 ports in African and Asian countries as well as some of the worlds smallest island Nations. ..... click to see more.

The Latest News

Visit to Breisach (Freiburg, A Country)

Journal entry for Friday 1st May, 2026 (day 72, miles 0)

Today was another excursion; this time to the local small town named Breisach Am Rhein which overlooks the Rhine River and the border with France. After Breisach Am Rhein we ventured into France to visit an old walled city called Neuf-Brisach where we found a large crowd and a noisy festival underway as part of the May day (May 1st) celebrations.

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A Day in the Black Forest (Freiburg, A Country)

Journal entry for Thursday 30th Apr, 2026 (day 71, miles 0)

The photos below are from a day excursion into the nearby Black Forest. As you can see the weather was great and made for good photos of the forest, lake and historic buildings.

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Disembarkation (Lisbon, Portugal)

Journal entry for Friday 24th Apr, 2026 (day 65, miles 0)

Disembarkation was a slow affair. It seems that Europe has a new immigration computer system that will record biometric info about all people entering Europe in order to accurately enforce Shengen immigration rules. We got our first taste of this system today and while it might be comprehensive it is also slow. It took us about an hour to get through customs and immigration in Lisbon.

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Goats in a Tree (Agadir, Marocco)

Journal entry for Wednesday 22nd Apr, 2026 (day 63, miles 0)

This morning we docked in the Moroccan town of Agadir, the last stop before Lisbon on Friday. Again we find our selves in a working port so ships are loading and unloading around us and the shore, immediately nearby is given over to stacked containers.

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Island of 1000 Volcanoes (Arrecife, Lanzarote Island, Spain)

Journal entry for Tuesday 21st Apr, 2026 (day 62, miles 0)

This morning we docked in the city of Arrecife which is the capital of the Island of Lanzarote. Lanzarote is the most northern island of the Canary Islands, which is Spanish territory and therefore part of Europe. Boy that was a mouth full.

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