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on the road VAN LIFE: THREE CRUISY ROAD TRIPS TO TRY OVERSEAS Words Matt Castell Images @stay_lame; @d2lan; @curlsonclouds
The tunes are unreal, snacks are copious, and your bed is only few feet from the steering wheel. You wonder aloud if you’ll ever catch another packed flight or stay in an overpriced hotel again? Your navigator and travel bestie shakes his or her head and mumbles something about missing a turn 100 or so kilometres ago. You don’t care. This is van life, wrong turns don’t exist, and adventure always lies around the next bend. Van travel is back in vogue, and Australia is one of the greatest places in the world to cruise the bitumen – we have the best beaches, campsites, pubs full of character, and likeminded road warriors – but there are also heaps of overseas road trips to scratch your itch, so get out the map and highlighter and check out three of the best van routes to put on your list!
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