The other day I purchased a book, it's called "The World's Top Wildlife Photographers". As the name implies the book features the work of some very good photographers. There's none of my images in the book though, a serious omission that I must point out to the publishers, but that's not why I mentioned it. No really.

Towards the beginning of the book is a fantastic photo, by Cherry Alexander, of some penguins standing in a surreal landscape of eroded iceberg. It's a great shot, and quite well known, but what fascinated me was the fact that these birds can just live in this environment. No matter how cold, or windy, or wet it gets, they have everything they need in their little bodies.

Later I went for a stroll, it was a very cold and windy evening on the west coast of Tasmania, so I didn't go far. As I returned though I noticed the truck sitting stoically on the edge of the beach. Inside I could see Chris preparing dinner under the warm glow of our incandescent lighting.

I realised that no matter how bad the weather is, we have our own little space capsule that keeps us warm and dry. In fact, within the confines of the truck we have everything we need, rather like the penguins.

OK so we need 14 tonnes of technology and some money in the bank, but it's kind of the same.

My point is (at last) that this motorhoming lifestyle is almost completely self sufficient, we are free to drive pretty much anywhere we like, and free to live pretty much anywhere we like.

And you can probably do the same, it's easier than you think. Just sell the house, sell all the crap you've been hoarding, bugger off, and find your own pristine beach somewhere in this big country.

Till next time then, and remember,

don't dream it, be it!