Van Talk – Latest Episode

Episode 1: Intimacy, Invading Kangaroos, Toilet Cartridge Fails and all things Family Van Life.

Ella and Brad answer some questions sent in via Instagram about Van life. We talk intimacy, romance, parenting and the grossest aspects of van life.

About Us

We are the Rathbone’s Brad, Ella, Cove and Kiko and we are traveling around Australia in a vintage caravan that we renovated. We were saving for a house deposit but when prices rose our dreams were diverted and here we are today, 12 months into living the Aussie dream! Caravan life has been such an unexpected journey of fun, adventure, hardship and learning. that we wanted an outlet to share that with the people around us. We are real and relatable and that’s what we love about our family. 

How we renovated our Caravan and what it cost us…

How we renovated our Caravan and what it cost us…

What does it cost to renovate a vintage caravan and what exactly did you do? Is the questions we are asked frequently so we thought we would write out a detailed blog of the exact materials we used and how much it all cost us.. Before we bought our vintage caravan we...

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How to prepare your kids to move into a caravan..

How to prepare your kids to move into a caravan..

The number one thing that caused me much stress before moving into a van full time was this one thing- How to prepare my kids for it. Like any mother i wanted the transition to be as easy as it could be for my boys ( one was 1.5 and the other was 3.5 years). This is...

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