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Budget Travel Talk Married for life. Live to Love. Love to Travel. Greece is a recent favourite. Lived 60 years in Townsville. 10 years on the Sunshine Coast. Hello, I'm Jan.

Currently travelling Australia. My husband Marty and I have been living and travelling together for over thirty years. We were both born in Townsville, North Queensland but recently shifted to Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland.. Budget Travel Talk blog is currently focussed on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland, dog friendly Cafes and accommodation. Exploring the Noosa Hinterland and

staying with Airbnb. If you love a good backstory carry a n reading. In 1980 after 9 months in the U.K., Europe and Bali, we landed in Perth, Western Australia. Out of necessity we both got jobs and subsequently hatched a plan to buy a campervan. After two years of exploring everywhere within a week-end’s radius of Perth, we said goodbye to our West Australian lifestyle and headed north to the cultural melting pot of Broome. From there we headed east across the top of Australia on the final leg home to Townsville. Our child rearing years saw us waterskiing on Lake Tinaroo, chilling on Magnetic Island and snorkelling on coral reefs. Fast forward to 2008, our first trip out of the country in twenty-eight years was a campervan trip around the south island of New Zealand and once more we were hooked on travel. A three month trip in 2010 saw us dodging bullets in Bangkok, volcanic ash cloud in Italy and arriving in New York the day before the Times Square bombing attempt. In April 2011 we spent a month travelling in Vietnam. Love it or hate it Vietnam is the ultimate budget traveller’s destination. House-sitting is perfect for us and 2 weeks in the hills near Granada, Spain was a wonderful introduction. Just returned from 10 weeks in Europe July 2015. Read about it on the blog. The best surprise was finding Trebinje in BiH. Welcome to Budget Travel Talk
Jan

Sundown from the Cable Beach Surf Club, Broome
01/09/2026

Sundown from the Cable Beach Surf Club, Broome

Broome’s Stairway to the Moon from the rocks at the jetty entrance.
31/08/2026

Broome’s Stairway to the Moon from the rocks at the jetty entrance.

Myalls Bore made in the early 1900’s is 120 m long. It’s near derby at the same place as the prison boab tree.
30/08/2026

Myalls Bore made in the early 1900’s is 120 m long. It’s near derby at the same place as the prison boab tree.

The maps and fruit shift from table to bed according to the time of day in our van.
30/08/2026

The maps and fruit shift from table to bed according to the time of day in our van.

So many photos that I love from Ngumbun Cliffs Free Camp WA at Sunset. This was taken at 5.23 pm last night.
27/08/2026

So many photos that I love from Ngumbun Cliffs Free Camp WA at Sunset. This was taken at 5.23 pm last night.

Ngumbun Cliff Rest Area between Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing WA. A great free campground and a stunning free sunset....
26/08/2026

Ngumbun Cliff Rest Area between Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing WA. A great free campground and a stunning free sunset.😜

Wyndham Wireless Station 1914-1921Closed due to severe static interference with radio and telegraph signals from iron be...
17/08/2026

Wyndham Wireless Station 1914-1921
Closed due to severe static interference with radio and telegraph signals from iron bearing rocks.

Boat ramp and jetty at Celebrity Tree Park Lake Kununurra Western Australia.
16/08/2026

Boat ramp and jetty at Celebrity Tree Park Lake Kununurra Western Australia.

Marty standing at base of tree for scale. Manbulloo Homestead Caravan Park, Katherine NT
13/08/2026

Marty standing at base of tree for scale. Manbulloo Homestead Caravan Park, Katherine NT

The Timor Sea and Sky. Dundee Beach NT.
07/08/2026

The Timor Sea and Sky. Dundee Beach NT.

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