Solo Female Van Life | Setting Up Camp Alone in the Australian Bush

Well all of that took about an hour and that was with me filming too. So I had my drone out, I had to keep moving my GoPro around, so it'd probably take a lot less time normally. But yeah, they're all the things that I like to do just to make the campsite feel like home for a while. So when you're on the road you sort of lose that sense of stability, so it creates that space that feels like me. And it creates, it feels like a bit of a safe zone, you know, because it's kind of, it's funky, it's my vibe, it's kind of having a home outside in the bush. And I love it, it just makes me feel really happy, putting my Buddhas out and my plant out and my hammock. Yeah, it makes me really happy. And so I've spent a lot of time recently in Perth and I've just, obviously it was the Christmas and New Year break and I had a bit of time off work too, so I spent a lot of time with family. I did that wall mural for my best friend's kids playroom, which was so much fun. And I have to admit, ever since, all I've wanted to do is just do another one. I just want to do these big brushstrokes everywhere, so it might be my new calling. But yeah, it was so much fun hanging out with all of them. I've spent a lot of time with my daughter. I spent a week just recently with my family down in Dunsborough because they go away every year. And my 12-year-old nephew, he was out on the sup with me heaps and he did lots of filming for me as well, which was really cool. And my niece, who just turned 15, she cut my hair for me, so it was cool. Just had to cut off all the dead ends, you know, during summer. I spend so much time in the water that it just kills the end of my hair. I'm just about to have a car drive past. Oh, they're behind me. It's all right. I get a bit funny about people seeing me talking to a camera and they won't be able to see the camera, so they'll think I'm talking to myself. Anyway, so yeah, I've loved spending time with the family, but I do spending time in Perth, in the city. I'm not connected to my trees. When I come down here, that's where my smile emerges because I just feel connected to everything. I can't quite explain it. It just makes me feel happy and calm and at peace, you know. So yeah, I've come down here and set up campsite. And look, I actually have to head into town tomorrow because I've got to post an order. So I may not leave everything out here when I do go into town. Plus, it's actually going to get really hot down here as well. So I think it's going to be about 35 degrees. And when you're in the bush, that can be a bit sticky and uncomfortable. So I may spend the day just down at the ocean and then come back here when it gets a bit cooler, depending on what the wind's doing. But I also have, I've got work again tomorrow and back at work, and I know it's going to be nuts. And so when I come to these places, it just gives me that space to focus on work, focus on the things I'm passionate about. So when I'm in the city, I kind of get distracted by catching up with people or, you know, snorkeling and that kind of thing. And so I've actually really missed just doing YouTube videos. Like I love, I love filming and editing. But also with work, because it is going to be so busy tomorrow, I can get a bit overwhelmed when I've got a lot of tasks to do, you know, on my list. And I know it's going to be like that tomorrow. And so if I can get rid of all the other distractions and just focus on that, that'll make me feel a bit calmer and better. So I'll probably get cracking on that pretty early in the morning, just while it's still cool here in the bush. And then I can sort of head, you know, into town or into the ocean about lunchtime and spend an hour in the air for lunch. And yeah, and then maybe come back later in the evening. But that's, that's the joy of van life, right? You know, you just get to go do things at a whim, you know, you go with what the weather's going to provide what what's going on in your life at the time, you know, I have that, that joy of being able to spend time with family, but also coming here when I need to, and just, just escaping the world for a while. And I think I suppose that's what people's homes are for, you know, like they go back to their home at the end of the day, and that's their safe space and the place they can rest and focus and regroup. And so this is that for me. And I think, I think that, you know, why, if you look at life a little bit differently, why can't we just have a campsite as our home, you know, like it's it is a temporary home, but that's how I love to live my life. I love living like a gypsy, like, oh, it's in my bones. So anyway, that's my chat for today. I hope you've enjoyed watching me set up campsite. Yeah, probably be a bit different during winter, maybe I might get a fire going, but there is a total fire ban here at the moment. So yeah. Now I'm going to sit here in my hammock and I'm going to have a chocolate covered snake from the Market River Chocolate Factory. But they arguably were stalemates. One thing I regret, it was stealing all those cedars, removing Humbaba's head, but it was fun. Run the roads, reckless abandon, fighting with the sun, taking back the trophies to cities that were wrong.