AIRventure with the Fosters

AIRventure with the Fosters We are the Fosters....the mighty mighty Fosters. Join us as we travel Australia in our Opus OP4.

Goodbye Melbourne - next stop HOME!Might have to loop up and around Goulburn before coming back down to Bungendore to ma...
25/09/2024

Goodbye Melbourne - next stop HOME!

Might have to loop up and around Goulburn before coming back down to Bungendore to make sure we hit the 20,000km.

Kenzie is excited to get home to all her dolls and not sharing a bedroom with Nathan! 😂

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Lemonade Scones...yummy on a cold wet day!- 440g SR flour (or plain flour plus 25g baking powder)- 50g cold butter- 125g...
21/09/2024

Lemonade Scones...yummy on a cold wet day!

- 440g SR flour (or plain flour plus 25g baking powder)
- 50g cold butter
- 125g cold milk
- 230g cold lemonade

1. Rub butter in to flour to form a shaggy crumb, then add all other ingredients and stir gently until just combined.

2. Turn out on to lightly floured bench and press/roll out to 3-4cm high and then cut out 8cm rounds (or about 2Tbs blobs).

3. Arrange scones in warmed air fryer basket about 3-5cm apart so they can raise but not spread out too much. Brush on a little milk so the brown beautifully

4. Cook on 180°C for 10 minutes. Then turn over and cook for further 4-6 minutes.

5. Enjoy warm with your favourite jam and cream.

Kenzie has taken a plate over to share with some new friends around the fire.
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Reflection Post.It's day 100 of our trip with one week left before getting home Are we excited? Yes, but we are also sad...
19/09/2024

Reflection Post.

It's day 100 of our trip with one week left before getting home
Are we excited? Yes, but we are also sad at closing this travel chapter.

We have enjoyed our journey for the most part and would do it again in a heartbeat - probably when the kids are older and more independent. Parenting is hard enough at home and more challenging on the road without all our go-to activites/distractions. We were definitely ambitious in our plan requiring to move sites every 1-3 nights. This was too quick for our kids and we found them to be grumpier/acting out more on those one nighters. I definitely lost the iPad battle on more than one occasion!

The Op4 has been really great - it really does have quite a lot of floor space when it's inflated with the annex attached and doesn't feel to crammed especially with the high ceilings. With the 4 of us it would be nice to have additional storage like in a van, but we have managed. We did only take the butt cushions and not the backs to save space which enabled us to store stuff on the floor at packdown thereby keeping it off the roof racks.

'Grub' has really performed well on all the corrugations including the sh*tty 240km road between Ivanhoe and Menindee (don't do it - avoid!), the Oodnadatta Track and Gibb River Road. We have really only had minor damage like the cracked reflectors, chipped paint, light strips breaking etc. - the car took more hits than the camper. The kitchen slide isn't the best at sliding anymore after loosing a bolt/roller at the end, and the silicone has weathered meaning the entire stove top moves about slightly.

Budget wise we have probably gone over, but as other travellers have said, it's hard and sometimes depressing constantly monitoring the budget. Some days we spend a lot but other days we spend next to nothing. At the end of the day we have been able to enjoy our trip and haven't felt like we have missed out on anything because of money (have missed some things purely because of the kids ages). By the time we get home I think the trip would have cost around $22k.

All in all this trip has been really amazing, meeting lots of people and having fun experiences like seeing the sunrise/sunset over Uluru and the Olgas, swimming with crocodiles, riding camels, seeing Horizontal Falls.

10/10 would go again.

Moving days are always a mad rush - made slower with kids. Thank god for playgrounds and the iPad so we can actually pac...
19/09/2024

Moving days are always a mad rush - made slower with kids. Thank god for playgrounds and the iPad so we can actually pack up!

Took longer to pack this morning than usual after three nights in the Barossa - having to hide away the chocolates and wine and getting up all the pegs we put down (all of them - we used all our pegs with the wind and still had to hold the annex as we deflated to stop it flying away!) 😂

Quick stop at Port Augusta for fuel and Krispy Kreme donuts.It's been three (long at times) months since we first passed...
16/09/2024

Quick stop at Port Augusta for fuel and Krispy Kreme donuts.

It's been three (long at times) months since we first passed through and can say we have finished the half loop of Australia now.

Heading to the Barossa Valley for a couple of nights on our way home. 17,700km currently driven.

Hello again South Australia!
10/09/2024

Hello again South Australia!

Worth a stop (even in the rain) at Bicentennial Tree by Pemberton.Good spot for a picnic lunch and to climb the tree if ...
06/09/2024

Worth a stop (even in the rain) at Bicentennial Tree by Pemberton.

Good spot for a picnic lunch and to climb the tree if you are brave enough.

It's over 60m tall and was used to spot fires. 'Unfortunately' you can't climb past the first platform currently but that is still about 20m in the air. We weren't cut out for that especially in the rain and no safety lines, so just let the kids climb the first half dozen steps to around 3m (so we could catch them).

Three weeks till we get home now and back to work! 😬We have just enjoyed a couple of days in Margaret River and are slow...
05/09/2024

Three weeks till we get home now and back to work! 😬

We have just enjoyed a couple of days in Margaret River and are slowly making our way to the Nullarbor (and SA). Hoping for better weather.

We loved our stay at Taunton Farm - especially anomal feeding every afternoon. Could have done without the rain especially this morning when we were packing up! (When we pumped up at Coalmine Beach HP it's started raining inside from all the water we trapped this morning).

Definitely need to come back and hit up some wineries and the mazes! Kids enjoyed Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse, the playground at Busselton, Jewel cave and the chocolate shop.

It took about 2.5 months of our trip to get wet weather and can say we are thoroughly soggy now.Thankfully we had some t...
04/09/2024

It took about 2.5 months of our trip to get wet weather and can say we are thoroughly soggy now.

Thankfully we had some time with family in Perth to dry off. Also got in a girls day with Mackenzie (taking the train to the city to visit the library and have YumCha followed by Souflee Pancakes before getting our nails done).

Thanks Perth for having us, we had fun catching up with family and friends, hunting giants in Mandurah, and washing everything!

For those heading to/already enjoying WA - I recommend downloading the Every Kid in a Park App (by Nature Play WA). It h...
04/09/2024

For those heading to/already enjoying WA - I recommend downloading the Every Kid in a Park App (by Nature Play WA).
It has great family/children focused information about all the parks around WA.
It also offers a 50% discount code to buy a park pass (took the annual all parks pass down to $65).

Also - you don't need to print out the park pass as it states as it's all linked to your car rego. So don't stress if you can't print it (just have the barcode ready to scan)
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10/10 loving my Air Fryer...so glad we packed it for our trip (although the Merinee Loop past Uluru killed it and had to...
04/09/2024

10/10 loving my Air Fryer...so glad we packed it for our trip (although the Merinee Loop past Uluru killed it and had to wait three weeks to exchange it in Darwin. 😬😅)

Beautiful crispy pork belly and roast veggies all in one - think it was easier than cooking at home too!

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