Just curious.............how many solo's are out there travelling full time?
Cee said
11:49 PM Sep 1, 2010
Hiya All,
I was just curious as to how many solo's are out there travelling full time?
lilly said
06:57 PM Sep 2, 2010
look like no one cee but in 18 months i will be and cant wait
Cruising Granny said
06:57 PM Sep 2, 2010
Well I started out travelling full time, but I've been parked up for a couple of years tending to medical stuff.
But I do live in my van full time, and where I'm parked is where I live.
Dunmowin said
08:59 PM Sep 2, 2010
bring on july 2011 and we will be one of those statistics
Dunmowin said
09:00 PM Sep 2, 2010
Just realised this is the SOLO site, so i suppose our pending start up date is irrelevent to the original question.....
-- Edited by Dunmowin on Thursday 2nd of September 2010 09:01:30 PM
Cee said
08:17 PM Sep 3, 2010
Hiya Lilly,
Good for you...........with a bit of luck we will meet up on the road next year
Keep Smiling
lilly said
08:50 PM Sep 3, 2010
hope so cee when do you planed on takeing off
gunadoo said
10:25 PM Sep 4, 2010
You can add me to the list,as of May this year.Currently in Darwin,where it's starting to get wet..early "build up" some say
jonathan said
05:18 AM Sep 5, 2010
Hi Cee .. Sorry, I missed your post .. Quite a few out there as I've found out. I wouldn't be surprised if there were as many females as there is males travelling fulltime. What seems to be beneficial to many is to be part of a 'registered' solo type group. This can be a help if you find it difficult to mix easily .. Its not necessary to join immediately .. follow your instinct .. you may also appreciate the great option of time on your own .. it's all god !
Jon (currently at Macquarie Woods, NSW)
nswoutback said
09:08 PM Sep 22, 2010
I suspect a moderately large number.
On Monday, I refuelled car. Car and van pulled in on opposite side of bowser (male, 60 plus on his own). Two minutes later, car and van pulled in behind me (lady 50 plus on her own).
I paid for fuel and left. My thoughts were on options and opportunities. Thirty minutes later, I overtook smaller wagon, towing camper, lady on own. Again today. I overtook sedan towing van, lady on own.
I have done about 10,000 towing van, on my own. Not my preferred option. From 2012, I propose a few months travel in van every year. I certainly would prefer not to be on my own
-- Edited by nswoutback on Wednesday 22nd of September 2010 09:08:46 PM
Dunmowin said
09:15 PM Sep 22, 2010
Welcolme NSWoutback
lilly said
09:20 PM Sep 22, 2010
I would think that most of us dont want to trave lalone but thing's happen .and if we want to go we have to go solol or not at all ... but i think will all of us out there we surely must meet up and have a solo bbq and a few drinkies while on the road exchange story's about our adventure i for one cant wait to be out there saying hello to all the solos and the married nomads as welll some much to see so little time i need to get going lol
I have done few small trips and i found as many solo women as there is men on road
-- Edited by lilly on Wednesday 22nd of September 2010 09:21:49 PM
Cruising Granny said
10:05 PM Sep 22, 2010
It's a great life, and strange as it may seem, I for one never feel lonely.
Solo is the preferred option to having the wrong person intruding on your adventures.
I enjoy the driving and I enjoy the time in van parks meeting fellow travellers, of the married and single variety, of all ages.
We nomads are an interesting lot.
I may call in to your camp for a chat. If it seems you don't want my company I move on.
I spend a lot of time alone, writing or on this technical gadget communicating with fellow travellers and friends I've met along the way, or am yet to meet.
I'm getting fidgety now as the time to hitch up is approaching. I could go tomorrow, but I've set myself a date.
If I don't find work before the end of October I'm heading back to SA for a while with family and friends. Then it will be off again if the diesel fund holds out.
It's all good.
Happywanderer said
11:29 PM Sep 22, 2010
The other good thing about travelling solo is you meet up with others travelling the same way and can travel in convoy for a while to aparticular place, then go off on your own before meeting up again to keep each other company for another little trip somewhere.
lilly said
10:07 PM Sep 23, 2010
I actually like my time alone .... like granny i never get lonely and if i do i pull up in camps say hi and you are no longer lonely ... it my down time i suppose i read , listen to music, i take lots of pictures ..i enjoy my time ..something i have not been able to do for the last 30 years ..with working and raising two girls on my own .......
Beth54 said
10:14 AM Sep 24, 2010
I won't be travelling full time, unless I have a win on Lotto and buy a caravan!
The trips I've done since buying my Gypsy, have been mostly with friends/family. I will probably do some trips alone, just to test myself, but I don't particularly like being alone too much.
Hopefully, I'll get in another trip before Xmas. At the moment, I'm out of action with a broken wrist...from my trip to Jondaryan. Stepped in a hole and FOOSH...fell on out-stretched hand!
Happywanderer said
12:36 PM Sep 24, 2010
Good luck with your broken wrist Beth54. Is it in plaster?
This time last year I drove from Echuca to Bundaberg with my left arm broken in two places, the wrist and just below the elbow. I have a manual car and it wasn't put in plaster as to being diagnosed too late.
It was a hard trip and took me 4 days, but I made it.
Beth54 said
12:54 PM Sep 24, 2010
Happywanderer wrote:
Good luck with your broken wrist Beth54. Is it in plaster? This time last year I drove from Echuca to Bundaberg with my left arm broken in two places, the wrist and just below the elbow. I have a manual car and it wasn't put in plaster as to being diagnosed too late. It was a hard trip and took me 4 days, but I made it.
Hi Happywanderer. No plaster. My doctor knew I lived alone and said it'd be too restricting for me. So I have one of those brace things from the chemist. Only a week or so to go now and I can take it off. Yes, I can drive okay, but handling Gypsy would be too much.
Two breaks and you were still able to drive...I'm impressed! Cheers.
I was just curious as to how many solo's are out there travelling full time?
-- Edited by Dunmowin on Thursday 2nd of September 2010 09:01:30 PM
Good for you...........with a bit of luck we will meet up on the road next year
Keep Smiling
Sorry, I missed your post .. Quite a few out there as I've found out. I wouldn't be surprised if there were as many females as there is males travelling fulltime.
What seems to be beneficial to many is to be part of a 'registered' solo type group. This can be a help if you find it difficult to mix easily ..
Its not necessary to join immediately .. follow your instinct .. you may also appreciate the great option of time on your own .. it's all god !
Jon (currently at Macquarie Woods, NSW)
On Monday, I refuelled car. Car and van pulled in on opposite side of bowser (male, 60 plus on his own). Two minutes later, car and van pulled in behind me (lady 50 plus on her own).
I paid for fuel and left. My thoughts were on options and opportunities. Thirty minutes later, I overtook smaller wagon, towing camper, lady on own. Again today. I overtook sedan towing van, lady on own.
I have done about 10,000 towing van, on my own. Not my preferred option. From 2012, I propose a few months travel in van every year. I certainly would prefer not to be on my own
-- Edited by nswoutback on Wednesday 22nd of September 2010 09:08:46 PM
or not at all ... but i think will all of us out there we surely must meet up and have a solo bbq and a few drinkies while on the road exchange story's about our adventure i for one cant wait to be out there saying hello to all the solos and the married nomads as welll some much to see so little time i need to get going lol
I have done few small trips and i found as many solo women as there is men on road
-- Edited by lilly on Wednesday 22nd of September 2010 09:21:49 PM
The trips I've done since buying my Gypsy, have been mostly with friends/family. I will probably do some trips alone, just to test myself, but I don't particularly like being alone too much.
Hopefully, I'll get in another trip before Xmas. At the moment, I'm out of action with a broken wrist...from my trip to Jondaryan. Stepped in a hole and FOOSH...fell on out-stretched hand!
Two breaks and you were still able to drive...I'm impressed!
Cheers.