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Hi, we’re Lars and Shelley

Founders of Lifejourney4two

We’ve sold all of our belongings and are road-tripping our way around the world.

Along the way, we’re sharing our road trip journeys, destinations, travel tips and our photography.

When our adventure began, it was going to be for a year …but the paths less travelled still call our name…

So, our lifejourney4two continues.

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Why Come Along For the Ride?

Join us for:

🔘 Tips and ideas to make your road trips and travels hassle-free, economical and fun

🔘 Road trip itinerary ideas

🔘 Destination guides

🔘 Travel Resources to help plan your road trips and adventures

🔘 Inspiration to make your one day… day one

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LIFEJOURNEY4TWO: OUR STORY

We took a leap — way out of our comfort zone —  and made it happen.

In traveller terms, we are neither your youthful backpackers nor your retirees; we fall into that illustrious middle-age bracket. We didn’t win the lotto and weren’t born with a silver spoon, but we both desired a different kind of fulfilment from what we were living.

Back in 2016, in Perth, Western Australia, we sat down one afternoon with pen and paper, and we mapped out our hopes and dreams for the future.

We wanted to travel and volunteer overseas. So we listed all the countries we’d like to visit … the list became bigger and bigger.

We felt so excited about the future, of all the things we wanted to do… One day!’

When?

Once we retired?

When we won the lottery?

We turned to each other – both knowing what the other was thinking,

‘Why not now?’

MAKING IT HAPPEN …

lifejourney4two first road trip from Perth to Melbourne
Camping on our west-to-east coast trip across Australia

After saving like crazy for about a year, we sold everything we owned (even down to the plant pots — every dollar counted!), quit our full-time professional jobs and set forth.

Our first trip was an epic camping road trip across Australia from Perth to Melbourne, to say bye to friends, many of whom thought us either crazy or brave …

Crazy?

Brave?

We don’t think so.

We followed our hearts, took the decision and made that dream a reality.

AND SO OUR ROAD-TRIPPING JOURNEY BEGAN …

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We’ve been on the road since April 2017. 

During the journey, our plans have chopped and changed, but that’s all part of the adventure.

Our Lifejourney4two Travels so far …  

April 2017 – May 2018: YEAR 1

May 2018 – April 2019: YEAR 2

May 2019 – April 2020: YEAR 3

May 2020 – April 2021: YEAR 4

May 2021 – April 2022: YEAR 5

  • In September 2021, after almost a year in Norway, we arrived in Aberdeen, Scotland where Lars worked for a year – more savings for our return to Africa (while Covid was still ravaging travel)

May 2022 – April 2023: YEAR 6

May 2023- April 2024: YEAR 7

  • At the end of May 2023, we packed up “Bucky”, left it in storage in Botswana and flew back to Australia. Lifejourney4two.com has been steadily growing and it’s time to invest our time in getting it to a point where it can sustain us on our travels.

    We’re very excited to grow this ‘baby’ by adding all our helpful travel guides and travel tips while we spend 9 -12 months house-sitting in Perth, Australia.

We share stories from our travels on these Podcasts:

COUNTRIES WE’VE VISITED SO FAR

AlbaniaAustralia (home), Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Bosnia and HerzegovinaCanadaCroatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, FranceGermanyGreece, Hungary, IcelandIrelandItalyLesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, NetherlandsNorway, Poland, PortugalSerbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South AfricaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan

WHERE ARE WE NOW?

We are currently in Australia

LIFEJOURNEY4TWO YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Check out our videos on YouTube for more of our story.

Walkthrough of our Toyota Hilux Bush Camper

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Walk-through of our 4x4, 2016 Toyota Hilux following modifications

 Here are more video snippets you may be interested in: 

Some said we were crazy, some said we were brave and many more said, ‘I’d love to do that, one day…’

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