About us

I'm John Marsden.

I just want to give you some idea of my "experiences" so that you know I am not a novice when it comes to travel-in fact I have been travelling for nearly 45 years!

I started in 1964 with a trip to Europe by the good ship Canberra-then the Pride of the P & O Fleet- hitch hiked through Europe and UK and returned home by air through USA staying and travelling with people I had met in Europe. During this trip I crossed through Checkpoint Charlie between West & East Berlin under the guns of very suspicious East German border guards.

In 1976 I took my family to Europe for a 12 months campervan tour of Europe, but this was cut short by family circumstances which needed us to return home after only 3 months.

In 1981 we did return and complete our 12 month campervan trip.

1989 -a few days in LA followed  by a 1 month campervan trip through England, Scotland and Wales.

1994- a 1 month trip by air and car through parts of USA

1997 Bali for a week

2003 a 3 months Retirement trip, covering a number of European countries not seen before and returning via USA.

2004 Fiji 1 week

2005 China 4 weeks

2006 Canada- 3 weeks on the western coast

2007 South America & Antarctica-I've put my foot on that white continent.

And in between a number of trips around Australia and New Zealand.

Recently I spent 9 nights camping from Perth to Adelaide, even sleeping on the Nullarbor Plain a couple of nights. Totally out of my comfort zone! But it was wonderful. You can read about it in my blog.

I've now passed 65-which used to be RETIREMENT and a gold watch-and I want to help others who want to see our wonderful country. I've also included New Zealand because of the close relationship between our 2 countries.

We all want to get value for money but unfortunately many Seniors & Nomads don't know what they are entitled to. I want to help. Many of us have Seniors Cards but do we use them enough?

Have a look at my blog

Please note that this is a work in progress. Come back regularly and see the changes!