The Wandering Warthog

With a few driving lessons under our belts, we booked a driving test. The bad news is that if you book anywhere in or around Cape Town, you have to wait months for an open slot. If, however, you head off into the country and book in Moorreesburg… you discover that...

Because the warthog will be over 3.5 tons when loaded, we need a heavy duty drivers licence to drive the beast. So there we were, after more than 30 years of driving each, buying a ‘Learner’s Licence’ book and studying road signs again. Luckily (on my part) and...

When we visited TravelStar in Knysna to see how the warthog was coming along, Dickie Jurgens asked if we’d like to test an Iveco while we were there. What a question! Of course we would! So off we went, Dickie, Nige, me and Ken (resident Plett friend) – in a...

Last weekend, we took a trip to Knysna to see how the vehicle build was coming along. And it’s coming along nicely, thank you! The interior has been laid out, with the main sections all in place. Currently underway is the electrical wiring, and then the interior will...

Hier kom ‘n ding! We’ve ordered – and paid for – an Iveco Daily 4x4 cab and chassis, and now the ‘home’ bit is being built by TravelStar in Knysna. We’ve finalised the design and it includes everything one could possibly need to travel the world: It’s insulated so...

In 1996, we travelled overland from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa in a Landrover. We decided that, at some point - probably when we retired - we would build a custom vehicle to travel to other bits of the world. We're not quite ready to retire yet, but we...