#buslife

#buslife

Between playing local chippy as well as our resident bus-converter, Chris has got his MR Class L plates so he can drive our new home (legally anyway..) and has had a couple of trips out and about driving the bus on trips to Bunnings and to collect pallets etc....
Building Building Building…

Building Building Building…

So this last weekend we’ve (I have) been honing my ‘building skills’ – sort of a LARGE SCALE practise run for our bus. I scored a little chippy job helping one of my brothers-in-law put together a timber frame granny flat that one of his mates...
Blergh…

Blergh…

Today I (Michelle) am feeling a little overwhelmed and blergh about the bus reno. It was a hard day today. Having to take apart little bits to work out how the bus was put together. Finding so much tack welded and riveted from the top and unable to be removed without...
Work has Started…

Work has Started…

So when we were thinking about moving to Perth and building a bus, the plan [fantasy] was that We’d [Chris would] have all day every day to work on the bus conversion and it would be finished in no time. The reality is that life still happens…. I (I mean...
WE BOUGHT A BUS!!

WE BOUGHT A BUS!!

So we looked at the orange bus that was pictured in our last blog-post, and as much it’s exciting to be looking, it was a little disheartening if that was what $5000 gets ya with the amount of rust and work before we even started turning it into a home. Anyway,...
And Now – Find a Bus!!

And Now – Find a Bus!!

So our #bushunt has begun – actually been going for a little while, but it’s been a little “full-on” adjusting to our move etc, so our social media activity has taken a back seat (#nopunintended #dadjoke)We looked at the orange one last week, a...

The Journey Begins…

Magick And Marathons Michelle came up with the idea of combining our gifts, talents and businesses a year or so ago, and I REALLY loved the idea although there was always something (some sort of fear??) stopping me… I guess I knew I would really have to be...
Magick And Marathons is born…

Magick And Marathons is born…

Magick And Marathons is Michelle and Chris, both from WA although loved living almost 10 years in SA. In March 2016, life took a pretty hectic turn for Chris and Michelle, soon after their first grand daughter was born, Michelle presented at the E.R. with what Chris...