THE JOURNEY OF PICCOLO ROSE

After many months distracted with a Reno on our cottage, we've had a much deserved getaway in our little Piccolo Rose. Nothing has...

Just couldn't help sharing my own camping accommodation when I was a girl in the 50's. My Dad was a very practical and resourceful man...

The south coast resonates to my soul as I was born and raised in Bega on the Far South Coast, and left the Bega Valley when I was in my...

I am not sure I really want to mention this place on my blog for fear it will become inundated, but it is just the most amazing place to...

We had scheduled a photoshoot at Kiama with the Editor of ROAM Magazine and the date had loomed up rather quickly. A trip down the...

WARNING: This is a BIG blog entry because this was a BIG part of the Reno. A roll-out kitchen was always planned for Piccolo Rose, but...

When we are travelling we really enjoy pulling up wherever we feel inclined, popping our table and chairs outside the door of the van and...

This place is a hidden secret I am sure. It is a quiet and relatively small caravan park close by the beach, with easy beach access. If...

In the midst of winter and we escape to South West Rocks and stay in the caravan park right in town overlooking Horseshoe Bay. It's a...

After our time at Bonny Hills we continued our birthday sojourn to Hawkes Nest, where we stayed at Jimmy's Beach which is on the northern...

Carl's birthday was looming, so we decided to have an escape in Piccolo Rose again. We headed to one of our favourite spots on the Mid...

Hooking up the water had now become a rather important stage in the Reno, so yet another trip to the caravan supply shop and to Bunnings...

The interior decorating details were certainly a very exciting stage of the Reno for me. I had been designing every detail in my head for...

Much thought had been given to the aesthetics of the cupboard doors and the finished look. We wanted them to sit flush and also to be...

The time had come for us to finish the drawers and the doors on the cupboards. Carl constructed the drawers under the bench, which would...

The caravan magazine editor had been communicating with me for some time and was very keen to feature Piccolo Rose in their magazine,...

A really important job that had not been completed was the side awning. This is a part of the Reno that has a little story. The original...

The next job we needed to make happen was the drawers and cupboard doors. This was something we had spent a lot of time thinking about...

Much thought had been given to the cupboard doors and now it was time to see if our vision for them would come together as well as we had...

We returned from our first adventure with renewed inspiration to conquer the unfinished jobs of the Reno. The first important job was to...