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Hello there!

We’re Chris & Bec – The two salty sea-lovers behind Salt & Charcoal. Exploring life through the lens and living in our 4wd bus – “Bunji”. At Salt & Charcoal, you’ll find helpful travel tips, off the beaten track locations, and the inspiration, to spark your next big adventure.

If you like what you see here or see us on the road – come and say hey! Our social links are below.

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Our full blog on Kings Canyon has just dropped in

Our full blog on Kings Canyon has just dropped in our bio! 📖👍 P.S. swipe for us panting during the hike, you can hear us 🤣

There's a lot of inclines ok! 😅

In the blog:
🏕 Where to stay
☀️ What to do
🌿 Our experiences there
📸 Our photography

And a link to our YouTube on this place. 📽

It is MASSIVE, one of the biggest canyons in Australia.

The photos might look like piles of pancakes with golden syrup on Mars, but this place is also 400,000,000 years old!

We will never forget the sheer drops. Such a spectacle to see.

Its a 3.5hour drive from Uluru but we believe it's worth it. How often do you find yourself in the centre of Australia? 🤔

Dont miss the Garden of Eden aswell, the most beautiful oasis and waterhole but a tiring walk to get to.

A few months after visiting we met a guy called Jimmy who was raised in Kings Canyon. Can't wait to share more on our meeting with him as he taught us a lot! 😊

Have you or are you visiting the Red centre?

Please don't miss Kings Canyon and the rim hike, it's an incredible piece of history to see!

Which is your favourite photo?
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Bus building giving us our biggest life lessons…

Bus building giving us our biggest life lessons... & hardest tests as a team! 🚌

Building our dream bus home has been one of the best and toughest things we have done.

Mainly because of the other hurdles life throws at you at the same time.

Basically after I had surgery this year I got central nervous system problems. For a month I could hardly walk or at times even talk!

My nerves just weren't firing. It was scary!

It pushed us to our limits. I really wanted to just keep up with the work and adventures on the bus.

And now all of a sudden Chris had to handle everything plus caring for me.

I remember sitting there in bed thinking, when will this bullsh** be over. And being pissed off about it.

We kept saying "when we get in the bus and go somewhere life will be good again".

It took a lot of hard learnings to FINALLY accept a few things...

It really isn't about that later date! It's about right now. Being with loved ones. Being present.

Cause everything, including your ability to speak and walk can disappear in a second! And how grateful I should be for having that and having my life back again just a month or so later.

This is why we said on our story the quote, "It's not the destination, it's the journey"... it means so much to us now.

No more thinking, "It will be good when"...

Remember that - "It can be good now."

That mindset of looking forward is handy though, cause it reminds you to push for your goals. But I taught myself to be angry when things don't go to plan. And it ain't about that.

We are learning to flip that mindset and appreciate life's hurdles cause they don't stop coming.

And the sooner I learn to embrace those, the sooner I'll feel more content.

Just wanted to share that, cause boy I'm still figuring it out but hope it resonates with someone else too 😊👍
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Happy WA day!! While we wish we spent ours explori

Happy WA day!! While we wish we spent ours exploring @westernaustralia big backyard, instead we were building our dream bus home 😍 can't complain really 😏

We have a very special WA Day activity scheduled for next week 👍

Scroll for some bus build updates! 🚌

Hence our late night post tonight, busy day on the tools 🛠

Under floor is in, soundproofing completed, electricals and solar are in! We have had some special helpers making our dreams a reality.

Sharing them on our stories over the next few days, can't wait to update you on where it's at 👍😁

How did you spend your WA day? 😊
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🐋 SAVE THE CORAL REEFS 🐋 We're lucky to have

🐋 SAVE THE CORAL REEFS 🐋 We're lucky to have explored the Ningaloo & Great Barrier Reef during our travels.

🏝 They've taught us a lot, from facing our fears by swimming with sharks! To learning how we can better protect them.

Here's some answers we have collected, on how to help do our bit 👍

1) Volunteer, sign for change, speak up, rally, watch docos (good old Attenborough 😍), choose certified eco/sustainable products & donate where you can.

2) There are Coral planting programs we would love to do this - if you have any information please tell us! 🙏

3) Theres also charities which do the rallying for you 👍 to push government to put more resources, time, money and rules in place to protect the oceans.

Choose to donate to them! 👆

4) Wear ocean safe sunblock. Important! 🌎

5) Have a sand anchor and anchor away from Coral systems. 💞

6) Be careful with your flippers...
Coral grows very slowly!

7) A big problem is bleaching which could actually kill the coral reefs (in the next 50 years or less). That is from the warming of the ocean. 🌊

Global Warming has a lot of causes, one being land clearing for agriculture and toxic run off which also lands in the ocean. This is why Chris and I try to reduce our meat intake to 1-2 times a week.

8) Pick up litter you see - so it doesn't end up in the ocean. 💪

9) Say a big NO to single use plastics, and use your coffee keep cup always. ☕

We certainly aren't perfect and have slipped up many times! However we try to keep on track and try to keep this in the fore front of our minds.

New answers in the comments:
1) Choose companies that aren't negligent to global warming
2) Don't buy fast fashion
3) Choose eateries who use T/A cardboard utensils over plastic

What do you do? What else can we do? 😊
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The truth about Abu Dhabi. 💫 Ps scroll for cam

The truth about Abu Dhabi. 💫

Ps scroll for camel selfie 🐫 🤳 the cutest camel I ever did see 🙈

We visited in March on a whim for 5 days. (Scroll down our page for our time there). We knew it was different to anywhere had been before...

Plus the spicy cough was in full swing so we easily could get stuck there.

But we are big believers in saying yes to new opportunities. And we were (and are still pinching ourselves) so grateful to be invited to go. 🕌

When we got there this place was clearly out of our league. 🙆‍♀️

It had the most extravagant places we had ever seen, and we soon realised it lived up to its name in luxury, being the richest city in the world. 🪙

It put us out of our comfort zone being there, for a packed itinerary plus creating content for new places, all day, staying up late editing 📽

We came home totally wrecked, jet lagged, tired, inspired... If we had the option to do it all over again, would we? ✈

Of course! This is all that we are about. Adventure and being out of our comfort zone. Pushing our limits and being creative. 📸

Live for today, only worry about tomorrow if we absolutely must 😅.

Abu Dhabi was a great adventure, and the desert will remain in our hearts (our highlight) 🏜 until next time! 😊

We want to dedicate ourselves to new projects like this, showcasing different locations and their adventures to be had. 🙌

Do you believe some of the best things in life push you out of your comfort zone? 😊

Do you have any questions about visiting UAE/Abu Dhabi?

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Swipe for crunchy leaves and a surprise! 🍂📍S

Swipe for crunchy leaves and a surprise! 🍂📍Save for autumn roadtrip ideas 😍

Location:
The Wine Tree 🍷

🦘 Inclusive of a kangaroo feeding on persimmons! 😭😱

Tess and I wandered down to check out the bright red leaves and saw a kangaroo feeding on dropped fruit. I'd never seen Australian wildlife in a setting like this it was beautiful!

Apparently there are often emus here too having a feed. 😍

The Wine Tree do grazing platter of cheeses, crackers, dips, pickled onions and so many other goodies (delish). Plus they have ciders and cider wines they are popular for. 🫒

While in Dwellingup don't miss:
🌲 The Tree tops course this was also a highlight
🚲 Mountain biking
And above all:
🛶 Don't miss Lane Poole Reserve.
Kayak along the river you won't regret it...
Camp at Nanga bush camp! It's the BEST forrest setting. 🏕 Fire pits at most campsites round here. So good!

That's our tips for a Dwellingup visit, please add yours below 👇

Ps Dwellingup is taking votes for being the best WA country town at the moment! Vote - if you love it ❤ they won last year! 🏆

Thank you for taking these bangers @tessomewhere can't wait to do this again soon.

@destinationperth thank you for bringing us here 😍

PS - What's your must do this autumn? 🤩
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