I’ve always been a list-maker, and over the next week I made lists of clothing, kitchenware, linen, towels, non-perishable food, and equipment for cooking and eating outdoors. I bought several books about travelling around Australia. When I thought my lists were complete, I began to fill the van, crossing off items as I packed them. If I remembered an item that wasn’t on one of my lists, I added it anyway, and then crossed it off.
Finally, the drawers were jammed with clothes and toiletries. The kitchen had enough equipment for me to set up a restaurant in the Outback! The pantry was stacked with every possible tin or packet of fruit, vegetables, long-life milk, and soup that any traveller could want. I had an outdoor stove, a small barbeque, two chairs, and a fold-up table squeezed into
