Penny’s Epic Trip Around Australia!

Language Chats

In this episode, we’re chatting with our intrepid traveller Penny, who is on the trip of a lifetime around Australia with her family!

After setting off in August 2023 for a 5-month road trip around the country, Penny and her family are discovering parts of Australia that they’ve never been to before, encountering different languages and cultures, and experiencing all the fun, challenges and practical considerations of travelling with a camper trailer in tow.

Have a question for Penny about her trip? Get in touch or join our Facebook group, Language Lovers AU Community, to connect with other like-minded language lovers in Australia and abroad.

Episode Links

• About Kungarakan country - Kungarakan Culture and Education Association (NT)

• Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park - National Parks and Wildlife Service (SA)

• Wilpena Pound (SA)

• Coober Pedy (SA)

• Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park - Parks Australia (NT)

• Language | Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (NT) - palya means ‘hello’ (and can also be used for ‘goodbye’, ‘thank you’ and ‘finish’) in Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara

• Watarrka National Park (NT)

• Bush Food of Australia aka Bush Tucker - Welcome to Country

• 10 ways Aboriginal Australians made English their own - The Conversation

• What is the Indigenous voice to parliament, how would it work, and what happens next? - The Guardian

• Kakadu National Park (NT)

• Royal Flying Doctor Service

• Country kids return to online classrooms as School of the Air starts new year - ABC News

• Follow Penny’s trip on Instagram: @lingo_mama | @wandering_wilstones