Hi, we’re Kerryn and Phil, an over-50s Australian couple choosing to travel brilliantly together in this season of life.
At Sapphire Blue Travel, we share honest travel stories, practical insights, and real-world lessons from van trips around Australia, European trips, cruises and seasonal adventures that fit around working life.
We’re not full-time nomads. We’re building meaningful escapes into real life, whether that’s a weekend caravan getaway, a multi-week road trip, or a long-planned overseas journey.
We talk about:
Practical campsite reviews and caravan upgrades
Planning tips for cruises and European travel
Making the most of short escapes
Strengthening connection and faith through travel
We’re returning to caravanning after 20 years, learning, sharing what works, what doesn’t, and how we’re making Connie our home away from home.
If you believe travel isn’t just about distance but about doing life well together, subscribe and travel brilliantly with us.
Kerryn & Phil
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Life was never meant to be lived alone.
One thing I’ve noticed over the years is this: travel is beautiful… but who you experience life with matters even more.
Shared memories, struggles, faith and direction.
That’s the real gift.
Take a moment today to reflect on the shared travel moment and thank God for your travel partner and the experiences you shared.
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Sometimes life does not go as planned, instead of leaving for a road trip this week I decided that surgery would be fun. Tomorrow I should go home minus my gallbladder.
Hoping to hit the road with Phil and Connie.
Praising God that our trip is very fluid 😁 new content coming soon.
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Grace in Marriage
Marriage needs grace.
Because tired people sometimes say the wrong thing, stressed people become distracted, and life gets messy. When these things happen, it is easy to lash out at the ones we love.
But grace says, “I’m still here, we’ll work through this, you matter more than this moment.”
Pride builds walls.
Grace rebuilds bridges.
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Declare It a Date
A date night doesn’t have to be expensive.
Some of our favourite “dates” have been:
☕ coffee on airport runs
🔥 campfire chats and playing dominoes
🚐 slow drives
🌅 sunsets
🚶 walking together while travelling
The important part isn’t the money spent.
It’s choosing intentional time together.
Sometimes you simply need to stop calling it “just another day” and declare it a date.
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Reconnecting
It’s possible to love someone deeply and still slowly drift apart.
Not because of one huge moment.
Things like busy schedules, stress, phones, routine or exhaustion.
Sometimes reconnecting starts with something simple:
a walk, a coffee, a real conversation, or sitting outside together without distractions.
The little moments matter.
What are you favourite way to reconnect?
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Walking Together
One thing travel keeps teaching us is this:
You don’t have to walk at exactly the same pace to still walk in the same direction.
In some seasons, one person carries more, other seasons one needs more support, and then there are the seasons that are slower than expected.
But shared direction still matters.
That’s where strength grows in marriage.
💙 Inspired by something I wrote about marriage and shared direction.
sapphirebluetravel.com.au/blog/couples-blog/walkin…
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Kindness Matters
One of the easiest ways to strengthen a marriage?
Become intentionally kind again.
Not “housemate kind, not “we’ve been together forever” kind, but REAL kindness.
A thank-you, a hug in passing, or a thoughtful coffee. Aim for encouragement instead of criticism.
Sometimes marriages drift slowly through neglect, not explosions.
Little acts of kindness matter more than we realise.
What is something you can do today to show your lover kindness?
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Happy birthday to my favourite travel partner Phil
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I Choose You
Marriage isn’t built in the big moments.
It’s built into the small daily choices.
The coffee made before they wake up.
Waiting while they finish the story.
Sitting together quietly after a hard day.
Choosing gentleness when frustration would be easier.
After all these years…
I still choose you.
Not because marriage is always easy.
But because what we’ve built together matters.
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We had one plan for the weekend… and it didn’t quite go that way.
But instead of scrapping it, we decided to go anyway — and it actually turned into something really worthwhile.
This one takes us through Sofala and out to Chifley Dam… a simple, easy kind of weekend that reminded us why not everything has to go to plan.
👉 New video is up now if you feel like coming along with us.
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