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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Keep Dating Each Other
Don’t stop dating each other just because you’ve been married a long time.
Long-term love still needs: time, attention, a little fun, simple conversation and shared experiences.
Sometimes the strongest marriages are simply two people who never completely stopped pursuing each other.
Where are you going to take your spouse this week?
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Slow Down Together
Travel has taught us something important:
Slowing down together is healthy.
Not every trip needs a packed itinerary.
Sometimes connections grow best in slower spaces:
a quiet morning
a shared meal
a scenic drive
a camp chair beside each other
Simple moments matter.
What is your favourite way to slow down together?
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Maybe getting started a week late, Praising God that I was able to deal with my Gallbladder and be able to still get away with Phil.
Big drive today by my knight in shinning armour stopping at two pieces of Silo art before arriving at our first camp in Bingara, riverfront, wild horses and fire… this is camping off to a great start.
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Faith + Marriage
“A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” — Ecclesiastes 4:12
Marriage becomes stronger when God stays at the centre.
Not because life suddenly becomes easy.
But because grace, forgiveness, patience, and humility grow deeper there.
Strong marriages aren’t built on perfection.
They’re built on two imperfect people continuing to choose each other.
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Apologies That Heal
A meaningful apology is more than “sorry.”
Sometimes healing also needs:
• ownership
• listening
• humility
• changed behaviour
• patience
None of us gets this perfectly right.
But healthy marriages stay teachable.
💙 I wrote recently about making our apologies truly count, and honestly, it challenged me too.
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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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