KASEY CHAMBERS

So I was sitting there in an airport lounge one day-yes, drinking the incredibly good coffee they make-when I started thinking back to when I was a kid.  

I had spent a lot of my early childhood travelling with my family, both for my parents work in outback Australia, many very low budget Caravan trips throughout the rest of the country and also when I first started touring through music we would drive everywhere (unable to afford or have the choice of flying) to get to all of our gig destinations.  The memories that I have from all these years of travelling I realised, are absolutely priceless.

I missed rolling through little towns and meeting the locals over a counter meal at the pub, I missed stopping at natural swimming holes because it was too beautiful to go past, I missed looking out the window of the car to see the beautiful red dirt of the sparse outback between Coober Pedy & Alice Springs to the overgrown tropical jungle of the Daintree rainforest in Queensland, I missed meeting other kids in caravan parks and bush camps and then meeting them again by surprise in another town, I missed staying extra days in communities where we were just having too much fun to leave, I missed cooking all our meals on a campfire and singing old gospel songs around it afterwards. 

So it was time to listen to that voice again. 

That voice that was drawing me back to my grounding. 

I knew I had to listen to her but the truth is that I was very fucking nervous about the change!! 

Here I was sitting comfortably and lavishly in the airport lounge also feeling incredibly grateful for this moment and the chance that I had to be in this position to even make a choice between two lifestyles!  And let’s face it, the seats in the airport lounge are very comfortable indeed! 

But magic never happens when we stay comfortable.  Things never change when we stay comfortable.  

No soul is ever set on fire from the feeling of comfort.  And I wanted to feel alive again!  I was ready to feel alive again. 

BUT I had definitely never driven a truck as big as a Chevy Silverado and had certainly NEVER towed anything as big as the 21.6 ft Cadet 2 Kokoda caravan and I was fucking scared!!! 

With the help of Chevy Silverado - GMSV and Kokoda Caravans, not only was I able to choose this lifestyle that was calling me I also didn’t really end up having to give up quite as many comforts as I initially thought!! They have everything I could ever want and need ‘built in’ and both vehicles are as big as some airport lounges I’ve been in anyway!! Haha. 

We even have an awesome coffee machine in the van and my partner is the best barista so I don’t even have to miss the lounge coffee! 

Now, after having spent so much time this past year in both the truck and the van I feel so connected to what I am doing, both in a driving/towing sense and a lifestyle choice.  I get excited for every single trip, every time I get behind the wheel, every gig-no matter how far the drive is-and every adventure that comes our way.  

I am extremely grateful for all of the opportunities that have come into my life over the years but I am also incredibly grateful for the voice deep within me that-even though I sometimes ignore her for a while-is much more wise than the rest of me. 

It’s sometimes hard to listen to our inner voice amongst the all the outer noise but I find it’s always worth it!!

I believe the true value in material things we accumulate & attract into our lives is only ever really based on the meaning and purpose we give them.  If the intention is from a true and pure place the value becomes greater.  

They are not just vehicles to me. They represent such a positive, grounding and beautiful change in mine & my family’s life. 

I am very happy to say with the help of GMSV & Kokoda Caravans I am exactly where I am meant to be. “

Kasey Chambers