IF BY CHANCE TRAVELING BAR.
written by Leah Rando.
ome people drift through life with
no passion and no direction.
Others know innately from a very
early age exactly what their
passion is, while others live a
little and travel a bit of life’s path
before their passion is realised. prerogative to frequently change her mind! The fact
that he had two women and two minds to contend
with was a challenge in itself!
So the planning began. Surprisingly, the ladies were
able to locate a cute little vintage caravan for sale
locally and the idea of a travelling bar emerged.
Creating a small business based around community,
people, events and their own families has now
become that pleasurable and very popular business
that they hoped for. This little van had a history of its
own, dating back to the 1950’s and originally
belonged to the Shire of Dalwallinu, a small town in
the Western Australian wheatbelt, approximately
250km (155mi) north east of Perth. No two celebrations are the same. All have their
unique requests with their own touch of individuality.
Being able to adapt to the client’s needs, whether a
wedding or a child’s party, Jodi and Amanda have the
experience to provide exactly what is needed.
There is a beauty in the uniqueness of this local
business and considering that the If By Chance
Travelling Bar is essentially completely booked for
most of 2017, these ladies are certainly ticking all the
right boxes.
However, the results speak for themselves and the
client satisfaction has been nothing but high praise
since their first booking in 2015. Both Jodi and
Amanda are attracted to the personalised connection
This is the story of “If By Chance with their business and quality customer service. To be
Travelling Bar”; the Jodi Wheat able to share in celebrations, not only for adults, but
for children as well, brings them a satisfaction that
and Amanda Cavazzi story and the passion behind a caters for their personal needs.
uniquely inspiring business.
In 2014, cousins, Jodi and Amanda, both wanted to Having the opportunity and mobility to travel the
do something for themselves incorporating their Bunbury and south west region of Western Australia to
passion for renovating. As house renovation was an serve clients means that the scenery is always
impractical option at the time, the idea of renovating changing, with the added bonus of meeting new and
interesting people.
a caravan seemed like the perfect solution.
“From elegant and refined, to vintage and
So, the transformation for the stylish pop-up-bar began rustic…you bring the drinks and we will do the
and the dream was on its way to fruition with Jodi and rest!”
Amanda taking to the physical transformation by
removing the external panels and the internal fittings. For further information you can reach Jodi and
It was during this process that the van revealed its Amanda by visiting their Facebook page “If By Chance
own secrets, with the discovery of two “Chance” cards Travelling Bar” with contact details in the Impressum
found in the cavity walls. Interestingly enough, both as well as;
cards were from two separate post World War II board
games, one a Treasure Island themed “Buccaneer” www.ifbychance.com.au.
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There was therefore no question as to what to name
the bu