Closed testing · Late June 2026

The map starts empty.
You fill it in.

Just an Aussie chippy, who spends more weekends in his van than in his own bed. Logging everything with a paper map, a pen, and my own private pins, I knew there had to be a better way. So I built it. Welcome to Vella.

Shizee · Founder · Building from the backseat of a Chevy

Atlas

177,000 places
already there.

Atlas comes preloaded with 177,000 spots across Australia, hand-cleaned and sorted into 60 categories. Free camps, lookouts, waterfalls, surf breaks, national park sites, dump points, even the fuel station on the long stretch of nothing. You're not starting from scratch.

  • Free camps

    Sealed or 4WD · pet rules · toilets

  • Lookouts & waterfalls

    Sunrise vs sunset · walk time · signal

  • Surf & swim

    Break type · swell window · patrolled

  • National park sites

    Permits · fire bans · booking links

177K Preloaded AU locations
60 Filter categories
75 Activities
∞ Combinations

Journey

Every road you drive
ends up traced.

Your personal Atlas, your Journey, starts empty and fills as you go. Every place you visit gets marked as a gold dot, every road you drive gets traced by hand. Slowly, with every trip, you end up with a real record of where you've actually been. Your personal Atlas, different from everyone else's.

Private by default · share what you want

Challenges

Reasons
to actually go somewhere.

Reasons that drop you into real places. The reason to hike 3 mountains in a day, or chase 3 different waves over a weekend. Track your streak, earn badges, or just set your own challenges with friends.

  • VELLA

    Surfing

    Routes we've put together by hand, all over Australia. Easy, medium and hard.

  • SURF COAST SURF CLUB

    Saturday surf meet

    Made by Crest holders. Grassroots organisers and brand partners running missions in their patch. Surf meets, weekly hikes, community clean-ups.

  • SMC

    Family road trip

    Build your own, public or private. Group trips, family missions, mate dares.

  • SILENT

    5,000 km

    The ones running in the background. Drive far enough, visit enough places, hit enough beaches and a badge fires. No signup, no setup. The silent race.

The Crest

Community, not a leaderboard.

Hosting a surf meet every Saturday morning? A weekly hike with the local crew? A community clean-up? You'll get a Crest. Vella promotes the grass-roots organisers and small foundations who actually show up for their patch, not the loudest accounts on a leaderboard.

Want to host or partner with us? admin@vellaapp.com.au

Constellation

Your map.
On your wall.

The product of your travels. The showcase of the roads and locations marked on Journey. Print your movements into wall art with the click of a button. Off your phone and into the real world, back where it all started. Adjustable visual layers help you style it as a fluorescent Australia or a constellation in the sky.

Closed testing · Late June 2026

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When we open.

Limited spots in closed testing this June, opening to everyone in September. Australia first, for travellers who actually travel.

Late June 2026 Closed testing
September 2026 Open to all
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