Great story and great life really when you think about it.
The freedom that you had and have, the simple, but seriously adventurous life that you have lived so far- and taught your kid to be resilient, adventurous, self reliant, frugal, flexible- all the important thing that most kids/young adults wouldn't have a clue about these days....and that's what most oldies told themselves just as their about to get married in the late teens and early twenties...'its ok, I'll travel Australia/the world when the kids grow up and leave home and so some of them do, some of them try, but many never do and die first- like mine did and so I learnt from their mistakes, left home at 17 and spent years traveling, going from job to job, backpackers and so on and living in Melbourne since 2005 is bar far the longest I have ever lived in my 53 years and heading back up to the Daintree next Monday to do some recon in Cairns as I'm thinking about moving back up there again when my lease runs out in Feb, but then I'm also wanting to go back to Thailand to just do nothing but volunteer in animals sanctuaries again, and I am really dying to go OS to Europe for a while (never been for more than a couple of weeks) and I have to remember that I now have Mum's parrot, so I may or may not go anywhere OS...
So if you do ever enter in the home ownership bubble, you'll soon be missing that fresh air and freedom that you guys have now, so well done and be free.
Cross the pension bridge when you come to it.
Even if you have stuff all super and have to live off a meager pension, atleast you'll be used to living frugally and it won't hurt so much.
That's what I'm going to do..(no choice there either...lol...)
Yeah frugal living it's gonna be I think.
Moving somewhere warmer would save on the leccy bills! Been cold down here this winter.
Go on your adventure love. Sounds like it's about time.
You know that's what I was thinking when you said you'de love to live down in Tassie- Huge power bills for that place- specially in winter...
right now Cairns is only down to 19, so don't even have to pack a jacket!
Though it does get a bit colder at night up in the Daintree.
Now tell me, have you ever been up to the Daintree?
I reckon thats right up your alley in sooo many ways...Even the Atherton Tableslands- Mareeba, Yungaburra...(very Tassie like up there- including the temp but not quite as bad...)
I have been to the Daintree, only in 2021! We escaped between lockdowns. The woman at the air bnb we were staying at showed me down to a swimming hole at the bottom of the property where blue butterflies flittered and palm trees swayed. I cried. 'Don't worry', she said 'we've had a lot of Victorians cry recently here'. Lol.
Queensland is always just too far for me! I've booked Tassie again for Jan.
Oooh who was the woman? Was her name Marion? Mara?
Was the swimming hole the bluehole, hutchy's or the causeway?
Did you stay at the Butterfly house?
OMG so many questions! 🤣
And did you hear about the Yoga retreat when you were there?
If not here it is, this is one of the places I used to live and this is where I'll be staying https://peakd.com/hive-120078/@chocolatescorpi/an-epic-post-about-an-epic-area-of-truly-magnificent-and-magical-natural-medicine
Yeah no Tassie is gorgeous and admittedly, I haven't seen near enough of it, I just know I don't want to be anywhere near it if it's not peak summer- which doesnt last long enough down there, so I pass and head north to the sun and the much cheaper cost of living- with everything, including rentals, plus cairns is booming with work now too, especially in the creative and tourism sectors, with the massive screen qld studios set up and lots of projects being filmed up there..
So if I head north and you head south then we'll have each side of the equator covered! 🤣
When are we going to meet IRL?
I'm in Southbank remember...I would absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE to catch up with you!!! 😃
Aw, I'm never in Melbourne! Jarrah's in Kensington and that's as far as I usually get!
Well next time you get to K'ton, let me know I can come meet you!
When I get back from Cairns anyway...
I'm actually going to have a pop up stall at the Sth Melbourne markets in October selling Mum's vintage stuff and my own creations so maybe you might want to wander in...?