15th July 2015 The Track around Australia.
Previous trips in our camper trailer to
varying destinations across Australia have left us with a desire to see even
more of this beautiful country.
We realized that school holidays and long
service breaks did not provide us with the time needed to really achieve our
goal, they just left us wanting more….
So we made a big DECISION!
A decision which had some people perplexed,
but many envious or supportive of what we were about to do.
We sold the lot.
We put our house on the market and sold it
on the 21st May. There was no going back now!
The next concern was what were we going to
do with our furniture? Gumtree seemed a very laborious and drawn out process.
Fortunately we were spared that problem as
the new house owners bought the lot, so on the 29th of May we had
all our belongings either stored in a small shed, or in “The Beast” (our caravan).
We moved into a holiday rental with the
limited possessions needed for the next 12-18 months. Next we had to deal with
the cars. The Prado went first, (too expensive to run) and we purchased a
Holden Colorado, “Collie” for short. The Astra soon followed the same demise
and we were officially a one vehicle family.
I retired on the 4th July, ironically US
Independence day, and it became official, we were homeless and unemployed.
Having tied up all the loose ends and
attended several farewell functions, we were ready to depart. We introduced
Collie to The Beast and on the 15th July we left Victor Harbor, my
home for 39 years and Paul’s birth -place.
Collie meets The Beast.
