The Trip
This is the story of our year-long Big Trip around Australia – August 2008 to August 2009
We have been in our house for just over 25 years and have been thinking of moving once the mortgage is completed. We fancy moving to Dorset or Somerset or around the Portsmouth/Southampton area. We were aiming at moving some time next year.
Then, a couple of months ago, Jeff said that rather than move when we sell up, we should take ourselves off to Australia, buy a motorhome and do “The Big One”!!! That is, join the Grey Nomads and travel around Australia for a year!! Followed by 3 or 4 months in New Zealand. We can get a year’s Visa for Oz, dunno about New Zealand, though, but hopefully it shouldn’t be a problem.
I spent a lot of time checking sites in Australia for motorhomes for sale. There seem to be plenty, although, knowing our luck there won’t be any when we get there. There’s a lot of planning ahead, not only for the trip itself, but sorting the house out and getting rid of a lot of our junk. Car Boot Sales here we come.