Life on the road question

Submitted: Monday, Jun 14, 2004 at 10:11
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My wife and I are aged in our late fifties and live on a 5 acre block, which we own outright, on the outskirts of a regional Queensland town. We've moved around quite a lot during our thirty two years of married life and enjoy bushwalking and camping.

Having no dependants or any real reason to live in this town we have often thought about life on the road. The problem is that we have little cash and little income. We're too young for the aged pension and too old, it seems, for employers to show any interest in us. The only way that we could finance our dream would be to sell our home to buy some sort of mobile home.

We consider this to be a very bold step. We have spoken to travellers who have done just that, however we know that we would never be able to afford to buy another home again, and that's what has kept us from moving beyond the dream stage. We don't want to end up destitute but we don't want to continue to stagnate either.

We would very much like to hear from others who have taken this course of action and how they are faring. We imagine that we might be able to earn some income along the harvest trail but would we earn enough?

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