Working / Travelling

Hi There,

Thought, after a couple of red wines, that I would share an experience. We work and travel. We are now modern day swaggies, albeit 4WDriven. We are only in our second year of the homeless wandering state but love it.

We came to Mt Dare as travellers last year after the Canning and discovered they needed staff. Came for 4 weeks stayed 5 months, back again this year till October and no doubt will do the same again next year. Love the isolation and the everchanging company that passes though Mt Dare. Pat and I have met the most delightful people and hope to respond by visiting them in their home territory be that Tassie, Vic high country (Charlie) or the Eyre Pennisular.

The advantages:
We have done 8 major desert trips of 500-700 km this year. About 5K of Simpson Desert tracks alone.
We have been to Cooktown, Karumba, Geraldton and Perth this year and a heap of places between. We worked at the Birdsville Pub.
We are currently creating a bypass track for the Madigan Line that avoids Indigenous Land permits for camps 3, 4 and 5 and will encompass pastoral permission to the Twins.

So life in Mt Dare on a Saturday night is OK.

Anybody looking for a caretaker for their pub, caravan park, motel, computer shop, tourist venture for the summer months, doesn't matter where, we are interested. We are not volunteers and expect a fair return.

For all of you wanting to make the plunge in the nefarious life of the swaggie, just do it. There are an amazing number of people, organisations wanting people all the time in the outback.

Regards

Ian and Pat@Mt Dare