A Hard Day in the Office.

Do I need to say it Unc....




JEALOUS!!!!



Glad its been great so far....what has been your greatest memory so far????

My wife was high up in the corporate world as the general manager for a few large hotels and resorts in Australasia. After too many years it all got to her. Too much stress, too much pressure. She quit, reunited with an old friend on a cattle station and lived and worked there for quite a few months.
That was about 10yrs ago and she still is good friends with the owners and keeps in touch with them.
She said the experienced changed her life, her outlook and her priorities.
I worked for our large airline and couldn't be happier seeing the back of it when i left a few months ago aswell.

We now live on the NSW south coast doing an early mid-life seachange thing, living on a 130acre farm, and enjoying a life away from the dog eat dog world of the corporate vultures.
I just sold my penile extension car, bought a used 80 series cruiser and am seriously excited about decking it out for touring and planning some 4WD tours, hopefully at least one to a real cattle station to experience what my wife, and you both have experienced.

My realisation comes down to the old saying "work to live, don't live to work". I return to Sydney to see my old friends getting up at 4:30am for work to sit in hours of traffic before they even start the day, and get home at 8:30pm to shower, have dinner and get ready for another early start, 6 days per week. Mortgaged to the eyeballs and no light at the end of the tunnel or them for at least another 30 years....

The great thing about this forum and it's members is that most here would agree life is about living, experiencing, and coming back with stories to tell.
Uncle, i think it's great that you both are having such a fantastic time and just to post here shows how great it is to get out and experience the Aussie outback.
Keep your experiences rolling in mate, so i can keep dreaming until i'm ready to load her up and hit the outback too!

Dear Uncle,
What a marvellous word picture you've painted.
I'm living & working in Switzerland (and enjoying every minute of it, NO COMPLAINTS) and I've just copied your message into an email and sent it to my Swiss friends with "now can you understand what I've been trying to describe?".
Your story reminds me of Banjo's line about "I am sitting in my dingy little office, where a stingy ray of sunlight struggles feebly down between the houses tall ....." and so on.
Congrats on living the life !
DickyBeach

Uncle, uncle uncle...........

That is just not fair:((((((((((

But it is sooooooooooo nice to know that "some people"
are out and about enjoying all this country has to offer......

-going home to kick the cat (only jokin')

Seriously tho', you paint a very nice picture about something a lot of us can but think about at the moment..

Cheers
Michael....stuck at work in the cold

Hello Uncle and Jodie,
I have only one word to say,

bastard

spoilt my day.

Only jealous, enjoy.

William

Spent some time on Montejinnie Station in the mid 80's on my first lap around the country.

It's here

Every time I read your blog it all comes flooding back...

Thanks!

Good on you Uncle & Jodie. You are not only "seeing" it, you are living the experience & that has got to be a real bonus!! You know, it just reinforces the fact that you should do what you blokes are doing while you are still young and active enough to actually become a member of the community you are travelling in.
As said before, we look forward to more well written & interesting word pictures of your travels & experiences. Best wishes & happy travelling.

O.k i'm Jealious,souds great Uncle, lap it up whole you can mate,cheer's GREENDOG