Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009 at 17:49
Hi
John,
you have come to the right
forum, as there is a fair few members and non members here that have had a quite bit of experience in this area.I'll give you a run down on our journey.
We had business that we sold up, as we had always "wanted" to do a trip similar to the one you describe.Along the way we met countless people of our age who had kids around the same age as your's are now, and had taken them out of school for 12 mths, and the deal was with the kids, that wet days ,were school days.
And that seemed like a great idea to the kids, pretty fair, we thought too. Some of these folk had rented their house out, and others had sold. We put our gear into storage for 12 mths, which worked out at $1250, a small price to pay for a trip of a lifetime.
As far as work goes, there was heaps in WA, which was where we spent most of our journey , and ended up working on a 2 million acre cattle station for 4 months. what we saw, learnt and people we spent time with there is with us now forever, the whole experience was just priceless!.
We didnt take a tinny, but it would have been handy, in some
places, but then again , we were quite happy fishing from the rocks and shore. I think we saved quite a bit on fuel costs though without the extra 350 odd kilos, boat, motor,fuel,fold up trailer, anchors and all the other crap that goes with it. The best time to do it would be as soon as you can I guess, if not this winter, try for next season. I'm 45 next month, and so glad we have already had one crack at it, and we cant wait for the next one! Cheers UncImage Could Not Be Found
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