Travelling Around Australia with young kids

Hi Guys

We are heading off December, I noticed you sold your house, we are going to sell ours, but I just wanted to ask if you regretted it now you are back?

We have 2 boys 4 and 10, do you think that your kids missed out on anything from not being at school, by this I mean did it seem strange for them to go to school when they had been around this great country for nearly 3 years?

Also, did you find it easy to get work?

Thank you Karen

Hi Karen.
We have no regrets from selling the house. We have now settled somewhere different and it is great to start fresh without ties to somewhere else or a past life. We loved the freedom of not being tied down to any committments. Some other people we met on the road had to end their trip early as tennants had not paid rent for weeks and they were now struggling with repayments.
I don't believe our girls missed out on anything, quite the opposite. There life skills are way above every child in there classes. There are some things they struggled with a little to start with but have settled in really well now. On the last day of term I they went to the pool swimming for the day. When they got home I asked how was it. "OK" they replied. "Just ok" I said "Most kids love going to the pool for the day" My oldest aged 8 said " it was ok but not as good as swimming in the Kimmberlies" My youngest aged 6 yells out "and there weren't even any rocks to jump off" No I don't think they missed out a on anything. My wife home schooled which took about 2 hrs a days.
I found a few odd jobs as we travelled from doing stock takes, doing house renos to landscaping. I eventually got a job with a company as a sales rep and was able to work while we travelled.
Our girls struggle with being in a house and not travelling still. They often ask when can we go again. I tell them hopefully not to long.

Josh

Hey Caz. We actually head off early next week, and are bound for Longreach for a couple of months. Cant wait to get up there. If you guys happen to pass through Longreach, be sure to look us up. All our contact details are on our website www.aslongasittakes.webs.com

Keep in touch, I keep looking at your website, and Josh, about time you started to follow us as well with that new fishing boat of yours...................

Karen

I can have my 2007 swan up in a basic state ( no flys or annex) for overnight stays in 15 (or 30 if the wife helps:) i actually find putting it down takes longer. Cheers marn

I agree, you can have it set up in a basic state in about 15mins, when we do big trips though there is that much stuff jammed in it takes a while to unpack and repack, packing up does take a bit longer.
My wife doesnt like the whole set up and pack up for 1 nighters so we plan to stop more like 3 nights at a time.
I have a Fiamma wind out awning which is great and also I sold my annex and bought the Fiamma privacy room, (which is walls for the awning) I can set that up fairly quickly by myself.
Cheers
Garth