I am 48 years old and care for my 87 year old mother. We are considering selling everything and buying the biggest motor home we can afford. then travelling around OZ
What do you think ???
Chris
_wombat_ said
09:13 AM Sep 13, 2012
from wombat
go and enjoy yourselves, you will not regret it
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Thursday 13th of September 2012 09:15:40 AM
blaze said
10:20 AM Sep 13, 2012
do it now and worry about the what ifs, if they happen cheers blaze
ChrisandPeter said
01:41 PM Sep 13, 2012
Go for it! What a wonderful way to spend your time together!
Yuglamron said
02:45 PM Sep 13, 2012
Good onya,
Never ever too late to do what you dream about. So many beautiful places to see and nice people to meet.
Friends yet to make and no agendas.Go when you want or stay and dally awhile. A new Vista everyday.
ENJOY!
Dougwe said
04:53 PM Sep 13, 2012
Welcome vk6tnc (Chris) from me too, enjoy here and out in the playground when you get out in it.
valnrob said
04:53 PM Sep 13, 2012
Welcome vk6tnc, get going, don't delay, worry about the if's and but's if they happen.
Cheers
Travel Bug said
05:05 PM Sep 13, 2012
Welcome Chris... What a great idea...and a wonderful experience for both of you. Get out there...see our beautiful country...and make lots of happy memories as you go. Cheers. Pam.
briche said
06:53 PM Sep 13, 2012
Wait no longer, just do it and enjoy. For every day you delay is one that you both will miss getting out there and being part of this wonderful community.
Sheba said
02:18 AM Sep 14, 2012
I think you're crazy if you don't do exactly that. You'll both have a Ball.
Cheers,
Sheba.
vk6tnc said
06:06 AM Sep 15, 2012
How many of you have actually sold everything (house included) to go on the road ???
Thanks for all the encouraging feedback. The more I look into this the more questions I have. I need to sell all our worldly possessions for a reasonable ammount, as there will be no going back. Once the house is sold I could not afford to re-enter the real estate market again.
The questions are slowly getting answered here. TV, Internet and income is covered. Mail forwarding is an issue ???
Thanks everyone
Chris
_wombat_ said
08:27 AM Sep 15, 2012
We have a home base, don't think we would ever sell up to go on the road, but a lot of people do just that.
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Saturday 15th of September 2012 08:28:18 AM
jules47 said
04:41 PM Sep 15, 2012
Have sold everything - live on the road full time. Could never go back to llive in a house. As for mail - it goes to my son's house, he opens it and rings me if it is important, if it is something I need, he will send it to a pre-determined post office, and we will be there to collect it when it arrives.
Works for us. Though if you or your mum are on centrelink benefits, you will need a residential address - a family member's home or something like that.
Happywanderer said
05:19 PM Sep 15, 2012
Jules, when you get your son to redirect important mail to a pre-determined post office. Does he write Hold - to be picked up, or something similiar on it. How does the Post Office know that you will be coming in to pick it up?
jules47 said
05:25 PM Sep 15, 2012
He puts it in another envelope, addresses it to me c/- the post office, with to be collected on it - they will hold for 30 days (I used to work in a post office). In places like Mareeba and Mt Isa, they have special areas where you can pick your mail up from, not over the counter - at a delivery area usually - I think Mareeba even put a list out of who they have mail for, well they used to anyway.
Happywanderer said
05:28 PM Sep 15, 2012
What a great idea, I wondered how they actjually arranged it. So handy for people on the road permanently.
Hi All,
I am 48 years old and care for my 87 year old mother. We are considering selling everything and buying the biggest motor home we can afford. then travelling around OZ
What do you think ???
Chris
go and enjoy yourselves, you will not regret it
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Thursday 13th of September 2012 09:15:40 AM
cheers
blaze
What a wonderful way to spend your time together!
Good onya,
Never ever too late to do what you dream about. So many beautiful places to see and nice people to meet.
Friends yet to make and no agendas.Go when you want or stay and dally awhile. A new Vista everyday.
ENJOY!
Cheers
Welcome Chris...
What a great idea...and a wonderful experience for both of you.
Get out there...see our beautiful country...and make lots of happy memories as you go.
Cheers. Pam.
I think you're crazy if you don't do exactly that. You'll both have a Ball.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Thanks for all the encouraging feedback. The more I look into this the more questions I have. I need to sell all our worldly possessions for a reasonable ammount, as there will be no going back. Once the house is sold I could not afford to re-enter the real estate market again.
The questions are slowly getting answered here. TV, Internet and income is covered. Mail forwarding is an issue ???
Thanks everyone
Chris
We have a home base, don't think we would ever sell up to go on the road, but a lot of people do just that.
re: mail redirect or hold
http://www.sosmail.com.au/mail_forwarding.asp
http://auspost.com.au/personal/redirecting-and-holding-mail.html
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Saturday 15th of September 2012 08:28:18 AM
Works for us. Though if you or your mum are on centrelink benefits, you will need a residential address - a family member's home or something like that.