Well done, enjoy your new lifestyle, nagambie is beautiful on the lake.

Hi Well you have taken the first step, good on you! When I first went travelling long term it took about double my usual holiday period to get used to 'travellers time' rather than just being on holidays! See you out there! Annie

AllstarRaHonda wrote:

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I really need to learn how to slowdown... and see the countryside.  Hope to catch up with other solos as I go.

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I've heard of people retiring, buying the rig, setting off around Australia, and being home again in six weeks having completed the lap and asking, "what was all that about?"

When you're merely on holiday from work you have very limited time and relatively unlimited funds (i.e. we typically burn money faster than we earn it when on holiday). Those have now been switched around - you have unlimited time but probably can't afford to drive a lot day in, day out.

One trick that might help is to calculate how much it costs per km to drive (including servicing & parts), think about things you enjoy that cost money, and then think of kilometres driven as money robbed from your vice fund. One could even count distance in, say, bottles of scotch. Another is to stock up, set up somewhere nice, and not move until you run out of something essential, simply because you don't have to.

Hi Rhondas, well done.  I have also done my first trip.  That first step feels daunting but once you are out there it's a great feeling.  See you on the road somewhere. Cheers Colleen