have van - will travel

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Status update Jan 2025:

From Melbourne, we shall not venture north with our caravan until late-June 2025 and so far have our regular bookings at Hervey Bay and Charters Towers in Jul & Aug 2025.

Background: My wife of 45 years is a meticulous home keeper and keen gardener. She has a current working with children accreditation.

I have been retired 25 years with 42 years of experience in managing and maintaining aviation ground equipment for Airservices Australia. Other skills include IT (computer stuff) carpentry, electrical, vehicle maint, plumbing, welding, farming and a few more that could be handy to be able to help in a house or farm sit scenario.

During our 50 years living on our Melbourne 15 acre property we have had beef cattle, dogs, cats, chooks and a lot of native birds. Once we even had a milking cow and that was my daily job. Since 2021 we have a friend's horses resident to keep a regular eye upon and to feed the odd carrot :)

After caravanning began we stopped replacing pets. We have no desire to ever travel with pets out of respect for them. We are non-smokers.

We have been caravanning for 20 years covering over 150,000 kms all around Oz. We spend 2 to 4 months away from home each winter.

As house sitters we INSIST upon living in our own caravan at ALL times needing only access to a house toilet. Washing machine access would be a bonus. So we need a parking space for the rig with power and water connections.

Also critical is a reliable Telstra mobile phone signal but if not then access to WiFi as I am a computer nerd :)

We have both been Covid vaccinated 8 times with our last jabs received in late 2024. Never had Covid. Read more...