Little family with big hearts

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We are a clean and respectful little family that loves nature and takes pride in leaving a home in better shape than when we arrived.

We've been lucky to explore many amazing places around the world (met while living/working in Nepal), and have enjoyed Couch Surfing and Airbnb as a way to meet interesting people and immerse in local cultures (both as hosts and as guests). We now have two little humans in our family and are embarking on an open ended adventure!

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Gemma is fascinated by understanding how things work, is a life long DIY enthusiast who enjoys fixing and building things, and has a love for all creatures great and small. She grew up on a property in rural NSW, can turn her hand to almost anything and isn't afraid to get dirty with hard work when the need arises.

Jane loves cooking both to eat delicious foods and to share them with others, values family time with her own relatives and also other families she has the pleasure of spending time with, enjoys being active and will give most ball/team sports a go. She is pretty happy to see where life takes her and enjoys taking the time to understand every day life in the places she visits.

After spending the first year of our relationship travelling, couchsurfing, and hitchhiking in remote areas of the planet, we have called Melbourne home for the past decade or so, enjoying a lovely little neighbourhood in the inner west with a great sense of community as we built our professional careers and our family. We took on a house with potential and painstakingly renovated every millimetre of the property (inside and out) to create our beloved 'efficient electric home' and bush tucker + vegetable gardens.

We were overjoyed to welcome Makena, who has grown into a brave, kind, well mannered (and well spoken) 2 year old. She loves to explore and learn, with special interests in books, puzzles, nature (particularly Australian native flora and fauna), physical activity, and cooking.

Kamani is our newest addition, and her interests are evolving from sleeping and eating, to a new fascination and deep curiosity with the world around her.

We raise our children without 'childproofing' the world around them and are comfortable holding the boundaries of what is and isn't allowed to be touched. We have found this works well and they are very well behaved in unfamiliar and familiar environments. However we still make sure not to leave our little ones unsupervised at any time.

Although on our travels we love a good museum and appreciate thoughtful architecture, we particularly enjoy spending time in nature as a family. We like to learn the names and habits of flora and fauna, particularly Australian natives. We love to camp, hike, and swim, and thrive in places where the sounds of nature are the loudest and the stars shine the brightest. We take pride in keeping a tidy house and aim to leave homes tidy and looking as good as or better than when we arrived.

It has been a bittersweet farewell to our home and community, but we are taking the brave leap of selling most of our worldly possessions and hitting the road with our 4WD, our camping gear and each other. Freedom and adventures await! Read more...