We often wonder about living on the road fulltime and look at the pro's and con's , I n the last week we have had a set back my wife requires major surgery and will be 12 weeks recovery time , Lucky we were at home and was able to pick surgeon which we know and will be bulk billed , If on the road you take put luck .
Desert Dweller said
08:17 AM Jan 30, 2018
We hope everything turns out well for her.
We see a lot of advantages in having a home base rather than living a fully nomadic life.
Each to their own though.
Ron-D said
08:33 AM Jan 30, 2018
Haveing the best of both worlds so as to speak works for us as well..
Aus-Kiwi said
08:44 AM Jan 30, 2018
Depends on luck of finances . You have to do what is required !! ALL the best in surgery and recovery..
Blues Man said
04:17 PM Jan 30, 2018
we have always had a home base .A good sense of security i suppose.
Good luck with the surgery ,hope everything goes wellW
Kisha said
04:23 PM Jan 30, 2018
As much as I enjoy the gypsy in my soul that takes me out on the road, I must say I would not give up my home base for anything, its compensations are just so wonderful. Regards Kisha.
villatranquilla said
06:30 PM Jan 30, 2018
we didn't have a home base for 4 yrs while we travelled b/w Perth and lakes Entrance. Just stayed in a caravan park while Barry had surgery followed by pulmonary embolisms. Luckily the annex was set up with a recliner which made life more comfortable. This was followed a year later by Q fever then shingles. I also had a dislocated shoulder. The only concern I would have would be post surgery if you have a knee or hip replacement which might make access to the van difficult. You just have to be prepared to stay put a while and prepared to pay for a site in a c/park. don't be put off by 'what iffs'. Being a 'glass half full' sort of person I'll make the most of what ever situation we find ourselves in and deal with issues when/if they arise
jules47 said
07:47 PM Jan 30, 2018
Yes, much the same thoughts as you there Jenny, I try and make the most of any situation, makes life run a lot smoother I find.
As to a house - I have lived in many, many houses in my life, and have never had an attachment for any of them.
Give me a motorhome and the open road any day.
Desert Dweller said
09:05 PM Jan 30, 2018
jules47 wrote:
As to a house - I have lived in many, many houses in my life, and have never had an attachment for any of them.
Give me a motorhome and the open road any day.
Completely the opposite for us, 6 months in total away on various trips, a yearly total of 6 months at home in our bay side location of 42 years. House/garden (not luxuriously) updated 12 years ago, low maintenance & very attached to it!
We have a good chuckle when we see posts from permanent drifters asking where they can hide in school holidays, Easter & Christmas periods.
Ankle biters, bogans, trail bikes, jet skis, speed boats, 4x4 clubs, religious groups, nudists, drunken armed forces veterans, you name 'em we avoid 'em.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Tuesday 30th of January 2018 09:09:02 PM
brickies said
10:08 PM Jan 30, 2018
I think it about how to cope in health issue , I think Jenny is right you would need a plan B like booking into a caravan park near where the hospital is , I don't think you would have any other choice .
Ron-D said
09:03 AM Jan 31, 2018
Everyone does whats they think is right for themselves at the time ,were all different some love to living there dream on the road permanently good for them,most lI would think like the best of both worlds and have a home base,the only problem with living permanently on the road is when you sell your home to finance that very expensive rig and for health reasons you cant be on the road any longer ,that expensive rig has depreciated in value. And buying back into the market might be impossible..
Mike Harding said
01:49 PM Jan 31, 2018
Desert Dweller wrote: Completely the opposite for us, 6 months in total away on various trips, a yearly total of 6 months at home in our bay side location of 42 years. House/garden (not luxuriously) updated 12 years ago, low maintenance & very attached to it!
We have a good chuckle when we see posts from permanent drifters asking where they can hide in school holidays, Easter & Christmas periods.
Ankle biters, bogans, trail bikes, jet skis, speed boats, 4x4 clubs, religious groups, nudists, drunken armed forces veterans, you name 'em we avoid 'em.
Of course one disadvantage to owning a house is that if the one next door is bought by bogans you can't pack up and move on tomorrow, instead your life becomes hell and the only way out is to go through the expensive and painful process of selling and moving - and who wants to buy the house next to bogans...?
Every choice has it upsides and downsides.
jules47 said
01:55 PM Jan 31, 2018
We don't worry about school holidays etc., we go places where holiday makers don't go - inland, when they want the beach, etc.
We do have a bolthole - son lives on 27 acres, we just set up there, closest neighbours (apart from son and partner in the house) are about 1k walk away, except the for dogs, cats, birds, meat ants, and sheep across the road. Been here since before Christmas now and loving it. Yabbies from the dam, shops 6k away or 13k - what more do we need.
brickies said
10:35 AM Feb 1, 2018
Jules you have it made would love to have a setup like that .
Ron-D said
11:02 AM Feb 1, 2018
Mike Harding wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote: Completely the opposite for us, 6 months in total away on various trips, a yearly total of 6 months at home in our bay side location of 42 years. House/garden (not luxuriously) updated 12 years ago, low maintenance & very attached to it!
We have a good chuckle when we see posts from permanent drifters asking where they can hide in school holidays, Easter & Christmas periods.
Ankle biters, bogans, trail bikes, jet skis, speed boats, 4x4 clubs, religious groups, nudists, drunken armed forces veterans, you name 'em we avoid 'em.
Of course one disadvantage to owning a house is that if the one next door is bought by bogans you can't pack up and move on tomorrow, instead your life becomes hell and the only way out is to go through the expensive and painful process of selling and moving - and who wants to buy the house next to bogans...?
Every choice has it upsides and downsides.
I thought about buying a house next to bogans Mike but the misses was dead against it
Tony Bev said
02:29 PM Feb 1, 2018
I hope that your wife has a speedy recovery, Brickies
I suppose that health issues, is just another ingredient, in the pro and con mix, when deciding if you will keep a house, or go on the road full time
RosieW said
09:17 AM Feb 13, 2018
I hope your wife is doing well.
We do not have a home base, and he has health issues (heart, arthritis, emphysema). Late last year, he had heart surgery. We sat at a CP for recovery; we were there when the GP referred him, and stuck around for the surgery.
Life is what you make it, and everyone has the right to make it the way they want.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
iana said
09:59 AM Feb 13, 2018
Yes, hope the surgery went well, and well on the road to recovery. My other half goes in for knee surgery next week.
On the issue of home base, one point that no-one has mentioned, is, when packing the RV for a trip, and having a home base, you don't have to pack so much other stuff, knowing that that's stored at home. We are planning on selling the house, in fact its on the market now, and we are living in the van. So now all of those things which would have been left behind are coming with us. Trying to cut back to bare essentials is a nightmare of a job, and the van weight is just going up and up.
Holidaying in an RV I think is a totally different propersition to living in the RV full time.
Aus-Kiwi said
10:17 AM Feb 13, 2018
Hope all is healthy . Yes of course you need an address to send all those rego , speeding and parking tickets too !! Lol
RosieW said
12:39 PM Feb 13, 2018
iana wrote:
Yes, hope the surgery went well, and well on the road to recovery. My other half goes in for knee surgery next week. On the issue of home base, one point that no-one has mentioned, is, when packing the RV for a trip, and having a home base, you don't have to pack so much other stuff, knowing that that's stored at home. We are planning on selling the house, in fact its on the market now, and we are living in the van. So now all of those things which would have been left behind are coming with us. Trying to cut back to bare essentials is a nightmare of a job, and the van weight is just going up and up. Holidaying in an RV I think is a totally different propersition to living in the RV full time.
Very true. It also makes us realise how much we have that we don't actually need. At least, it did us :)
meetoo said
10:54 PM Feb 13, 2018
brickies wrote:
We often wonder about living on the road fulltime and look at the pro's and con's , I n the last week we have had a set back my wife requires major surgery and will be 12 weeks recovery time , Lucky we were at home and was able to pick surgeon which we know and will be bulk billed , If on the road you take put luck .
We often wonder about living on the road fulltime and look at the pro's and con's , I n the last week we have had a set back my wife requires major surgery and will be 12 weeks recovery time , Lucky we were at home and was able to pick surgeon which we know and will be bulk billed , If on the road you take put luck .
We see a lot of advantages in having a home base rather than living a fully nomadic life.
Each to their own though.
Haveing the best of both worlds so as to speak works for us as well..
we have always had a home base .A good sense of security i suppose.
Good luck with the surgery ,hope everything goes wellW
As much as I enjoy the gypsy in my soul that takes me out on the road, I must say I would not give up my home base for anything, its compensations are just so wonderful. Regards Kisha.
As to a house - I have lived in many, many houses in my life, and have never had an attachment for any of them.
Give me a motorhome and the open road any day.
Completely the opposite for us, 6 months in total away on various trips, a yearly total of 6 months at home in our bay side location of 42 years. House/garden (not luxuriously) updated 12 years ago, low maintenance & very attached to it!
We have a good chuckle when we see posts from permanent drifters asking where they can hide in school holidays, Easter & Christmas periods.
Ankle biters, bogans, trail bikes, jet skis, speed boats, 4x4 clubs, religious groups, nudists, drunken armed forces veterans, you name 'em we avoid 'em.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Tuesday 30th of January 2018 09:09:02 PM
Everyone does whats they think is right for themselves at the time ,were all different some love to living there dream on the road permanently good for them,most lI would think like the best of both worlds and have a home base,the only problem with living permanently on the road is when you sell your home to finance that very expensive rig and for health reasons you cant be on the road any longer ,that expensive rig has depreciated in value. And buying back into the market might be impossible..
Of course one disadvantage to owning a house is that if the one next door is bought by bogans you can't pack up and move on tomorrow, instead your life becomes hell and the only way out is to go through the expensive and painful process of selling and moving - and who wants to buy the house next to bogans...?
Every choice has it upsides and downsides.
We do have a bolthole - son lives on 27 acres, we just set up there, closest neighbours (apart from son and partner in the house) are about 1k walk away, except the for dogs, cats, birds, meat ants, and sheep across the road. Been here since before Christmas now and loving it. Yabbies from the dam, shops 6k away or 13k - what more do we need.
I thought about buying a house next to bogans Mike but the misses was dead against it
I suppose that health issues, is just another ingredient, in the pro and con mix, when deciding if you will keep a house, or go on the road full time
We do not have a home base, and he has health issues (heart, arthritis, emphysema). Late last year, he had heart surgery. We sat at a CP for recovery; we were there when the GP referred him, and stuck around for the surgery.
Life is what you make it, and everyone has the right to make it the way they want.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
On the issue of home base, one point that no-one has mentioned, is, when packing the RV for a trip, and having a home base, you don't have to pack so much other stuff, knowing that that's stored at home. We are planning on selling the house, in fact its on the market now, and we are living in the van. So now all of those things which would have been left behind are coming with us. Trying to cut back to bare essentials is a nightmare of a job, and the van weight is just going up and up.
Holidaying in an RV I think is a totally different propersition to living in the RV full time.
Very true. It also makes us realise how much we have that we don't actually need. At least, it did us :)
Good luck guys.
Cheers, John