looks like our plans of being nomads grey or otherwise have gone up in smoke so to speak.... I hate being ripped off, now we have to start all over again,,you think that of all people family would be the ones you could trust the most,,, apparently not

So sorry to hear your dreams have been shattered ,so sad to hear your storey.Maybe you will find a way out of the situation you have found your self in.All the best .

Beachball - sorry you have found yourselves in this position - unfortunately these days, you never know who to trust.

Hope it all works out for you.

I spent many years allowing other people to determine my life. Thilly me. There's only one person at the helm now, and that's me. Lesson learned.

G'day, 

         Suffering catfish what rotten bad luck. Hope everything works out for you both.

My motto for what it is worth, trust no one, till your dead after that I could'nt care less.

Cheers and keep the chin up, think positive, every new day arrives with the possibility that things will change.

Kev

It give you the biggest kick in the a##se when you plan and make financial arrangements for your future and retirement and thru no fault of your own some other greedy, thieving bastards comes along and have different ideas for your money and how to use it
Hang in there and keep the dream alive
Ken

Hang in there Beachball. Honestly, the more I hear of some people, the more I love my dog.

Oooh that hurts BB. Even worse when its family. Hang in there!

Justice has a way of catching up, what goes round comes round.

ken thomas wrote:
It give you the biggest kick in the a##se when you plan and make financial arrangements for your future and retirement and thru no fault of your own some other greedy, thieving bastards comes along and have different ideas for your money and how to use it
Hang in there and keep the dream alive
Ken

Couldn't have said it better myself Ken!

Hope the future brightens for you soon BB. We have also been badly burnt by so called family, both sides, at least you have a choice with friends. Pick them wisely and with reservation. Take care of each other.

-- Edited by Legendts on Sunday 12th of May 2013 08:28:37 AM

well I've closed the business doors (for now) manage to pay all the debtors, which has taken all of our "big trip money" but at least we don't owe anyone anything,,,managed to keep the house so at least we are not living under a rock,,,had to get rid of the caravan and tug but had enough to buy a pre owned 80 series land cruiser and a camper trailer, so we can at least go away for a weekend or something like that,, the bride is still working and i hope to get a part time job in the next week or so, so at least we'll have so sort of income,,,,,to be honest I thought the world had come to an end, but the sun still rises in the morning and everyday the feet are on the ground is a good day,,,,this year we had planned on an extended trip up tyo broome and that part of the country but now thats been put off as has the big trip,,,I have 8 years before I can retire "officially" so now the nomadding wil be done then but in the mean time we'll be part time nomads,, so for now i spend my spare time getting the 80 series and the camper trailer set up for the odd trip away when we can....life goes on...but it makes it hard for me to trust anyone again in that situation,,,, hard lesson leanrt i guess

Hello Beachball, Good to hear that you pulled through all your problems, now you can look to whats ahead for you and your wife.So no good looking back ,just look forward,and i always say the sun will still come up in the morning and i am  one of the lucky buggers i woke up alive. At least now you both can still get away for a few days at a time, just say to your self it is you apprenticeship into this nomadic lifestyle.Me and the wife love to just take the Oz tent and head off ,so much easier in a lot of ways to really get into some magficent places to camp,as the van restricts you into a lot of these places.

Regards Herbie.

There's an old saying :

You can pick your friends , but you can't pick your relations .

A saying that gets proven over and over again . Hope things pan out for you sooner rather than later .

We have taken 35 years but in that time we have nearly every road in NSW covered, 2 or 3 different routes to Cairns, a lot of Victoria, a lot of SA and most of the south of WA done and 2 trips to Tasmania at different times of the year. We still hear of things in places we have already been that we would like to see so no doubt we will go back and explore some more. Our kids have even thanked us for the road trips they have been on as they have seen many more places than their friends have seen. And it has all been on a tight budget in a second hand caravan.

So our message would be - Just Do It.

-- Edited by neilnruth on Friday 17th of May 2013 05:11:11 PM

neilnruth wrote:

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As you said, the sun continues to rise each day. Keep positive. Enjoy the trips you can have. A lot of us have had to wait until we could do what we have done. We still haven't done the big one but have enjoyed the shorter trips we have had.

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 Good point you make there neilnruth, you do not have to do the lap to enjoy this grate country.Doing shorter trips over a period of time you get to see more of a particular area than trying to do much in a short time frame.A lot of people  have done the lap ..and that is all it has been one big lap.Never stoping long enough in one place to enjoy what it has to offer.