No
Kiwis both of us!!
Been here 2 yrs.
He got diagnosed with cancer last year. After surgery and chemo and more surgery we have decided that life is for living...so we are going to live it travelling this fab country!!
Cant wait...about 6 weeks to go now!! :)

The Phantom wrote:

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Born and Bred = Y/N Yes
Why Are You Travelling = It's a rite of passage

We leave next week for an extended 12 to 18 month trip. The plan is to have no plan but at some stage we will be in Cairns to visit our daughter and her tribe (if they haven't been transferred somewhere else, meantime).
We have been all over Oz in the past but now will go back to places known and unknown to live it all over again.
I have set up a blog and will post the URL in due course.

Peter

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 Hi Phantom

Thnaks for the reply, love the idea of a plan that is no plan.  When we first started out two years ago I spent my spare time preparing for the next leg of the journey instead of enjoying where I was, I've learnt to forget about the next bit until it's time to think about it.  enjoy your travels.

Mark

BarbandDaz wrote:

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Hi Mark

1. Born and Bred = Y/N  Yes
2. Country of Origin = (not applicable if answer to Q1 is yes!!)
3. Time Lived in Australia = (not applicable if answer to Q1 is yes!!)
4. Why Are You Travelling = General Question to All  Since I became ill in 2004 and then medically retired in 2010 - my hubby and I decided that we must do the trips we had been dreaming off - whilst I am still able to enjoy it.  We are slowly getting through the list and my health is stable (at the moment) so we will keep investigating our great country.

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 G'Day BarbandDaz

Sorry to hear of your health troubles, but like Buffy61 say's, "life is for living" so good on you too for getting out there too.  Hope you have many years of safe and enjoyable travel.

Mark

Beth54 wrote:

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Mark wrote:

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Hi Nomadic1

Yeah, like you, we like to see things for ourselves too.

Thanks for the reply, i can see why you call yourself Nomadic. 

Cheers

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 And I can tell you that Nomadic1 is a very intelligent, friendly lady who I hope to meet again one day.

 

Thanks for the heads up on Nomadics intelligence and friendliness Beth54, hope you eet up with her soon.  Take care and safe travels.

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I wasn't born here, but I came here when I was 3, so I don't have any memories of the old country. That's all I want to say on that score.

As for the term "True Blue", what does it actually mean?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/true+blue

adj
1. unwaveringly or staunchly loyal, esp to a person, a cause, etc

noun
1. a nonfading blue dye or pigment.

This expression alludes to the idea of blue being the color of constancy, but the exact allusion is disputed. One theory holds it alludes to the unchanging blue sky, another to the fastness of a blue dye that will not run. Blue has been the identifying color of various factions in history. In the mid-1600s the Scottish Covenanters, who pledged to uphold Presbyterianism, were called true blue (as opposed to red , the color of the royalists). In the 1800s the same term came to mean "staunchly Tory," and in America, "politically sound."

Born & Bred No

Born in UK

Arrived in Qld 1978 (am now a proud Aussie with certificate as proof)

First travelled after cancer recovery, it certainly changes your outlook on life.

Looking forward to hitting the road again soon in my little Avan...so much to see

 

Mark wrote:

I'm amazed at the number of ladies that travel on their own with such spirit a spirit of adventure  

My wife Linda tells me that if anything should happen to me, she's gonna see the journey through too.  We looked after a caravan park a couple of years ago and the number of ladies that came in on their own, set up went about their hobbies and pastimes was incredible.  We would see so many of them sitting and chatting having a sundowner or two.  I remember one lady who towed a small-ish van with a van who had a full sized sewing machine in the back of the van and made clothes as she travelled, all racked out with material and stuff.  Good on you all. 

It really must be something to do with Australia, I mentioned in another post on this subject that people wouldn;t be doing this back in the old country, same as women travellers, it just wouldn't happen. 

Aussie girls must be more adventurous I guess

Travel safely

Mark

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 I'm a solo female too, and I've been surprised at how many people are surprised at me travelling alone. In my experience they seem to be people who've been married for years and just wouldn't think of doing it alone. Single blokes don't seem to see it at unusual. Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer to have a bloke along for the 'bloke' stuff, but nobody has come along who I'd want to travel with.

My sister has been married for almost 40 years, but she reckons if (heaven forbid) her hubby passed before her, she'd sell the Patrol and caravan and get herself a campervan and still go travelling.

But my girlfriend, who separated last year, is just too scared to go it alone. Although she is going to Winton in the school hols with her 10 year old grandson. But I don't know that'd he'd be capable of protecting her...  

Born in Australia and married to an Australian. Love this country but have also been blessed to see many parts of the world. Now we want to go back to the places we have seen and see what is new plus the places we haven't been.
My cousin lives in London and travelled to Australia every second year until recently (he used to work for British Airways). He loves Australia but can't believe how many kilometres we do for pleasure. He just doesn't do that in England even though he travels the world.

+1 Sheba (--->Beth) et al

I reckon the real reason for travelling around this fair land is because we can....

and everything else follows, including (perhaps) the sense of 'belonging' here.

Once again thanks to everybody for their replies   

As I said to ozjohn, perhaps the title was the wrong one to use 

Like a few other people have said, it doesn't matter where we actually come from it's more to do with whether we embrace what we have when we get here, I know we have and have done so to our detriment (or not to be honest) by the loss of some "friends"............ such is life!!  

Anyway, before I get told off for getting political, I'll stop.  But many thanks for your thoughts and actually putting my initial question into a better perspective.

Bye for now

Mark

dorian wrote:

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I wasn't born here, but I came here when I was 3, so I don't have any memories of the old country. That's all I want to say on that score.

As for the term "True Blue", what does it actually mean?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/true+blue

adj
1. unwaveringly or staunchly loyal, esp to a person, a cause, etc

noun
1. a nonfading blue dye or pigment.

This expression alludes to the idea of blue being the color of constancy, but the exact allusion is disputed. One theory holds it alludes to the unchanging blue sky, another to the fastness of a blue dye that will not run. Blue has been the identifying color of various factions in history. In the mid-1600s the Scottish Covenanters, who pledged to uphold Presbyterianism, were called true blue (as opposed to red , the color of the royalists). In the 1800s the same term came to mean "staunchly Tory," and in America, "politically sound."

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 And are you enjoying your travels around this great country Dorian?  

 

1. Born and Bred = No
2. Country of Origin = London England
3. Time Lived in Australia = 43 years
4. Why Are You Travelling = To enjoy freedom, devoid myself of responsibilities and meet and enjoy the company of others of a like mind. (part timer at the moment but hopefully full in a few years)

Yes I am a 10 pound pome.. but was (a long time ago) a red head so that at least covers the Blue part :)

 

cheers

Mike