Blue wrote:

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yeoeleven wrote:

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Wot if!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it has been covered very well in previous posts. We all had lots of wot ifs. You can imagine the ones that came my way when I decided to travel round Australia in a 1979 pop top Hi Ace and I was at the time 74 year young with no funds to back me up.

There were plenty of wot ifs but I had the best year of my life up to then and it has only got better since. Now I will be 78 at Greens and the fun goes on, the past 2 birthdays at Greens have been excellent with so many GN friends around. Blue I think Gary has said it true, if you need so much reassurance then the time is not right for you but don't wait too long you never know what is round the corner and it may be too late.

I had few options at the start but a positive attitude has made it all happen very well for me, just read my posts and blog to see how I have been able to upgrade to a Coaster and live on the road whilst on a pension. If I had taken notice of the wot ifs I wouldn't have the memories and lifestyle that I have now.  John

 

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 wow John, had a quick look at your blog.. you sure like to write!!

 

half your luck getting about Australia like you do..

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May I say something about John (Yoeleven)   See you at Greens , will be there about Tuesday or Wednesday , if we are not there ,,!!Then!!, we will be some  where else,  need my Medication ,, puff puff , back now, .......Blue,, Every thing around you , is an illusion,,,  A very excited Billeeeeeee

-- Edited by billeeeeeee on Sunday 26th of October 2014 07:43:44 PM

Hi Billeee,

love the avatar my guess that it will have to be changed within a week at the most.

Expect to be at Greens Monday week in time for the sweep and party.

Will try to remember the Butternut Schnapps and that black stuff from Aldi.

CYA 

John

I lost everything in a house fire and for the first two weeks I would think to myself... I'll put on a favourite jumper or play my guitar or read my books and then I would realise that I didn't have them anymore. As time moved on I began to be grateful that I was still alive and oh thank goodness I didn't need to pack up and move a great load of stuff. I used to play in a band and had three huge bags of photos that I couldn't throw out, they were now gone. No guilt. All those things that I kept for sentimental reasons. Gone. I felt free and light and now five years later I still think long and hard before I buy stuff. Do I really want it, I usually come up with no, not really. The more stuff I load myself down with the less space I have to relax in. The harder it is to find things in the cupboard and the more weight in Gus the bus. Give me a comfy chair to sit in under the annex, a cup of tea in my favourite mug, nature surrounding me,and aaaah!!!!! bliss I am in heaven. Lynne 

Where is that Billieeeeeee?

Aussie Paul. 

Hi Paul


that was just before Easter this year At Waruma Dam Paul
we try to have a get together there around March every year
so I hope to see you there

 

Cheers John

Great story Lin

Well my dad always wanted to travel more than they did but mum wasn't ready to go they did do two trips around this great island of Oz and loved it, eventually when Mum was ready Dad was not well enough to travel much (WW2 service ) so I lived there regrets and said to my self I will travel when I can did a fair bit before I gave away half my food just to get the other half cooked our three kids are now grown and have there trades to sustain them ( mechanic , electrician ,& nurse ) proud of them all , I said to the cook a few years ago that I wanted a van and to travel round Oz she asked who I was going with I said on my own if I have to ,luckily she has now come around and we have bought our first van probably about 1 year earlier than planed but the right van came up so we bought it , so some trial runs are in the wind for next year as a farmer it's not easy to just sell up and go as where we live was originally settled by my grandfather so there is a strong bond here it's been our family home for far to long to sell but son #1 wants to be a farmer so when he is ready to take over we will back out slowly Sues long service is not due for another 18 months so that's our time frame at the moment reading all of the stories on this forum is so inspiring I can't wait to go it won't be easy to leave my life's work and move on but I want to do it while I can still work at other part time jobs if that's what fits when we travel this great land and meet the great people all over Oz especially the people (nuters ) on this forum I recon I'll fit in well between the wall nuts and the peanuts.
Woody