A little bit about us ?
We are a family of 5 , Me ( Blake ) my wife Sue, our 3 sons Luke ( 11), Jarred (9) and Ryan ( 5) from Brisbane QLD. After years of running the urban life on the treadmill full time in relentless executive jobs, living and moving all over the Australia, and running the school rituals of daily life we sat up and had a thought one night over a glass of wine, we should just get up and go somewhere for a gap year !. YIKES well guess what ? thats what we are doing. With the age of the boys we decided it was now or wait till they finish school in 12 yrs time ! Along with both of us having ageing parents who will need our care and assitance in later years it was without a blink of an eye - NOW OR NEVER. With that thought - we purchased a second hand family van, 2012 Jayco Stacraft outback 22.68-1 OB- from a family who had ironed out the bugs in it. Equipped with the triple bunks for the boys, with our touches to "Jeff the Jayco" we have made it our home ready to set off clockwise around our beautiful country and give our family a trip and memory of a lifetime. We consider ourselves as "young Nomads" with myself being 45 ( and yes my beard is a distinguished shade of youthful grey ) and Sue being .... ( I want to make it to 46 :) lets say a lot younger than me !! So our jouney begins in January 2015 after a short trip to Busselton W.A on a plane for Xmas then back home to Brisbane where our new adventure begins. Follow our journey here as we share our experiences and adventures
We are a family of 5 , Me ( Blake ) my wife Sue, our 3 sons Luke ( 11), Jarred (9) and Ryan ( 5) from Brisbane QLD. After years of running the urban life on the treadmill full time in relentless executive jobs, living and moving all over the Australia, and running the school rituals of daily life we sat up and had a thought one night over a glass of wine, we should just get up and go somewhere for a gap year !. YIKES well guess what ? thats what we are doing. With the age of the boys we decided it was now or wait till they finish school in 12 yrs time ! Along with both of us having ageing parents who will need our care and assitance in later years it was without a blink of an eye - NOW OR NEVER. With that thought - we purchased a second hand family van, 2012 Jayco Stacraft outback 22.68-1 OB- from a family who had ironed out the bugs in it. Equipped with the triple bunks for the boys, with our touches to "Jeff the Jayco" we have made it our home ready to set off clockwise around our beautiful country and give our family a trip and memory of a lifetime. We consider ourselves as "young Nomads" with myself being 45 ( and yes my beard is a distinguished shade of youthful grey ) and Sue being .... ( I want to make it to 46 :) lets say a lot younger than me !! So our jouney begins in January 2015 after a short trip to Busselton W.A on a plane for Xmas then back home to Brisbane where our new adventure begins. Follow our journey here as we share our experiences and adventures
Blake: Having worked in hospitality since finishing school running major restaurant chains for over 16yrs all over Australia, to National Manager for a franchise business, State Manager for Defence Force Recruiting, to managing a private portfolio of companies dealing in Stock Broking, Property Development and Black Angus cattle breeding for the past 10years. I am also an advid adventure bike rider and have riden some of Australia's east coasts and outbacks greatest adventures. I am leaving the bike at home on this trip to focus on us as a family and to enjoy the journey at a slower relaxing pace of living life in the left lane. Sue: Sue will fill in this bit :) Luke: 11 yrs of age and going on 18. our eldest son and cool dude ! finishing grade 6 and having us teach Grade 7 on the trip, Luke shares many of our traits from long distance running (Sue's side) to riding dirt bikes ( Blake's influence ) Rugby Union, BasketBall, XBox pro, and anything to do with technology, building, creating and aspirations of doing graphic design. Did we mention cool dude ? Jarred: Master 9. Jarred is our nature lover and budding "Bear Grills", from handling Scorpions, snakes, crocodiles, lizards and catching fish by hand, Jarred loves his wildlife and wilderness expeditions. Growing up he would choose to watch documentries on nature and every Bear Grills survival episode over watching cartoons and other normal 8-9 year old shows. If Jarred isnt outside he is sitting down with his head buried in a novel enjoying his other great passion of reading. Also another great Long Distance runner, Rugby union Player, Ipod, Ipad and XBox extrodinare and also a cool dude ! Ryan: Master 5 ( 6 when we leave for the trip ) Ryan our youngest has a bit of all of us and seems to love anything we do. He is a budding artist in the making with his love for craft and creating, Minecraft builder, painter, builder. He is also our cheeky man with a smile that melts anyone he meets. He is also a rugby union player, runner and everything else his big brothers do, he is all over it. And also an expert at all forms of computer techonolgy ( ipad, XBox etc ) and again one Cool Dude ! Luke: 11 yrs of age and going on 18. our eldest son and cool dude ! finishing grade 6 and having us teach Grade 7 on the tripLuke: 11 yrs of age and going on 18. our eldest son and cool dude ! finishing grade 6 and having us teach Grade 7 on the trip |