RV FEATURE
NOT-SO-GREY NOMADS
Frannie and Crispy
Last Christmas was our first away from home.
We were working on an outback cattle station.
We started Christmas day by heading out to
explore on the quad bikes – we had been told
about a secret waterhole on the property. We
found the spot and were blown away, especially to
think it is a place that not many people have seen.
I spied what I thought was rubbish in the trees and
I was horrified! Who would dump rubbish all the
way out here? I went over and, to my surprise, I
found a table and chairs, our portable barbecue,
Christmas decorations in the tree, a bed and
bowl for our dog – everything we needed for a
Christmas breakfast barbecue in the bush. Crispy
had gone out the day before to set it all up.
Our plans for this year, though, are different,
which is to be expected when you are travelling
full-time, I suppose. We arrived in our first major
east coast city, Townsville, in mid-December after
finishing working for five months in Cloncurry,
western Queensland.
This is our first time on the coast in about 15 months.
In order to relax for a couple of weeks over the busy
holiday period, we will be house-sitting for the third
time (through the website Aussiehousesitters.
com.au).
Lots of people go on holidays over Christmas and
New Year’s, so it is a great time to house-sit. I’m
not sure if Crispy can top last year’s surprise,
but North Queensland will probably be just as
impressive as the remote outback as a location
to spend it together.
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The Peachey family will be in Darwin this Christmas.
A BIG PEACHEY ADVENTURE
Michael, Natalie and three children
We at A Big Peachey Adventure will be spending
Christmas in Darwin, experiencing our first wet
season. We are mid-lap, taking a break from our
van to house-sit over the holiday period.
As we will miss our family and friends like mad,
we are organising a Christmas get-together with
other travelling families. A steamy Darwin day
enjoying the free waterparks, a local seafood
barbecues, a few ice-cold tinnies with the family
and possibly other travellers will make Christmas
2018 a memorable one.
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