We gave up our live in the UK to travel and live Down Under in Australia, and we haven’t looked back. We had never been to Australia before but after backpacking through Thailand and meeting an Aussie couple, we decided to go for it.

At first, we thought we would only go for a year but we wasn’t eligible for the backpacking visa After attending a migration expo in London we discovered that we would qualify for permanent residency, due to Gary’s job as a carpenter being on the skills in demand list. Before we knew it the visa was granted and we were packing up for a new life in Australia. We have never looked back.

Arriving in Australia in 2006, we soon had all the trappings of society, exactly the same as our life in the UK. Then, nearly 4 years ago we decided to sell everything, the house, the boat, our furniture and other vehicle. We bought a caravan and 4WD and decided to travel around Australia, documenting our travels on our YouTube Channel Turtle Tracks Travels https://youtube.com/@turtletrackstravels?si=QfQuh7mxgsgodlbh

More recently we’ve been more adventurous and have been travelling in just our Landcruiser and roof top tent. This gave us the freedom to do more off-road tracks, such as The Tanami and Simpson Desert.

placeholder image — Simpson Desert Australia

Next year, we want to ship a vehicle to Asia and DRIVE ACROSS THE WORLD back to the UK. We will be sharing our journey and experiences as we go, we want to take you along for the ride through our socials.

We have recently been back in the UK visiting family and hiking 162kms along the South Downs Way for Macmillan Cancer Support and Make-A-Wish, donating the proceeds from any videos (for the next 2 months) we make on the hike to the charities.