EER066: House sitting, camping in New Zealand and Australia & more

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Last Updated on January 31, 2017 by Jason Jenkins

Camping in New Zealand. Living in Australia. Moving to Bali and Italy and other exotic locations. This wasn’t part of the plan…at least at first.

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Phil and Amanda North did have a family adventure planned for after retirement. In fact, they had spent years planning and preparing for that family adventure, and when the time was right, they were ready to begin.

…only it wasn’t the family adventure they had planned for.

CAMPING IN NEW ZEALAND: ADVENTURE RE-IMAGINED

The North’s dream was to sail the oceans together. They had already bought a boat, planned their itinerary and rented out their house when the call came. The boat they bought had unforeseen damage — it would cost too much to repair. Their family adventure plans were shattered, so they did what anyone would do: they started on a new adventure. Three years later they’re still traveling the world. Listen in as we talk about house sitting, homeschooling, making friends on the road and many other aspects of their exceptional family adventure.

IN THIS EPISODE

04:33 Intro
06:00 Origins: an unexpected life of travel
13:43 Money and funding travel
15:20 Budgeting
16:42 Camping in New Zealand & Australia
19:12 House sitting resources & experiences
21:13 Advice on getting started in house sitting
24:10 Homeschooling and their views on education
31:56 A bittersweet element of the kids making friends
38:01 Educational resources and supplies they travel with
45:17 Advice for aspiring family travelers

ABOUT

Names: Philip and Amanda North, their daughter Sophie (13) and son Nate (11).
Hold passports from: USA
Type of travel: 3 years (so far) of slow travel
A few places they’ve been: New Zealand, Australia, USA, Indonesia, Italy, etc.

IN THEIR BAGS

Kindle Paperwhites
Art supplies such as colored pencils and watercolors
Ukuleles
A big bag of LEGOs

LINKS & RESOURCES

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EER066: House sitting, camping in New Zealand and Australia & more