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

• Wikicamps AU
• Wikicamps NZ
• Camper mate
• Trusted House Sitters
• Aussie House Sitters
• Kiwi House Sitters
• The Families on the Move Facebook group
• Khan academy
• I mentioned the Yousician app