Our Story

The Idea.

We were living on a five acre property south of Brisbane. Life was not really going anywhere, other than working to pay the bank. We seemed to have very little time to enjoy the pleasures of life. One day in May 2007, the idea became fixed to just sell up everything and travel the country. We both enjoyed travel, and had grown to dislike the never ending toil of maintaining a property. Up until that time, we had never even holidayed in an RV of any kind.

The search started to see what type of vehicle we should look for. Trips to sales yards pointed us to a motorhome, but the one we liked was twice as much as we would have to spend. A search through magazines showed us the possibility of a secondhand motorhome within our budget, but those we looked at were not up to scratch. Weeks of looking finally ended with placing a deposit on a 30ft fifth wheel that was just about to arrive from America. At the same time, our house finally settled, and we were technically homeless. It was now early July 2007.

The Saga.

The story really got interesting a week later, when the 5th wheel finally arrived from the port. It was the wrong one. We were living in our car, along with the cat, and towing a heavy trailer with our treasured possessions, and now our planned-for new home was not to be. Much discussion resulted in an offer to import another fifth wheel from America especially for us, while we would move in with relatives half way across the country for the weeks it would take, not fully realising exactly how long that would be. We also had to separate. One in one town, and the other, with the cat, about 80 kms away.We had the proceeds of our house sale rationed out, but had not planned on on what turned into an extended, enforced holiday. This was also the time I decided to start this web site to record our progress.

After two and a half months of living like this, and with our relatives starting to get a bit sick of us, we decided to try to cancel the deal we were waiting on, and buy a Sundance unit that was in stock, and that is what we proceeded to do. Within a week we were living in our new Sundance 2900MK.

After two days camped in the dealers front yard, we had him tow us to a nearby motorhome park in Casino while we waited for things to sort themselves out so we could have the money to buy a suitable tow vehicle.

This was our first time in an RV of any sort, so there was plenty to learn. It was quite surprising how big the van was to live in. Previously we had visions of it being quite cramped and uncomfortable, but they were soon dispelled. The shower and toilet, two very important considerations for Lyn, were both quite good. The main trouble was that the bed was harder to make up than a normal house bed, but at least it was normal size. Another problem was just where to put the washing line? Lyn loves having the laundry up-to-date, and was thrilled with the inbuilt laundry chute, and supplied Lamair washer. Just where to hang the washing to dry was the problem to be solved.

The third member of the family, Zebbie the cat, took to the van very quickly, finding sleeping places within hours. Her favorite is up under the bed cover. I'm sure she thinks she is well hidden!