no... we're not "quite there" yet.
Longer version:
Kyria (my wonderful wife) has been on the bariatric surgery waiting list since 2019. She was originally scheduled for November 2019, then that was bumped to March 2020 and then... well you can work out the (covidy) rest.
She is now booked in for this April. (actual day to be set this week) Once surgery is over (assuming no complications) and she recovers... (6-8 weeks or thereabouts) She wants to take a job teaching in a remote community (she is a pre-school teacher with 23 years experience). She has investigated this and she is their dream teacher... plenty of experience, married with a husband that can travel with her, no kids (just the two dogs), no commitments to tie her down.
As for me... I work for myself and can work from anywhere as long as I have internet and a VoIP headset. We bought a StarLink setup at XMAS for this very purpose.
Our plan is for her to quit her current job one full term before she is due to start at her new remote school. That will give us around 3 months of travel time. The goal is to slowly make our way to her new job. Via some of those South Australian beach camps that we see on all the YouTube vids, The Flinders Ranges and so on...
I need to be on the computer and the VoIP phone between 9am and 4pm Monday to Friday (Sydney time). With StarLink and a laptop (and a generous supply of solar and lithium, we can manage this pretty easily) and the cool thing is that the further west we go... the earlier I finish work each day.
We can drive outside my work hours, or park up for a week if we want.
Now... just need to get the bloody van back from the repairer...
then we'll cull everything we own back to what (legally) fits in the 105 series and the 14' Getaway van. Fat bikes on the drawbar. The Ziggy plus a Cuddy composting portable toilet.
It's hard... I'm trying to focus on the surgery only for now... But my mind keeps wanting to race ahead.
