Time to Roam Magazine Issue 3 - June/July 2013 | Page 39

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on the roam family touring

Steve, Stella, Darcy and Raine in Boyanup, WA, about to embark on their eight month trip.

our bed and clamber between Stella and me,
usually with freezing toes, smothering us in
kisses and cuddles, with the primary objective
of waking us up and getting us out of bed.
It is, however, the opportunity
to have moments like these that
made us leave in the first place.
Although we always had an idea in the
back of our minds that we might do a
trip like this one day, a number of factors
aligned which caused us to feel that the time
was right to turn our dream into reality.
Stella and I were both busy working flat
out, the kids were growing up way too fast
and we felt that time was disappearing
and the chance may pass us by.
We also felt that the ages of our children,
four and six, was perfect. Old enough
to be out of nappies, young enough to
be flexible and go with the flow.
In the end we made the decision