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G'day, and thanks for visiting my little corner of cyberspace. It's now been four years since we sold our eight-acre property in Gympie, Queensland, Australia, and hit the road full-time as 'not-so-grey' nomads in our custom-built 25ft luxury caravan and four-wheel-drive. Oh, and our two Balinese cats - one a diabetic - travel with us!!
Like
us, the furry felines seem to be thoroughly enjoying their lifestyle. We
initially travelled with three cats but our
It's amazing the fascinating people we have met since embarking on
our travels. Take, for instance, the lady who travels everywhere with her own cat ... well, at least the poor departed pussy's ashes in an urn. Seems she can't bear to be without her beloved pet. Then there was the gentleman who took on the mighty banks after losing a fortune thanks to one of their questionable overseas investment schemes. He led a successful class action which saw the banks forking out millions in compensation, and he went on to write a tell-all book about it. A fascinating character.
And the list goes on. Just how long we continue our nomadic lifestyle remains to be seen, but I reckon it will be some years before we tire of our freedom.
We recently bought a 31.5-acre property near Gin Gin in Queensland and have
had a roadway and power installed to the house pad at the top of the ridge,
which offers stunning views of surrounding farms and mountains. We decided to
call it Eden and may settle there one day. Anyway, let me tell you something about myself and family. My name is Dennis Amor (formerly
Dennis Poxon), an expatriate Pom (an endearing term used by Australians to describe an
English person). My wife and best friend is Pat (actually, it's Patricia and she hates
being called Pat!). We are both vegetarians. I am a retired journalist who worked on the now defunct Oldbury Weekly News (UK)
for seven years and the Wolverhampton
(UK) Express and Star for 17 years before moving Down Under 22 years ago.
I now keep myself busy writing and producing the monthly web-based
Caravanning News, which is
increasing in popularity with more than 10,000
page downloads monthly. Meet me (wearing Christmas hat) and my Aussie family ... Pat (second
from left) with
son Steven (right) and daughter Andrea (second from right) and their Andrea was born in Wordsley (near Dudley,
UK) and Steven in Birmingham. Steven and wife Diane have two young children, Brendan and Keeleigh.
Andrea and husband Greg have two sons, Aleph and Telek.
Pat worked in the labs at Fort Dunlop in Birmingham and ran our gift shop - aptly
called The Gift Box - in Hagley Road, Quinton, Birmingham, before we moved Down Under.
We are marine turtle nuts, spending a huge chunk of each summer at the
famous Mon Repos turtle rookery and a remote beach in Queensland carrying
out vital research and collecting data to help these wonderful but
endangered and vulnerable survivors from the dinosaur age to survive. Our family has enjoyed much travelling together, visiting exotic places such as the
South Pacific Islands, Europe, South America, Indonesia, the Caribbean, Greece, Spain and
Turkey to name but a few. One of the most moving places we've had the good fortune to
visit was Israel and Bethlehem where Jesus was born 2008 years ago. We saw lots of
wonderful holy places and swam (well attempted to!) in the fascinating Dead Sea. Our latest travels in 2008 took Pat and myself to Hong Kong, Thailand,
Singapore, Malaysia, India, Egypt, Greece, Spain, the UK, America and
Canada. It was a wonderful world trip and we saw fabulous sights and met
some fascinating people. India was something of a culture shock but I would
willingly return to spend more time with the friendly and helpful locals. I am glad to say both Andrea and Steven have inherited our passion for
travel and surrender to their itchy feet at the first opportunity. In fact,
Steven and his family have moved to Vancouver, Canada, for a couple of
years, and Andrea and her family have jetted off to the UK for a while. I also have two daughters, Ruth and Celia, living in the English Midlands. I send them
lots of love. Sign My
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