Let us introduce ourselves.
We are Vicki and Glenn, from Lake Macquarie NSW. In 2018 we resigned from our jobs. Glenn was 55 and Vicki was just 49.
We wanted to escape the pressures of work. The stress of the workplace was making Glenn both physically and mentally sick. Our intention was to take a gap year. We soon found out that a year was not long enough and we are still on the road all these years later. Our mental health has never been better.
Funding this lifestyle has changed over the years. Initially we used equity in our home loan by redrawing, along with a small amount of work here and there. The work was minimal, the travel took priority.
Sadly, an inheritance came our way in 2023. We would much rather Glenn's mum still be here, her passing was an unexpected shock. An inheritance is not the way you want to ease your money pressures.
Over the last couple of years we have been making a small income from YouTube and Meta. The amount of hours we put into it makes it a ridiculously low hourly rate, but we love what we do. More recently, Glenn has turned 60 and can now access his superannuation. This has meant, after many years of indecision, we can now say we are "officially" retired!
Over the years our setup has changed. We started with a 2015 Ford Everest and a 2018 Kokoda Digger 2, updating the vehicle after a car accident in 2019 to a new Ford Ranger. These served us well for 6 years, when we decided it was time for a little more luxury in a van and more torque in a tow vehicle. More recently we have updated our Kokoda to a beautiful 2024 Kokoda XCore Platoon and a 2025 V6 Ranger with a customised alloy canopy.
We still own our home. Our sons live in it, paying rent helps to cover household expenses. This situation works for all of us, they have the home to themselves and we always have somewhere to come back to. We visit home every Christmas and travel around eleven months of the year.
We travel as tourists, moving often. We don't stay anywhere longer than a week. This keeps our YouTube and social media content current and always changing.
There are so many bloggers and YouTubers out there, but we like to think we are different. We don't go fishing, we don't travel with kids and we don't travel with dogs. It is just us, both in our 50s, no pecs or bikinis here, just average to look at, but we are living our best life!