WANDERING AUS

WHAT A WONDERFUL YEAR IT HAS BEEN!

- Nikita Shanley

AS WE wrap up 2021, I want to talk about what we’ve learned travelling around Australia this year, and boy have we learned plenty. This year has been one of the most rewarding of my life – I made a promise to myself at the start of the year that I would get out of my comfort zone, and I have definitely ticked this box. Our trip around Australia has been everything we expected and much, much more! We have seen the most amazing sights and experienced life-changing moments. Travelling Australia gives you the opportunity to say “yes!” more often than “no!” and when you change to this mindset, the life you live is mind-blowing!

That was a big attitude change for me, and I found myself swimming with whale sharks in 60 metres of the deep blue, standing on mountain summits soaking in the clean air, and conquering rough 4WD tracks to say “we did it!”

Travel life is just one great moment to the next, but as many travelling families will tell you, it’s not all margaritas and sunshine. You go through this change after about a month, where it begins to feel like a lifestyle rather than just a holiday, and the real world starts to creep back in. While on the road, you still have to do all the everyday things you would at home – grocery shopping, cleaning the house AKA van, educating children and paying bills; and some people are still working on the road, so they have that as well. On top of this, we are always planning our next adventure, managing bookings, as well as editing photos and videos to keep of our memories. Don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining, but it’s definitely a busier lifestyle than I thought.