Oh wow - something exciting to follow along with !! What courage you have. I can just imagine the blank look i would get from my husband if I suggested a year apart!!

I am at work as I read and type this, its 115 am in the morning and we are in the middle of another flood emergency in western sydney !!

In 5 weeks time I won't be working anymore, retirement begins.

We have sold our home in Sydney - and move out in 3 weeks.

Hubby who is 67 has enjoyed his first week of retirement from being a night shift nurse in a old folks home.

After much discussion and research we decided to make a seachange , and rather than retiring in Bali as we had long planned we purchase a new home off the plan in a over 50's resort in a coastal village of about 10 000 folk just east of Bundaberg in Queensland Australia .

Our new home has been delayed, so we are renting a motor home and doing a trip around Australia for 3 months .