14/07/2026
This is us, 10 years ago. We had just resigned from our jobs and given up our super nice rental in Red Hill to hit the road, after buying land in Ashby Heights and storing all our worldly possessions in a shipping container.
Our first housesit was for Irish friends in beautiful Moreton Bay, Brisbane.
We were so eager that we painted their outside stairs and a garden deck for them. This because they didn’t have pets and didn’t really need sitters and really just did us a favour.
We took this photo as a reminder of a new chapter in our lives. Embarking on the great unknown. No house, no jobs, just a lust for life and a sense of adventure.
We still have those warm jumpers and I am wearing the same Ugg boots today 🙂
We could never have imagined then that we would still be housesitting now, a decade later!
This morning we went for a 5am moonless walk in Brooms Head, saw some shooting stars, and got back just when the sun was rising. It was bitter cold, with clear skies. Similar to our early morning walk in Moreton Bay 10 years ago!
I went back later to see whales slapping tails, people fishing, dolphins frolicking, gannets deep diving, eagles soaring, swifts darting in and out of the cliffs.
Then, this afternoon, we started a new sit in Maclean, a short one to help out a work mate during an emergency.
We now have a deaf, blind and limply 4-legged housemate to look after, so we are getting our doggy fix too.
