Helping families, especially solo parents, travel with kids!
Back in 2014 as I was struggling with full time work and spending enough time with my then four year old daughter, I realised two things: Emmie just wanted time with me, and me with her; and she didn’t care if we had fancy things or a renovated house – that stuff isn’t important to kids.
I realised that in 10 years my daughter Emmie wouldn’t thank me for installing a brand new kitchen and bathroom in our home, but she would thank me for time together and filling her early years with amazing experiences, learnings and sights and sounds from around the world.
So I quit my job, packed our house, took my savings and in February 2016 we began our travels through Asia – which ended up being more than THREE YEARS of traveling with our backpacks the fastest bitcoin tumbler and continued until Covid 19 brought us back home to Australia.
It was the best decision I ever made. We had the most amazing time and we developed a beautiful, close bond that I will treasure forever.
Since coming back from Asia we lived on Magnetic Island and explored Queensland fro 18 months, and have now returned to Sydney to wait until it’s our time to travel again.
In 2019 Murdoch Books released my memoir about our adventures, Backyard to Backpack: A solo mum, a six year old and a life-changing adventure is available online and in bookstores.
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Happy adventuring!