In about April this year, I suggested over the family dinner that we could take the kids out of school for the final term and travel around Australia. Fabian declared "I like this sort of talk!" The reasoning went something like this:-
- the timing was good to disrupt the kid's schooling. Fabian in year nine, Millie in year 6 and Broughton (Bro) in year 4. After this year, there won't be another good time for another 8 years.
- there was never going to be a good time for me to leave my work and there's no long service leave to wait for.
What we settled on is a 4 month cruise around Australia, August to November with an option to extend. We made the start earlier to avoid traveling in the worst of early summer heat. That meant taking the kids out of school for most of two terms, but the school principals and the department of education were accommodating. It also meant leaving my office at the busiest time of the year, so I planned to take my office on the road with me.
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