Wife and I quit our jobs in Sydney and took six months to circumnavigate Australia en route to a new life of unknowns in sleepy Cairns, up in the north of the c

Wife and I quit our jobs in Sydney and took six months to circumnavigate Australia en route to a new life of unknowns in sleepy Cairns, up in the north of the country (home to the Great Barrier Reef and also the oldest rainforest in the world). Was expecting to work remotely once we arrived, but am now back working in tech (non-remote) in definitely the most interesting job I've ever had, where I even get to dive for work at least once a month. Jigsaw falling into place. We passed through so many beautiful places on the trip though, places that you immediately felt an affinity with and could see yourself living. From Jervis Bay to Tilba Tilba or Eden in NSW, all of the beautiful bays in East Gippsland. Anywhere in Tasmania, but particularly the west along the Pieman river - the forests there are older than birds and the air is the cleanest in the world. To the outback farms around the Grampians, the south eastern wine region of SA and the desolate Beachport, Kangaroo Island, up to Wilpena Pound. Esperance and Denmark (wow!) in southern WA, I took sand from every beach I visited and Cape le Grand was the whitest. It is like snow. The epic surf beaches from Hamelin Bay to Margaret River (and route 250, in my top five short drives in the world!) Way up north to Exmouth and Ningaloo Reef, home of the whale sharks, and then onto the sweet smells and rich colours of tropical Broome and the otherworldly Dampier Peninsula. The interior is possibly less-livable (but then I'm an ocean lover), but it is remote and beautiful, so it ticks boxes. The world is an amazing place. More power to those who choose to test the boundaries a bit.