A Future We Want
We, as a family, have decided to take steps to live a better life, consistent with our values and beliefs. Jumping off the hamster wheel has not been easy, but circumstances have transformed challenges into opportunities and we are now on the road to uncovering a new future.
Knowing that we wanted something better and more authentic was the first step, but What? Where? How?
We had many questions, too many to be able to make wise choices. We have therefore decided to take a step back and spend the next 12 months going through these questions and find inspiration from other like-minded people who have been courageous enough to have taken these steps before us.
Without getting tangled into a philosophical debate, what we hope is to live a simpler, better life. Voluntary Simplicity, Simple Living, Sobriete Heureuse, Buen Vivir, Permaculture, Transition, Regenerative living are all social movements that inspire us and we hope to explore these ways of life during the coming year.
Knowing that we wanted something better and more authentic was the first step, but What? Where? How?
We had many questions, too many to be able to make wise choices. We have therefore decided to take a step back and spend the next 12 months going through these questions and find inspiration from other like-minded people who have been courageous enough to have taken these steps before us.
Without getting tangled into a philosophical debate, what we hope is to live a simpler, better life. Voluntary Simplicity, Simple Living, Sobriete Heureuse, Buen Vivir, Permaculture, Transition, Regenerative living are all social movements that inspire us and we hope to explore these ways of life during the coming year.
We are looking to get a better understanding on how successful and sustainable regenerative agriculture & ecosocial businesses are operated. If you are able to share your experiences with us, please drop us an email and we would be happy to spend a few weeks to lend muscle & brain.
Latest News
8 June 2017 : We are Saint-Jeanaises!!! Kids are enrolled in local school and we are itching to get started on our farm. Benoit and I will also be going back to school in to get our BPREA (Yes, we need to do a 1 year diploma in Agriculture!) and hopefully, the farm can be up and running in march 2019. That will give us another year to continue learning.
3 April 2017 : We have been traveling throughout the South of France looking for a place to live. The Gard and the Drome Provencal are on the top of the list and we have put an offer to acquire a farm in Saint-Jean-Du-Gard,
4 March 2017 : We are in Les Jardins du Salvet, a medicinal plant farm in Olargues, South West France.
19 February 2017 : We arrived in France on the 1st February and are now installed in our new camping car home, ready to start the next part of the adventure. Things have however been put on hold as our little nephew passed away last week and we are spending some time with the family. It's cold, we are sad, and things don't look too chirpy for now.....
25 January 2017 : Spending Chinese New Year in Singapore visiting family and friends.
27 December 2016 : Exactly 6 months after, we are back in Perth! Happy but sad, changed yet still the same.... Thoroughly inspired by everything we saw and eager to start phase ll. We are quite certain that we want to start a mini farm and will be starting feasibility studies to start-up a market garden in the South of France.
22 December 2016 : These past few weeks have been difficult with a lot of long driving days. We made it through the Nullabor and are back in WA! Stephan left Australia last week to spend the holidays with his dad (Singapore, USA, India). We are now in Esperance and will spend xmas here with friends. Only 3 weeks left before we leave Australia...
26 November 2016 : We are finally leaving Queensland and making our way back to Perth. With just a little over a month to go before the end of our voyage around Australia, we have decided to give Sydney and Tasmania a miss.....The ever-evolving plan is to get down south as quickly as possible and do the Great Ocean Road from Melbourne to Adelaide then spend some time in the Southwest of WA before packing up for Europe!
3rd November 2016 : We are Wwoofing at our dream farm, Natural Bridge Organics. So much to do and so much to learn.... with an awesome crew of people to farm with. (Leaving no time to blog...)
23rd October 2016 : We have just arrived at Famunity @ Natural Bridge Queensland and eager to start work......
18th October 2016 : In sunny Brisbane!!
6th October 2016 : Crossing NT towards Queensland in search of cooler weather and the sea.
19th September 2016 : We are continuing our exploration of the Top End at Michael Lowell's Organic Mango Farm in Noonamah, NT (Blog 1).
17th August 2016 : Traveling through the Kimberley's at breakneck speed as we decided not to take the tourist route..... No Mitchell Plateau, no wolfe creek meteorite crater, no bungle bungle..... We are spending a couple of days in Kununurra so the kids can finish off their school work and we can send it off before we go off-grid.
12th August 2016 (We have lost track of days….) : We are volunteering at Birdwood Downs Station 20mins from Derby. (blog 1 & blog 2)
25th July 2016 (Day 28) : We are currently staying in an aboriginal community Embalgun 200km North of Broome in a little piece of paradise. (blog 1 & blog 2)
9th July 2016 (Day 12) : We set-off on our 1 year adventure on the 28th June 2016. Traveling northward through Wagoa (Kalbarri), Bush Bay (Carnavon) and South Lefroy Bay (Ningaloo). The places we have stopped at have been beautiful and we have wanted to stay longer in each. It has been a challenging few days though with difficult access roads; 6kms of mud road to reach Bush Bay, 40km of corrugated off-road in a night rainstorm to reach Ningaloo Station, before being told that we could not get to Lefroy Beach and had to wait in a temporary campsite overnight; setting-up in pouring rain; mattresses, duvets soaking wet…... The weather has not been kind with the exception of 2 beautiful days in Ningaloo. We are now at Exmouth to get a hot shower and internet! Tomorrow will be a long driving day as we head off towards Karinjini National Park where we hear is also cold and pouring with rain!
