Adventures of an Urban Nomad - A Few Days Away

Laurence Harrould - Sunday, January 22, 2012

One of the challenges of being an urban nomad/housesitter is when you need to take time out. As you'll recall Danita & I attended a family wedding in Bali a couple of weeks ago (Welcome to Bali). For that we were lucky to find houseowners who were willing to put their dog into a doggy resort as well as make arrangements for the fish and guinea pigs to be looked after while we needed to be away.

This week we're in a similar situation - we are in Melbourne to attend another family wedding. Firstly, I have to wonder what my sister did to deserve this - two sons getting married within a month of each other. My sister seems such a nice girl - but I digress.

On Friday we left our Rose Bay housesit and moved into a friend's house. Fortunately, these friends have a large house with a reasonably self contained area upstairs which we've been able to use on the occasions when we are sans bookings. (See On The Road Again). Every housesitter needs at least one of these friends (or family) as there will invariably be times when the bookings do not align.

Sunday we drove to Melbourne, leaving Sancho to enjoy a relaxing time with his good friend Zoe.

Once again, the Universe has fitted in nicely around our plans. We needed to go to Melbourne for a few days. This was the day after the previous owners returned from their month away and a few days before we move into our next place - back to the country. So we remain in awe and grateful for how things seem to work out so well. 

Driving to Melbourne turned out to be an excellent alternative to flying. We had a very pleasant drive - it's now divided road almost all the way. Driving time was about 10 hours and once we'd added in a few stops it took us exactly 12 hours from Gordon to St Kilda. (My parents, on the other hand, were flying in from Perth. Firstly, their flight was delayed and then cancelled. We also had a rather poor experience on our return flight from Bali. Unfortunately, driving from places like Perth & Bali is simply not an option, but flying is becoming less and less of a desirable mode of transport. Again I digress.)

Stay tuned for more "Greenacres" experiences.

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