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How I Overcame My Life to Travel
My personal story of why I travelled, when I travelled and what I had to share.
At the end of the year 2000, I decided that it was time to move on from my school studies and head into the workforce. I was 17 years old and although I had travelled somewhat often, it was not far or varied.
At the time I lived in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and had not ventured very far at all. The furthest north was to Bundaberg, a trip that I was to young to remember. While the furthest South was to the capital of Australia, Canberra.
In total visiting just three of the eight states or territories in Australia. As a family, we would travel somewhat often. Mostly weekends fo the Gold Coast or maybe three or four longer trips per year. Most of these were to Coffs Harbour to visit family in Coffs Harbour during school holidays.
Getting To Work
I could not leave school and just expect to go about life, the next step was, of course, to find a job. The process was not exactly easy, but with a little help managed to start my first job around mid-2001.
A Choice To Work
I progressed through a series of different jobs and my own business. My choice was to get my head down and work, and…
