This CRAZY, FAITH led journey of ours has been AMAZING, Adventurous, Eye opening, Crazy, Difficult at times and Absolutely Life changing.
So far we've made some Amazing memories together as a family, we've grown individually and as a family unit, and also in our relationship with God. We've made many friends along the way, we've tasted so many flavours of ice cream, been to a crazy amount of beaches, Church hopped like crazy around Australia, nearly had an endless summer apart from the floods we experienced in Sydney, N.S.W. We've seen so much, explored so many different parts of Australia, found some hidden gems, and truly LIVED life the way we want to live it, and it's been AMAZINGLY FANTASTIC!
The last two years have been a combination of travelling around Australia and living on the road in different parts of Australia...We've moved around Australia for about 1 year and lived in a small outback town for about 1 year. All our experiences have been eye opening, heart warming, fantastic, crazy and so much more.
We've explored Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and parts of Northern Territory and Western Australia, WOWSA!
We still have South Australia and parts of Northern Territory, and Western Australia to explore, and maybe even Tasmania, we'll just see how it all goes.
On our Journey we've become experienced at break downs on the side of the road. In two years we've had 3 major break downs and have had to use RAC on 4 occasions. The first time we broke down involved a whole lot of tears, the last time had us on the side of the road with our awning down, lazying about on our recliner chairs with our fan on, enjoying our lunch and a cold drink while we waited for the tow truck driver to arrive, so yea, we've grown and matured as people big time.
I am so very grateful for my WONDERFUL husband, he is my best friend, my partner in life, my lover and I truly adore him and am deeply in love with him, I am grateful for our relationship in which I believe God has blessed. I am grateful for my 2 very gorgeous Girls, watching them grow into young ladies is truly a privilege and I am very proud of them. Our Girls have experienced so much in a short while and I can see how it all has shaped them for the better, both the ups and downs of the last 2 years, they are lovely young ladies and I am blessed to call them my daughters.
With all the ups and downs of the last two years people have wondered how our relationship is going, is Shane and I tearing each other apart, I'll tell you with 100% honesty and Shane would say the same thing, we a 100% LOVE BIRDS, we adore each other. We've always had an extra special marriage, however, this journey has strengthened that bond between us even more. I'm so grateful for him and I love experiencing our faith led journey with him and our wonderful daughters, LIFE is truly Beautiful, truly a gift and we are living it how we chose to live it. Does that mean Life is always perfect and goes to plan? Does it mean that we get what we want all the time? Nope it doesn't, however, it's up to us to embrace the GOOD (and look for the good in life) and deal with and confront the bad and pick ourselves back up, dust ourselves off and keep moving forward...Life goes so quickly here on earth and I'm so glad and grateful for the life myself, Shane and our girls have...It really is a GOOD life, Thank You God xo
I ask that if you pray, please pray for us all, pray for our journey as we continue to explore Australia, as we continue on our faith led journey...Pray for our children, pray for this beautiful family of ours to be led by God, to be filled with His LOVE and to grow to be the people HE wants us to be. Pray for Gods protective hand to be upon us, that we would remain safe and be also filled with HIS Joy. Pray that God will have us where He wants us and that people would see HIS love in us. Pray that God would have the Rech family in the palm of HIS hands..You know HE has truly blessed us beyond belief and I LOVE HIM for that!
Just some important statistics for you...HaHa...
1.How long have we travelled and lived on the road?
We've travelled and lived on the road for 2 years,
2. How many times have we called upon Superhero RAC?
We used RAC 4 times in two years, 3 times were major break downs
3. How many times has our windscreen been replaced/repaired on our vehicle?
It has been replaced once and repaired once.
4. How many pairs of thongs have we gone through?
No jokes, between the four of us we've been through about 45 to 50 pairs of thongs in two years, could be a little more.
5. How many bathing suites have we gone through?
About 45 sets of bathing suits (we do a whole lot of swimming, haha).
6. How many times have we used the BBQ and Hot plate?
About 500 times.
7. How many states have we explored?
Five states
8. How many klm have we driven?
A HUGE amount, Haha!
9.How many beaches have we explored?
Hopefully every beach in Australia, Haha!
10. How many ice creams have we enjoyed (not including grocery shop brought ones)?
At least 120 between the four of us, YUMMO!
11. How many times have we worn thongs in the showers?
About 730 times per person, Haha!
12. What is our top 5 favourite places we've explored?
Shane's Top 5 Favourite Places...
-N.S.W, Kioloa, Pretty Beach
-Northern Territory, Litchfield National Park
Elissa's Top 5 Favourite places?
-Victoria, Ocean Grove Beach
-Western Australia, Bunka Bay
-Northern Territory, Litchfield national park
-N.S.W, Kioloa
-North West Queensland, Cloncurry
Serena's Top 5 Favourite Places...
-Lakes Entrance, Victoria
-Darwin, Northern Territory
-Bunka Bay, Western Australia
-Cloncurry, North West Queensland
My Top 5 Favourite Places...
-North Queensland, Cape tribulation
-New South Wales, Hyames Beach
-Victoria, Great Ocean Road
-Northern Territory, Litchfield National Park
-Dunsborough and Bunka Bay, Western Australia
To be honest I could add so much more to this list, I easily could have a top 10, possibly a top 20 favourite places in Australia.
Some Favourite things we've enjoyed doing...
It's hard to beat Beach Hopping, living and being part of an outback community and outback events, in particular the outback rodeos were a whole lot of fun and a fantastic atmosphere. Sand boarding was a whole lot of laughs, we've enjoyed many trail hikes, explored numerous national parks, Great Barrier Reef boating and snorkeling adventure was an enjoyable experience, Outback horse races are a hoot, Queensland's theme parks were a heap of FUN, Fishing and catching red claw yabbies in the outback was delicious, Scenic world exploring the blue mountains was breathtaking, the plane trip to Perth was a fav with the girls, swimming in the many natural water ways was amazing...we've experienced so many wonderful adventures 😍
Also, some of our fav things to do were the simple things like enjoying a BBQ by an open fire and toasting marshmallows. Meeting and connecting with many people and having a great old chat, even making a heap of friends along the way, board game fun with the girls, checking out many churches has been enjoyable, supporting churches and being part of the local communities and simply buying a delicious ice cream, walking along the beach or lazing about reading a whole book in one sitting...I reckon the simple things we've done have been some of the best moments we've had together...Man, I love my family and our life together, we are sooooo blessed, so blessed...I am truly Grateful xo
I hope everyone is well xo Take Care, Enjoy Life, Smile and Hug some one...it's free xoxox
Love from,
Dimi, Shane, Elissa, Serena xoxox
