I spent 16 years as a single parent (that was good), 14 of them in a city that I hated, in a state that I hated, because that’s where my support network (family) was.
During that time I kept my inner self (the one that screams in the night) sane by dreaming of coming here and living alone in the tropics.
And now I am, I’ve got a job I enjoy, with and for people I like; I work outside half the time.
I've got a sweet little flat, friends to hang with when time permits, I even get laid occasionally.
I've got a nice 4WD to get around in the bush and go fishing in the wild places, and mates to do it with.
I have grown kids that make me weep with pride.
What more could any man want?