We have now been in Mackay, Australia just over a week. Many people haven't heard of Mackay and its not a usual vacation spot so why are we here? We are trying out a new way of traveling...pet sitting! We used a couple different websites and became members in order to apply for pet sitting or house sitting positions. We were really excited to try out this type of traveling not just because you can stay in a house for free, but also because we wanted to see what it felt like to live in another country. We also love having pets in our lives, so taking care of a few pets is actually a treat for us! The only downside to traveling by pet sitting is that you have to be in that country at the time the person needs you, for us we knew exactly what dates we would be in Australia so we had to find pet sitting that fit in that timline, was in a location we liked and be accepted by the family we applied to. Bill & Ann were the first people we talked to about pet sitting and they were so excited about having us come, they were telling us about all the neat stuff in the area and even offered to let us us their car. While Mackay wasn't exactly where we wanted to be, it is within a few hours drive of some of the places we wanted to visit and they were such nice people that we decided to give it a go!
Now we are here, in their house, living the Australian life! We are watching a sausage dog (dashound) named Bailey and a cat named Bonnie. They are a lot of fun to have around...we are missing Murphy & Sox, our dog and cat so much, so it is really nice to have pets in our life again. Bailey is such a cuddle bug & sleeps with us every night :) We will be here for about 7 weeks. We are starting to get to know the neighboorhood, where to walk Bailey, where to get groceries, etc. It has been pretty laid back- we clean, cook, blog, watch movies (they have an amazing collection), workout, do yoga and plan to take some 1 day trips to the Whitsunday Islands, Eungela National Park and some other cool places. It's nice to relax on a trip like this and take the time to do whatever we feel like. We find it is hard at home with a job to dedicate time to blogging, working out, taking 1 day trip, relaxing, etc so with no pressure here it has been very nice to do whatever we feel like and concentrate on eating healthier, workingout and bloging. We are both working on books as well, just for fun and creativity! We may start to get bored after a while but for now its been great! So far we HIGHLY recommend joining some of these websites and looking into house/pet sitting as a way to save some money on a vacation! They have an amazing outdoor covered porch here at the house in Mackay with lots of tropical fruit trees and plants, so for now I will just sit out here, soak up the sun and write some more blogs! The sites we used were: www.trustedhousesitters.com & www.housecarers.com Happy travels!
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