At the “peaceful place” on Queensland’s Fraser Coast, David and Michelle arrive from the Gold Coast for a five-to-six-week caravan stay focused on fishing, relaxing, and returning again next year. David shares his life story, from being born in High Wycombe, England, and migrating to Australia in 1955, through a long career spanning accounting and fleet car sales across Sydney, Port Macquarie, Toowoomba, and Queensland, including multi-brand dealerships and a key COVID-era 20-car phone sale secured through rapport. The episode also covers their lifelong camping evolution to a Jayco Outback built to Michelle’s long-planned floor plan, practical challenges like off-grid power for David’s CPAP, plus caravan-park reversing mishaps, a tidy-up turnaround at Kirra, and lighter tales featuring Scooby’s beach zoomies and Michelle’s travel herb garden.

From Accounting Offers to a Holden Dealership: David’s Unexpected PathDavid shares how he applied for five accounting jobs in Sydney and landed four offers, but missed out on his dream role at Qantas—placing fourth among 2,600 applicants when only two were hired. After a friend invited him into the “car game,” David made a surprise pivot into selling cars at a Holden dealership where his friend was the sales manager. He also talks about Michelle’s talent for design, explaining that the van’s layout today matches the floor plan she drew 20 years ago, and how it all came together perfectly—beautiful and exactly as envisioned.

At the “peaceful place” on Queensland’s Fraser Coast, Sam and Glen roll in from nearby Hervey Bay for a regular mini break, swapping camp yarns as the park buzzes with boat-ramp chatter and a crowd-pleasing boat-and-tinny launch setup. Glen, a retired tradesman with a life of mechanical, aviation, marine and major infrastructure work behind him, tours for blues music from Chicago to New Orleans. Sam, an artist and art therapy practitioner, describes her work running Living Art therapy, including neuro art therapy with older clients, grant-funded community classes, and potential hospice support. They also recount a frightening hill drive after a turbo hose blew while towing, a reminder of how quickly caravan travel can turn tense before the stories settle back into happy hour.

Podcast art for this episode is from Sam, thanks

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