We are a retired couple who have done our travelling around Australia in our 4x4 and caravan (which we still own and enjoy getting away in). We have our own home in Cairns which is being looked after by one of our daughters and her partner. They are in the process of building a place of their own and will remain in our home until theirs is completed. We have house sat for friends in Atherton in June to September 2013 and looked after their 18 year old cat. We then did a months house sit in Townsville July/August on small acreage caring for fruit trees). This Townsville sit was thru Housecarers. We have also house sat for a neighbour on several occasions looking after her chickens and veggie gardens for periods of 1 to 2 weeks.