About us currently: We've long held an ambition to house care overseas and have just returned from 3 months in New Zealand where we completed 4 different house caring assignments. Our enthusiasm for overseas house caring continues but for the next couple of months we wish to remain 'at home' in sunny Queensland. About us: Alan and I are an enthusiastic, energetic and non-smoking couple who owned and cared for our home, garden, pool and pets for 30 years. At the end of 2003 we followed our dream, sold our home in Bundaberg and headed to the UK where we worked during 2004 & 2005. I taught for Westminster Diocese and Alan worked at Lords Cricket Ground. Living in London gave us the opportunity to travel to many countries and as a result, we have enjoyed a variety of cultures and lifestyles. After returning to Australia, we joined housecarers and took up several house caring assignments in Bundaberg (one was for over 2 years) and returned to our work places for a couple of years until retirement beckoned Alan. In 2008 we decided to pull up stumps and hit the road with caravan in tow to enjoy more of the great outdoors and we are still doing this today! We regularly stop along the way for me to complete the occasional teaching contract, for both of us to do volunteer work (we belong to Volunteers for Isolated Students in Education) or to take on house caring assignments. We even manage to quench our ongoing thirst for overseas travel by fitting in a trip or two. Hence our profile name....afarawayplace! About us as house carers: Over the years we have owned our own pets, from dogs and cats to goldfish, crabs and silkworms! Currently, we do not have any pets of our own, so enjoy the contact that pet sitting and looking after other people's pets allows us. We are fully aware of the responsibilities and loving care required to look after people’s homes and their pets so you can be assured that your home and your pets will be cared for with the utmost diligence. We are long-standing 'Gold Members' of and have completed many assignments via this organisation. All of these home owners have also owned pets and these people, listed as our referees, will vouch for our integrity, reliability, thoroughness and friendliness. Available for your perusal are our current police clearances and character references as well as referees who are willing to attest to our honesty, integrity and ability to do an excellent job of house caring. Please feel free to or call us for further details. We have enabled to make face-to-face contact an easy option.