Our New Home…

Nearly four years ago, my husband and I decided to leave Sydney and move to Goulburn in regional NSW. We had been thinking about moving for a number of years as we wanted a bit more space, and plus we were sick and tired of living in a shared environment; we lived in a townhouse amongst 7 other townhouses.

So, in June 2021, we packed up the cat, picked up sticks and moved after finding a place that ticked all our boxes. Large house for both of us to work from home, garages, sheds and space – yep, one and half acres to be exact.

Now the house isn’t perfect – it is totally livable but needs updating but that stuff can wait. The garden is pretty much a blank slate and over time we will plant all the plants. The front yard is approx 50m wide and 30m long and I am hoping to turn this into a native garden.

I would also love to plant some fruit trees and have a cottage garden along with a small vegetable garden. All this stuff will take time and money, so we need to pace ourselves.

Where we live is just on the outskirts of town, about a 5 minute drive to the centre of town and there is pretty much everything we need. Ok, there maybe not everything we need, but what is missing is a drive away.

Have we regretted moving here? Absolutely not. I love sitting outside with the only thing I can hear are the birds chirping and sometimes the damn rooster next door! But hey, we live in the country. Some days there is not a sound to be heard – pure bliss.

Where we lost somethings, we gained with others. Where we moved from, had the most amazing tree canopy. Wahroonga is known as the leafy suburb, and hubbie and I loved going for our daily walk and we never tired of the trees. Where we are now, doesn’t have the the tree canopy, hey we don’t even have footpaths, but what I have come to love the most, is the sky.

You don’t realise how much of the sky you don’t see, until you can see it – we are on the Southern Tablelands so have a decent elevation compared to Sydney.