Two women, Virginia Frost and Wendy King, have found solace and affordability in a unique retirement choice: living on houseboats. Facing financial challenges and loneliness after their spouses passed away, they opted for the unconventional lifestyle, finding it cost-effective, empowering, and socially fulfilling.
If you asked Virginia Frost four years ago where she'd be spending her retirement, living on a houseboat on the Gold Coast would not have been top of the list.
The 69-year-old sold up and bought a 47-foot catamaran for $500,000, which she moors for $350 a week. "Some people say it's like a floating nursing home. Well, no, it's not. There are young people, there are older people.
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