Liz and Steve Evans made the 'terrifying' decision to pack up their life and hit the road with their two young children. And the way they are funding it is a little outside the box.
Liz and Steve Evans have gone from being stuck in the daily grind to living a life of adventure in the space of a year — and they're unearthing gemstones along the way to pay for it.
"It was either now or you've got to wait 15 to 20 years until they all finish school and leave home and run away," Mr Evans said.They packed a 6-metre caravan and stuffed the rest of their life into storage boxes, pulled their children, Amelia and Henry, out of school and hit the road as "unemployed full-time travellers".
The gemfields are one of the largest sapphire-rich areas in the world, almost 900 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, near Emerald in the Central Highlands.The family goes to a special spot to dig up buckets of dirt and bring them back to their temporary home to sieve.Over the years, Mr Evans has amassed a collection of beautiful gems that he was saving as a retirement nest egg.
Amelia, 7, and Henry, 4, are already in love with fossicking, proudly displaying the sapphires they've found and making pocket money through selling some.
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