The two of us had never really settled anywhere. We worked as IT contractors throughout Europe, and then whenever we had saved up enough, we would go sailing for a while. We always had boats, but in 2000, we decided we wanted to build our dream boat.
Because we knew we would need a very dry climate, as well as a place where we could get a long-term immigration permit, we decided on Australia, because we had visited before and really liked it.
We rented a big shed in a boat yard between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. There . . .