Daniel and Apryl Oliver sold the family home, paid off their debts and hit the road in a caravan with their two daughters, swapping mortgage stress and long work hours for a life built around travel, homeschooling and family time. More than two years on, the Hunter Valley couple say the leap has completely reshaped what success means to them. After years of dreaming about doing the lap of Australia, the Olivers decided they could no longer keep putting it off. The couple, who share daughters Charlotte, 7, and Lillie, 4, had moved to Muswellbrook in the NSW Hunter Valley so Daniel could work in the mines and earn more money, hoping it would give them a better lifestyle and more time together as a family. Instead, they say the plan delivered the opposite. MORE NEWS Elite school bids to buy entire public street ‘Third-world’: Bleak photo shames booming suburb ‘I disagree’: Australian council bans non-English signs The Oliver family says life on the road has changed their definition of success. Source: Instagram/aussiesfindingourway “The goal was simple – more money, more time back, better family-work balance,” they told Yahoo News. “We did that for about two years. We rented our old h...
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