Discovering Vanlife
VANLIFE WAS NEVER on my radar. I was living in Sydney, Australia by the beach and working full-time as an event planner. Then the global pandemic hit, and my life flipped upside down in 10 short days.
On a Monday in late March, over 300 employees at my company were furloughed. My working visa let me live in Australia, so not working had a lot of implications. My colleagues told me not to worry and that we would be back to work in two weeks. But something in my gut told me it was bigger than that. I had a feeling that if the world shut down, and something happened in Canada to friends or family, I would be unable to get to them.
The following Monday night, I booked a one-way ticket back to Canada, flying out in three weeks. The next morning, I gave my boss my resignation.
I said I would stay until the
