This time last year, Waihi woman Stacey Smith was spending hours during chemotherapy distracting herself with images of remote rural Australia and dreaming of where she would take her family.
Having had much of her bowel removed and enduring months of treatment, she re-evaluated what was important.
Fast-forward to today and Stacey, 45, and her husband Tony are reflecting on the 11 months they’ve spent almost off the grid in Australia, and they have no regrets.
“After cancer, we realised the future with our children