Name: 全職住在露營車裡會發生什麼事？| Back Roads | ABC Australia (What happens when you live in a van full time? | Back Roads | ABC Australia)
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情態助動詞 A2

You know that fabulous feeling of freedom when you hit the wide open road?

你知道那種開上寬闊公路時，自由自在的感覺嗎？

It's been written about in books, celebrated in songs and the movies.

這感覺被寫進書裡、在歌裡和電影裡被頌揚。

But what happens to that magic and feeling of romance when you've got to be on the road 24 7?

但當你必須 24 小時全年無休地在路上奔波時，那份魔法和浪漫的感覺會怎麼樣呢？

From confronting a major life crisis to escaping the housing crisis, more Aussies than ever are packing up and hitting the road.

從面對人生重大危機到逃離住房危機，越來越多澳洲人打包行李，踏上公路。

I think we packed up the house in May last year, didn't we?

我想我們是去年五月打包搬家的，對吧？

just pre Covid we sold our house, we'd bought a caravan, bought a car and we'd taken off.

在疫情前我們就賣了房子，買了露營車、買了車就出發了。

I'm not exact with dates ever, but at least 10 years.

我不太確定確切日期，但至少有十年了。

What made you decide to pack up your life and live in a van?

是什麼讓你決定打包你的生活，住在露營車裡？

I was working full time and had two mortgages and it kind of consumed me and then had a bit of a nervous breakdown with that mental health breakdown and was just like, what are you doing?

我當時全職工作，還有兩份房貸，這幾乎佔據了我的一切，然後因為身心狀況出了點問題，我就想，我在做什麼？

Like your best time with so much energy is right now.

感覺你現在充滿活力，就是你最好的時光。

For me, it was like music, adventure, surfing.

對我來說，就像音樂、冒險、衝浪一樣。

Those are the highlights that I needed more time to do.

這些都是我需要更多時間去做的精彩事物。

And so I just found actually moving made me feel more grounded.

然後我發現，其實移動讓我感覺更踏實。

I was working as an oncology nurse and palliative care nurse on the Gold coast, my first two years of my career, and

我在黃金海岸擔任腫瘤科護理師和安寧照護護理師，這是我職涯的頭兩年，

I saw a lot of people lose their lives early on, which was really tough.

我看到很多人這麼早就離開人世，這真的非常艱難。

But it also made me realise you don't have forever anymore.

但這也讓我意識到，你不再擁有永恆。

You don't get to always have retirement to travel and get to, you know, do that retirement dream of travelling Australia.

你不能總是等到退休才有時間去旅行，實現你夢想中的澳洲環遊。

we were growing apart and Tania was managing being a super mum and being a specialist vet, working in a specialist vet clinic.

我們漸行漸遠，Tania 則身兼超級媽媽和專科獸醫，在一家專科獸醫診所工作。

I was climbing the corporate ladder and doing the corporate thing and for all intents and purposes we were very successful.

我則在企業界往上爬，做著企業界的事，就我們所知，我們都非常成功。

But I don't know if success and happiness are synonymous when it comes to their interchangeability.

但我不知道成功和快樂是否可以互換，是否是同義詞。

我想我們真的就這樣按下了一個開關。

I am a travelling registered nurse and I'm back at work after leaving oncology nursing.

我是一名旅行註冊護士，離開腫瘤科護理工作後，我回到了崗位上。

Indy funds her travels by working as an agency nurse in remote locations all around Australia.

Indy 透過在澳洲各地偏遠地區擔任派遣護士來資助她的旅行。

I've been able to drop down from working full time, working two jobs on the Gold coast to afford to live to Working, you know, six months a year and travelling the other six months.

我能夠從全職工作，在黃金海岸做兩份工作來維持生計，轉變成一年工作六個月，另外六個月去旅行。

So it's a bit of a no brainer for me really.

所以對我來說，這真的是一個很簡單的決定。

Some weeks I won't spend a lot if I'm not driving a lot.

有些星期我不會花很多錢，如果我開車時間不多的話。

You know, I really don't spend a lot of money.

I set up sort of being a mobile clinic along the way just to be able to help people wherever we were.

我沿途設置了行動診所，以便 wherever we were 都能幫助人們。

He feels to be in, in good condition underneath all that fluff.

他感覺在所有這些絨毛下面，狀況都很好。

And then it just sort of took off from there and Marcus is working full time, doing my corporate gig.

然後就這樣一路發展起來，Marcus 現在全職工作，幫我處理公司事務。

所以，就跟之前在 Northgate 時一樣正常。

We've effectively got the same income that we had when we were in Melbourne.

我們現在的收入，跟在墨爾本時差不多。

我們比較高的開銷是油錢還有。

Food because the kids eat more, because they're more active.

食物，因為小孩吃比較多，因為他們比較活躍。

So what's the best bit about living on the road?

那住在路上的最棒的部分是什麼？

Well, for me I think it's traveling to new places and you meet like so many different people and see so many places, lots of adventures.

嗯，對我來說，我覺得是去新的地方旅行，你會認識好多不同的人，看到好多地方，有很多冒險。

It gives you challenges, different kind of challenges that make life exciting and uncertain.

它會給你挑戰，各種不同的挑戰，讓生活充滿刺激和不確定性。

I think it's just like every day opening your caravan door and just having a different scene to see or a different adventure, a different photograph that's not far away.

我覺得就像每天打開你的露營車門，就會看到不同的風景或不同的冒險，一幅近在咫尺的畫面。

And what about the kind of least rewarding part of it?

What do you find you struggle with sometimes emptying the toilet?

你覺得有時候清理馬桶會讓你很掙扎嗎？

I've got an outdoor sort of table and I had everything on there cooking up and suddenly the gas stove just blew up.

我有個戶外的桌子，上面擺滿了東西在煮，突然間瓦斯爐就爆炸了。

The neighbors next door come running over because there's this flames all going out onto the ground.

隔壁的鄰居聽到聲音跑過來，因為火焰都噴到地上了。

What are some of the barriers for women who are traveling alone?

女生獨自旅行會遇到哪些阻礙呢？

I think it's sometimes the preconceived ideas of others.

我覺得有時候是別人先入為主的觀念。

When you roll up somewhere that you're a female and you don't know anything, you know, so they almost force themselves to look at the way love will do that for you.

當你獨自一人來到一個地方，別人可能會覺得你什麼都不懂，然後就好像強迫自己去接受愛情會為你做的那樣。

And it can be sometimes with the other women, if they're in couples might think you're there to steal their husband.

有時候也會跟其他女性朋友，如果她們是情侶，可能會覺得你要去搶她們的先生。

Many times you get snubbed by the wife and he simply just want to offer some help and, oh, whereabouts you from?

很多時候，你會被太太冷落，而他只是想伸出援手，然後，喔，你從哪裡來的？

And you know, and they don't like that you're a single female.

而且你知道，她們不喜歡妳是單身女性。

But van life is offering many women a chance to wrest back control of their lives.

但露營車生活讓許多女性有機會重新掌控自己的人生。

Rent has pushed them out and they're trying to look at, well, how can I have the best quality of Life without paying $500 rent?

租金把她們擠出去了，她們正試著思考，嗯，如何在不支付五百塊租金的情況下，過上最高品質的生活？

So some are selling or renting their homes, buying a van because it's cheaper to be on the road.

所以有些人賣掉或租掉房子，買露營車，因為在路上生活比較便宜。

I decided to buy a caravan and I am just so proud of how far I've come that I can reverse it.

我決定買一輛露營車，我為自己能倒車入庫感到非常驕傲。

我倒車入庫的技術比我老公還好。