TANGO FALLOUT
“ Camping and travelling is at the core of our family unit . We even camped in our driveway during lockdown when we couldn ' t go anywhere ! Each year , I make my girls a birthday cake of their choosing , and their love for camping was highlighted by the fact that my eldest wanted a cake reflecting our travels for two years in a row . For her eighth birthday , she wanted a ' camping ' cake and for her ninth , she wanted a ‘ Queensland ’ cake reflecting our six-week holiday through the state . Of all the things she could have chosen , these were the things she wanted to celebrate .”
The caravan and camping lifestyle is in the DNA of the Pitman family .
STARTING OVER
Now , Andrea and Blake are left with no alternative but to “ jump up and down and make enough noise so perhaps some change or outcome may come of this ”.
“ We are desperately trying to save and I have even converted some of my precious long service leave to salary in order to chip away , but the reality is we have just reached a few thousand saved by now and our hopes of ever being able to attain this trip while our children are young enough to enjoy it lies in tatters . If it were just my husband and I , it wouldn ' t hurt so much , but I have had $ 83,000 stolen from me and the grief and extreme sense of unfairness for my very deserving kids still leaves such a bitter taste . Where to now ?”
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