Our Story

We met when we were just seventeen — two teenagers who loved each other, loved adventure, and dreamed about seeing more of the world. In our early twenties we travelled a little, exploring parts of Australia and spending a few weeks in the USA. Even then, the dream was always bigger: new places, new foods, new cultures, new experiences.

But life moved quickly.
We had our first daughter at twenty‑five, our second at twenty‑six, and our son at twenty‑eight. Three kids in three years meant our world became busy, beautiful, chaotic, and full. Travel wasn’t something we even thought about — we were just trying to keep up.

We’ve worked hard.
We built homes, moved towns, and created a life from the ground up. My husband has worked full‑time from the age of sixteen, and I’ve worked full‑time around pregnancies, babies, and part‑time seasons. Before kids, we loved golf — weekends at the driving range, dreaming about courses we’d play one day — but life got in the way. Years passed without either of us picking up a club.

Then everything changed.

In October 2025, after years of long night shifts, and being away from home, my husband reached a breaking point. Working in the mines had taken a huge toll on him — physically, mentally, emotionally. He couldn’t do it anymore.

At the same time, my own mental health had been slipping. I felt like I was living the same day on repeat: work, parenting, cooking, cleaning, sleep, repeat. I felt stuck. I felt like I had no purpose beyond surviving the week. Every time we went away for a weekend, I’d think, I could live here. Anywhere felt better than the hot, isolated countrytown we were in.

So when my husband told me he was leaving the mines, the very first thought that came to me was:
Sell the house. Leave. Start again.

For the first time, it felt possible.

Not long after, my husband rediscovered golf. It grounded him. It gave him something to look forward to. It reminded us of who we were before life got heavy. And that’s when the idea really started to form.

Why not travel?
Why not play golf around the world?
Why not show our kids the world instead of telling them about it?
Why not document everything — the courses, the food, the destinations, the real costs, the real moments?
Why not build something together?

And then the question that changed everything:
If not now, when?

We’re still young enough. Our kids still love spending time with us. And I don’t want them entering high school just to be shaped by systems we don’t believe in — bullying, pressure, learning things they’ll never use, losing themselves before they even know who they are.

That’s how Fairway Footprints began — not on the road, but right here, in the middle of a life we’ve decided to change.

Right now, we’re still in our country town. We’re packing up our life, preparing to sell our home, and getting ready for the biggest change we’ve ever made. It’s scary, exciting, overwhelming, and freeing all at once.

This is our story.
And it’s only just beginning.