Adventures with Poopsie – Early Retirement in Australia

Welcome to The Australian Blogger Interview Series.

We noticed the Australian personal finance community growing, mostly through our interactions on Twitter and we wanted to continue to foster this great camaraderie. We’ve reached out to as many Australian personal finance bloggers as we could and asked them to participate in our interview series. If you have any favourite Australian personal finance bloggers, tell us about them in the comments below and we’ll invite them to participate.

Next up: Aussie HIFIRE

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In 2019, around about the time we went on a blog hiatus, Poopsie and I bought a house.

A recent dinner in our front courtyard

We bought in Canberra, in a great suburb and we absolutely love our new place. This was definitely our BIG news of 2019. Continue reading →

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and we wish everyone a very happy 2020!

As you’re reading this, we are on a flight home from Singapore. We spent Christmas in Singapore with my sister, her husband and my three year old nephew. We had a wonderful time and we will make sure to do a Where We’ve Travelled sometime soon. Continue reading →

If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you may remember we set ourselves a retirement date of the 1st of July, 2023 (there’s a countdown to that date in the sidebar).

We did admit more recently that the goal of 2023 was now off the table and we still haven’t set ourselves a new goal. I forgot, however, that back when we did set our retirement date, I added some Google Calendar events to our shared calendars – a countdown if you will. Continue reading →

What is the ultimate goal of pursuing financial independence and/or early retirement?

For us, that goal is happiness. Continue reading →

It’s no secret here on the blog that I have not been enjoying my new job.

I might not like my job, but we love Canberra

In mid-2018, I moved out of the public service into the private sector. I’d been in the same department for 12.5 years, the only job I’ve had as an adult. It was time to make a change though, and while I don’t regret doing that, I have not enjoyed the new company I’ve worked at. Continue reading →

Are you a long time reader here at Adventures with Poopsie?

Do you remember when we became a one car family? What about when we returned to being a two car family? Continue reading →

Welcome to The Australian Blogger Interview Series.

We noticed the Australian personal finance community growing, mostly through our interactions on Twitter and we wanted to continue to foster this great camaraderie. We’ve reached out to as many Australian personal finance bloggers as we could and asked them to participate in our interview series. If you have any favourite Australian personal finance bloggers, tell us about them in the comments below and we’ll invite them to participate.

Next up: Lady FIRE from FIRE by Thirty-Five.
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As you would have read in our last post, Poopsie and I got married in January 2018. We had a wonderful day and fortunately, kept our costs pretty low.

We made up for that with our honeymoon. Continue reading →

In January, I turned 31. To celebrate, I bought myself a birthday present.

I very rarely buy books anymore (preferring to visit the library) but for my birthday, I made an exception. I purchased Tanja Hester’s new book, Work Optional. For those who don’t know, Tanja is the author of Our Next Life, one of our favourite early retirement blogs. Continue reading →