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Tuesday, October 19, 2004
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Swap homes worldwide for a vacation home away from home with Green Theme International Home Exchange, a company that cares. An interesting and fun way to travel, where you can experience a different lifestyle, make new friends and discover places off the beaten track. There's no place like someone else's home away from home.
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Have Scooter, Will Travel - an inspiring and courageous story from Jo Chambers
Mobility for me is a problem, but it has never dampened my enthusiam for travel, so when my husband developed a hernia rather than despair because my wheelchair pusher was no longer fit, we went and spent some of the kids inheritance on an electric scooter for me.
We made the decision as we had already agreed on an exchange with a couple and their friends to exchange in August to go to Brisbane. Not having been to Australia before we feel that the Gods were with us as our location was perfect for me. Our exchange home was in Toowong which ment we were 20 minutes by City Cat on the Brisbane River into the heart of the city and 20 minutes by car to Mount Cootah and the Brisbane Forest and National Park plus the main highways to North, South, East and West.
Using the City Cat was ideal for the scooter and enabled us to visit museums, art exhibitions, street markets and shopping plus the outdoor restaurants without the usual hassel of parking and the river itself is a great way to see the city.
We had not only swapped house but cats and car, and the fact of coming home to an animal made it feel very much our own for the three weeks, and our particular cat was the perfect hostess. Our swap neighbours were just the icing on the cake ensuring we saw the very best during our stay and not wasting precious time on things that were not us. A memorable trip was a three night stay at Lake Weyba cottages near Noosa, one cottage is perfect for wheelchair users and as we sat on the veranda at sunset watching the wild kangaroo around the water hole and listening to the frogs and bird song we knew we had made the right choice.
Our stopover in Singapore was great and everyone we encountered was just so helpful and as my scooter is one of the latest light weight ones, we were drawn into conversations with several strangers wanting to know where we and it came from. We have found that my disability has brought the best out in those we meet and I have certainly seen many areas that would otherwise be out of bounds when lifts are only in service areas or private areas of open homes and gardens.
My message to anyone who thinks it is all a bit daunting - go for it - you won't always have the same holiday as everyone else but revel in it and enjoy the differences. We are now thinking where next !
Jo Chambers HE14242
BBC Seeking Families for Exciting Lifestyle Swap
We have received a request from the BBC who are seeking outgoing families living in the UK willing to participate in an exciting lifestyle swap. (There's an extra incentive for those chosen to take part in this exchange - with all expenses covered plus £1000 payment for the week).
Granada TV are producing a new series of hit program 'Family Exchange', to be shown on BBC2 Television early next year.
Are you an outgoing, fun-loving familiy with a sense of adventure? Would you be prepared, for a week, to swap lives, jobs and home with a family from another European country? If you can spare a week later this year, you could be exactly who they are looking for.
Davina Weitowitz, the Series Researcher, writes: 'We are looking for families consisting of Mum and Dad with between 1 & 4 children, ideally aged between 7 - 18 years old & still living at home with their parents. We are aiming to represent Britain's cultural diversity in this series and therefore would hope to feature families that represent Britain today.
If you think your family would relish the challenge of living another family's life for a week, and can spare a week between 5th - 13th November, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact us by email at familyexchange@granadamedia.com or call us on 0870 881 0865.
If you are a current GTI Home Exchange member, please include your User ID HEXXXXX if sending a message to Davina at Granada for more information: she will then be able to quickly fnd your listing. It would also be helpful if you could include a few relevant details about you and your family such as ages of children which may not be evident from your listing.
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