No address, no jobs: couple hits the road to celebrate a 'grown-up gap year'

The couple are embarking on a self-proclaimed 'grown-up gap year'.

The initial plan was to relocate from Dubbo, Central NSW, to Newcastle, NSW, to be closer to family. Ms Lovegrove even had a job lined up. But when they couldn't find a place to live, plans to take a "big holiday" turned into plans to hit the road for at least a year.

"We were quite nervous about it. Then we thought, what's the worst that could happen? If we decide we don't like it we can come home or we can decide we love it and do it for four years," Ms Lovegrove said.

"It's quite liberating. We're not the sort of people who just throw in a job and go but the circumstances led to this and now it's the best thing that's ever happened to us."

They've been on the road for the past four weeks and are currently in the Northern Territory.

The majority of meals are cooked on the Weber barbecue.

They've also got a bread maker - one of the few appliances they thought were important to pack - and a $15 microwave toastie maker from Kmart that Ms Lovegrove said makes toasties better than a sandwich press.

It took the couple three weeks to be able to settle into a comfortable routine and realise they didn't have to rush to get everything in because there was no hurry to be back for work on Monday.

Mr Lovegrove had been working two different jobs, they've been doing 12 hour days and in the last six years they've also renovated four homes and turned a bus into a motorhome they listed on Airbnb.

"We thought, we'll just spend that money, bugger it," Ms Lovegrove said.

With her children - aged 21 and 22 - having moved away from home to the coast and no grandkids, the Lovegroves realised it was the perfect time to see Australia.

"We've always worked our butts off. It's very odd not to work. It's very odd not to have an income. It's a very strange feeling, but so liberating. We're just so blessed," Ms Lovegrove said.

It's also been a strange concept for them to get used to having no permanent home.

"We have no address. When people ask where we're from we're like 'well we were in Dubbo and that's home base but we don't know'. We live in a caravan. It's quite weird to think we don't have a job and we don't have a home address," Ms Lovegrove said.

So far, Mr Lovegrove jokes the thing he misses the most is KFC, while for Ms Lovegrove it's her animals.

A trip around Australia was something the couple had always thought about when they retired, but now they're on the road they realise doing it now was the best decision.

For anyone thinking of doing something similar, the Lovegroves' advice is simple.

"Do it now. Enjoy now. That's your purpose. Enjoy now whether it be where you live or if you want to travel or whether it just be spending time with your family. Enjoy it now because tomorrow is never promised," Ms Lovegrove said.