About

This began with my intrepid mother, Gwen.

After her stroke in her mid-90s, she was in a wheelchair and increasingly withdrawn. The assumption—spoken and unspoken—was that her world had closed.

After a few months as her full-time carer, I was exhausted. To be honest, so was Mum.

Then one day she said:

“I don’t want to just sit waiting to die.”

"Would you like to travel?" I asked.

"Why not?" she replied.

So we travelled.

Short road trips at first. Then further afield. We reinvented how to do it—together.

Over the next four years, we travelled across Western Australia, to Broome, Sydney, Singapore—and from Perth to London, twice.

Gwen on the go, eh?

The trips weren’t always easy. But they changed something.

Mum became more engaged. More alive. And I began to see that even at this stage of life, there was still room for adventure.

Over time, I realised this wasn’t just our story.

Many people caring for a frail parent are wondering:

👉 Is travel and adventure still possible?

👉 Can we go anyway?

I’m Pamela Watson, an author and long-time traveller.

But travelling with someone in their 90s required a completely different approach—practical, adaptive and often improvised.

This site is where I share what I learned.

Now I want to help others find their own way to do this. 

It begins with a first trip.