Landbase Australia History

LANDBASE AUSTRALIA - A BRIEF HISTORY

HAVING SOLD EVERYTHING THEY OWNED JAN BAETZ AND DOLF, HER HUSBAND, HAD SPENT SEVEN YEARS ABOARD A YACHT ATTEMPTING TO COMPLETE A CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE WORLD WHEN DOLF PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY ON THE VESSEL IN MALAYSIA; REGRETTABLY JAN HAD BEEN VISITING THEIR FAMILY IN AUSTRALIA AT THE TIME.

WHEN SHE RETURNED TO MALAYSIA JAN FOUND THAT HER FLOATING HOME HAD BEEN STRIPPED OF EVERYTHING OF ANY VALUE, BOTH PERSONAL AND FUNCTIONAL.

IN 1995 JAN WAS FORCED TO SELL WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE VESSEL AS SCRAP FOR A VERY MODEST SUM AND RETURNED HOME TO AUSTRALIA.

NOW, CLOSE TO BROKE JAN HAD TO FIND SOME FORM OF INCOME, SO, BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS AND FRUSTRATIONS SHE AND DOLF HAD ENCOUNTERED WITH THE ERRATIC DELIVERY OF THEIR MAIL BY A FAMILY MEMBER WHILST THEY HAD TRAVELLED, JAN DECIDED UPON PROVIDING A MAIL-FORWARDING SERVICE FOR TRAVELLERS ON-THE-MOVE WITH NO FIXED ADDRESS.

AND SO, IN JANUARY 1996 AFTER WINNING A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GRANT TO HELP ESTABLISH HER BUSINESS, LANDBASE AUSTRALIA COMMENCED TRADING FROM JAN'S HOME ON THE CENTRAL COAST.

JAN IS WELL-KNOWN AT GOSFORD POST OFFICE WHERE FOR OVER SIX YEARS SHE WENT TWICE DAILY TO COLLECT AND POST HUGE VOLUMES OF MAIL FOR HER EVER-GROWING BAND OF TRAVELLING CLIENTS. THIS TOOK SOME EFFORT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

IN 2002 ALTHOUGH SAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE MANAGER AND STAFF AT GOSFORD POST OFFICE JAN BEGAN UTILISING THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE AUSTRALIA POST CENTRAL COAST BUSINESS CENTRE BASED AT LISAROW, FROM WHERE LARGE QUANTITIES OF MAIL ARE NOW DELIVERED TO AND COLLECTED FROM JAN'S HOME OFFICE DAILY.

LANDBASE AUSTRALIA IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING A SAFE AND RELIABLE MAIL-FORWARDING SERVICE NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY FOR ALL LONG-TERM TRAVELLERS WITH NO FIXED ADDRESS (IE) CARAVANNERS, CAMPERVANNERS, YACHTIES, BACKPACKERS, DEFENCE FORCE PERSONNEL, MUSICIANS, ENTERTAINERS, TRAVELLING NURSES, DOCTORS, TEACHERS - IN FACT ANY "GYPSY" TRAVELLER WHO REQUIRES A SINGLE, STABLE ADDRESS WHILST ON-THE-MOVE LONGTERM.

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