May 21, 2013

The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia has been telling its readers about the joys of living off the grid.

Life couldn’t be more different for Remy Sica now that her family has moved to the country.

In Sydney, the teenager would catch the train to and from school, and not arrive home until 5pm. In Armidale, her private girls’ school is 15 minutes from her family’s new farm, and Remy gets to ride her horse every afternoon instead of sitting on a packed train.

“I love riding horses, it’s fantastic,” says Remy, who now has her own 16-year-old warmblood named Lady, which she keeps on the family’s 40-hectare farm.

The Sicas moved to Armidale this year. Dad Remo, a school teacher, says his 14-year-old daughter was a big motivation for the tree change.…