Kicking off retirement with trip of a lifetime to Australia

Andersons expand friendship with young family 8 years after hosting honeymooners

  • Alan and Dottie Anderson pose for a photo with Janelle and Regan Bairstow in Perth, Australia, one of many stops they made during a six-week trip to southwest Australia.
    Alan and Dottie Anderson pose for a photo with Janelle and Regan Bairstow in Perth, Australia, one of many stops they made during a six-week trip to southwest Australia.
  • Alan and Dottie Anderson saw a koala bear while visting the zoo, one of many adventures during their stay.
    Alan and Dottie Anderson saw a koala bear while visting the zoo, one of many adventures during their stay.
  • Sampling the food in Australia was one of the highlights for the Andersons, who said there was always fresh seafood available.
    Sampling the food in Australia was one of the highlights for the Andersons, who said there was always fresh seafood available.

    Six months after retiring on the same day, Alan and Dottie Anderson ventured down under earlier this year, where they experienced the trip of a lifetime to southwestern Australia.The destination for their six-week adventure wasn’t the typical tourist attractions in Sydney or along the Barrier Reef. Instead, the Andersons found their way to a family farm “out in the middle of nowhere” near the tiny…