About Us
Hello! We are The Newbys – John, Tara, Crusoe and Sawyer! Five years ago, our family made a brave decision to create a life driven by purpose. Instead of a traditional path, we chose to shape our days around ambition, adventure, and the things that matter most to us.
Our goal is to learn, grow, and share our experiences with you, inviting others to dream big, take risks, and create lives of their own design. Our family motto “BE BRAVE, THINK BIG, EXPLORE” is the driving force behind our journey, over land, into communities, and through each day. This story has taken us through living full time in a van, overlanding through Africa with a one year old, and road tripping through the USA with a toddler, before we found ourselves in Portugal.
Our biggest adventure yet has been bringing to life an abandoned farm in Northern Portugal, creating a sustainable, off-grid haven while we build a beautiful Stone House in the mountains.
By sharing our journey, we hope it will inspire you to follow whatever dreams and goals you might have. Because a life lived on your own terms is rewarding beyond measure.
P.S. Did you see us on Channel4 ‘Help! We Bought a Village’? Read about that here.
Join us on YouTube
Join us on our YouTube channels, where, for the past five years, we’ve been documenting our travels and family adventures. We now have TWO channels where we release a NEW episode every single Wednesday and Sunday from our everyday life, and share our travels as we take our children around the world.
We would love to have you as part of our online community of nearly 250k people across both of our channels. Subscribe to follow the adventures of our little family, let us share our story with you. Our subscriptions are completely free!
Newbys Merch!
Get excited for our new, ethical and sustainable merch! Our collection includes a range of family-friendly bits and bobs, from clothing, to puzzles, and even homeware that we love and want to share with you. Each piece is designed to remind us all to BE BRAVE, THINK BIG and EXPLORE! There is something for everyone, big and bold, or classic and calm, discover more in our store, tag us on Instagram ( @thenewbys) for us to see you with your merch.
What we love most about our merch is that it is all made in a renewable-energy powered factory and all the materials are organic and responsibly sourced. Each piece even comes with a QR code on the label to allow each item to be returned & recycled responsibility when eventually worn out, and there’s not an inch of plastic packaging in sight.
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Support us
We have a wonderful and growing community on Patreon which is a space where we share exciting exclusive content, blogs and stories from our lives.
No level of support is too small to help us achieve our goals, reach our dreams, and give back to you.
Every share, thumbs up, like, comment, message, and minute that you spend with us and our content makes all the difference, and we sincerely thank each and every one of you.
