{"id":3801,"date":"2016-05-19T18:04:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T10:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/19\/man-quits-his-job-to-travel-australia-in-a-campervan-with-his-cat\/"},"modified":"2016-05-19T18:04:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T10:04:02","slug":"man-quits-his-job-to-travel-australia-in-a-campervan-with-his-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/19\/man-quits-his-job-to-travel-australia-in-a-campervan-with-his-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Man quits his job to travel Australia in a campervan with his cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"C2c7e53a91354222b3b0ea3017aae39b\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA1LzE5L2UyL2MyYzdlNTNhOTEzLjFmYjdlLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/0ec28385\/8e6\/c2c7e53a91354222b3b0ea3017aae39b.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Man+quits+his+job+to+travel+Australia+in+a+campervan+with+his+cat&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F19%2Fcat-travel-australia-campervan%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F19%2Fcat-travel-australia-campervan%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sometimes the simple life is all a person and a feline really needs.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what Richard East and his rescue cat Willow have done, with East giving up the hustle bustle of a corporate job and a relatively comfortable existence for a life on the road in a campervan.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/18\/malamute-dachshund-instagram\/\">Moosh the malamute and Ginger the dachshund are cute but mischievous &#8216;siblings&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t happy at work,&#8221; East told <i>Mashable Australia, <\/i>who had just arrived in the warmer climes of Mount Isa, Queensland in the last few days.<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;I was at work for 10 years, and I needed a change. 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