The suitcases were packed. Everything that we couldn’t take with us went back in to storage. Vanea and Peter drove us to Sydney airport, we said our farewells on the pavement and confirmed “our booking for November” with them. We cannot thank you both enough, Vanea and Peter. You do so much for us and
Back in Sydney we did go to the beach a few times and then, between all the socialising and the farewells, we started to think about what we needed to take to Europe and what would need to pack back in to storage. And so started our final week in Sydney……. Add to this: haircuts,
Despite reports of major flooding in northern NSW and the Pacific Highway (the main road to Queensland) closed in various places, we decided to drive up there anyway. It was to be a 2,000 kms round trip, in unknown conditions, but when the sun is shining on you in Sydney, it’s hard to imagine that