Thursday 19th July
We watched the sun rise over the east coast before landing in Sydney at 07.20 along with three other plane loads of people. This must be one of the worst airports in the world. Queues everywhere as not enough officials on duty. Poor dears, it must be a bit early for them!
What must visitors think when they arrive here. Eventually we found our luggage and battled our way through.
We were met by Becky, Graham and the boys. It was great to see them and we all piled into a hired people mover for the journey home. We broke the journey at Beckys for a reviving cup of coffee and so that Alex could go to school. The rest of us headed for North Richmond where nothing seems to have changed. Having been away so long you feel that something should have changed.
The house was very cold and stale smelling. I had laid the fire before we left but when I lit it, it wouldnt burn. On investigating I found that soot had fallen down the chimney and was choking the throat of the fireplace. This was quickly cleared and the fire lit. With the aircon on the heat cycle and the fire blazing away it began to feel once more like home.
Unpacking, sorting washing, finding presents that we had bought at various points etc. bought back lots of memories. All good memories with only two bad ones that come to mind. The argument with customs when leaving Australia over a jar of home made marmalade we were taking to Elin and Jim, I bet they enjoyed it at morning tea time. The biggest row was at Bangkok airport over two bottles of whisky, in a sealed duty free bag, that we weren't allowed to keep. Still, in a way these things add to the memories of a holiday and I will never travel through Bangkok again. I bet they are really upset about that!!
Its nice to be home but sad in that it will be some time before we see family and friends again.
Now, dear reader, its back to infrequent and mundane blogs.
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