This will be brief. For those who may have missed my previous missive on our proposed progress south from Far North Queensland, let me now announce that we have arrived back in Adelaide as planned.
We dropped anchor in the Windsor Gardens Caravan Park on schedule last Saturday (17 October) and have finally settled in, with the full annex and our new front verandah all erected.
Liz has already gone back to work, with three shifts under belt, including a premature return to her old stamping ground at The Memorial Hospital. They were so keen to have her back that her contract was brought forward to accommodate her presence on her old ward well before the planned commencement date of 1 November. She was actually offered a position as a casual hospital coordinator, a role she had filled previously. Her response was swift......it takes very little time to say "NO!"
We have completed our first round of medical appointments and start with the specialists next week. Our immediate plans hinge very much on the scheduling of the two eye operations I need to correct the current cataract problems which have been driving me nuts over the past six months or so.
In the meantime, I shall do my best to complete the chronology of our adventures to date within the next couple of weeks.....when have I said that before?? My confidence is boosted by the fact that we now have new electronic kit....our Internet speed has improve beyond my wildest dreams and I do now have more time on my hands. Ever the optimist!
Needless to say the past week has included a somewhat dizzy round of 'catch-ups' between Liz's working engagements, a programme which looks likely to continue for some time. It is very good to see relatives and old friends again, but I have to comment we are both over big city traffic already, notwithstanding the fact that at last we can negotiate our way around without the need for our electronic navigator. Neither of us have any doubt that by the time our Adelaide 'sabbatical' comes to an end, we shall be more than ready to again hit the open road.
In my next, back to our 'winter quarters' in FNQ and fun at Kurrimine Beach.
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