Dorothys 90th birthday whoops 89th!!!

Before leaving for Darwin I dropped in on Pam's mother. She is in a nice nursing home and this weekend will celebrate her 89th birthday. I got it wrong for a few hours,I thought she was 90 (and you cannot find an 89th birthday card anyway!!!)
A final note concerning Dorothy:
Sadly two weeks later she was found to have cancer and she passed away at the beginning of August so I was glad I was able to make a final visit. Hugh and I attended the funeral. See this link


I took her some flowers and a card. I think she appreciated my dropping in.

A walk along the Torrens.

I enjoyed a therapeutic walk on the banks of the Torrens something I have not done for a while.





I also noticed this new sculpture at the old site of the Torrens Parade ground, a memorial to the Vietnam War with smaller plaques commemorating the boat people and new settlers from Vietnam

My sister Ann

Ann is my only sister and she has been through some rather nasty health problems recently. It was nice to spend my last week in Adelaide with her.
She asked me to take some portraits of her.

Why Desert Dreaming?

As this will be one of my last posts on this blog I thought it was appropriate to answer the above question! I was interviewed for a job in the United Arab Emirates in March, had a good interview and immediately got this email:
"Thank you very much for taking the time to attend the interview with the Higher Colleges of Technology for the above noted position.

"We are pleased to inform you that the interview panel has recommended you for this position and you will now be considered alongside other successfully interviewed candidates for this and future vacancies.":

Sadly my Desert Dream did not eventuate and I am now returning to Darwin to a great team, a nice location and good managers!
This time I will be joined by my son Hugh.
So from next weekend check out http://topend.blogspot.com

Sea and Vine Festival

A good day was had when we joined thousands of others in the Sea and Vine Festival in the Southern Vales.


Max was drinking water,not wine!




We visited Coriole, d'Arenberg and Wirra Wirra before joining Barbara's friends Karen and Kent and their children at Hardy's Tintara Cellars

Winter clothes

Chloe, her cousin Arielle and brother Max are dressed for winter!

Fauna rescue

My sister-in-law Joey and brother Tony always have animals to care for as part of Fauna Rescue. Here again is some of the current crop!
This is Ash, who was burnt in a bushfire as a tiny Joey:

and this is his companion Skeeter:

and Freo who they released but is back each day for his breakfast!