G'Day

Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong

Under the shade of a Coolibah tree

And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

"You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me".

Hands up if you sang that in your mind! I did as I was typing it, ha,ha

Greetings dear reader, yes at last I am back in Australia.

It was beyond wonderful to see my darling daughter again.

My plane from Heathrow to Doha.

The weeks leading up to my departure were stressful. I'm a worrier, I try not to be, I tell myself that worrying never solves anything, but it's in my DNA and learnt from my mother. I worried that my proof of vaccinations wouldn't arrive in time, then worried that my PCR result would be positive or wouldn't arrive in time, but it was negative and the result was in my inbox at 5am the next day! very efficient. 

We were an hour late departing so I worried that I might miss my connecting flight. I gave myself a good talking to along the lines of "That's enough, I can't do anything about it, relax and enjoy the flight". Which I did, and although there wasn't time to browse around the airport, I did catch the connection. 13 hours from Doha to Brisbane!! I wondered how I was going to cope, but with reading, films, meals and sleeping the time passed very well.

Hello Queensland

You might have read or heard about the floods here in Brisbane,

they have been devastating, people have lost their lives and their homes.

This is the ferry terminal that my daughter uses to go to work.

The water was way up beyond that grass.

The only passenger today was this sweet little kookburra.

Clear up work has started but it's estimated that it could take months to clear it all the way along the river. My daughter is hoping that this stretch won't take that long. She has booked a lot of time off while I'm here but still needs to go in 2 or 3 days a week. She is driving and it's adding hours to her work day. Also I was hoping to use it for trips into the city, but I can use the bus or train. Meanwhile I've been sleeping a lot! and exploring the area.

Bulimba is a beautiful suburb with some gorgeous modern houses, and a main road  with lots of cafes, restaurants, boutiques, pubs, bars, a cinema, shops and a Woolworths supermarket. I found the library yesterday but I can't join as a temporary member so my daugher is going to join and I can borrow on her membership. I bought two with me and have almost finished one but want to save the other one for when I return, so I will need something inbetween time.

∼ Be safe and well∼

Polly x