No, not Scotland but a domestic flight to Western Australia for the Annual Uranium Mining Conference of the AusIMM. A chance to catch up with the latest developments in the industry and meet up with a lot of old friends and former colleagues. Most people seemed to be aware of my new job and there were lots of well-wishers which was very flattering.
The weather was great, if a little colder than Darwin in the morning, but the afternoons were glorious and the sunsets almost as good as Darwin. The flights were both with QANTAS and went OK.
The big news was that whilst I was in Perth my son Michael and his girlfriend were driving my new car up from Armidale, NSW to Darwin - about 3500km. They took 3.5 days and arrived 6 pm Friday after I was back. A quick beer to watch sunset at the Darwin Sailing Club where I have been able to resurrect my membership; then a superb dinner at Char Restaurant before putting them on the 0045 flight to Sydney! M had to get back to work and a big party and Billie was in a netball tournament in Sydney going straight from the airport to the first match!
Michael caught a flight to Port Mcquarie and then flew a Cessna 310 up to Armidale with the owner (the guy who sold me the car!)
All in all a very busy week
Another year for the travelling and ageing mining and environment adviser
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