Friday 22 July and I am back at Darwin Airport. Not work this time although I was herelast week as I had to go to Alice Springs for a couple of days last week to meet up with my local staff member and see a few of the problem sites she has to regulate environmentally, mostly sand and gravel extraction operations. The weather was very cold and it actually rained both Tuesday when we were out in the field and a lot on wednesday when i was walking out to the aeroplane to fly back to Darwin - no air bridges at Alice Springs airport!
Anyway The ttogether rip to Uk is so I can attend mt father's 97th birthday party on 24th. The lunch is on Sunday although his birthday is Monday so that my sister's children and partners can be there too. So children,, grandchildren (well, most of them as my Michael will be back in Australia) and now a great grandchild will all be there for lunch.
I will be flying three sctors to get there; the awful Jetstar Asia from Darwin to Singapore - no choice of carrier so one has to endure 4 hours of cramped travel on a low service, high cost, no frills no pleasure carrier to Singapore. Then it will be Lufthanse Business Class form Singapore to Frankfurt and another Lufthansa on to London. Then I willl collect a Hertz car at Heathrowand drive down to meet up with Clare at the south coast house of my friends Tim and Wendy only 30 minutes from where my father lives with my sister and her husband. Tim and Wendy are the couple I travelled around Finland and Norway with in May this year.
Another year for the travelling and ageing mining and environment adviser
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