I was I suppose 5 years old when my parents bought my brother and I a set of Arthur Mee’s Children’s Encyclopaedias
I adored them and thus was born my obsession with the geography of the world I would spend hours and hours reading them and inwardly digesting them There were articles on the construction of the Hoover Dam, the Panama Canal etc but what fascinated me most was the flora and fauna especially of Australia It never ever in my wildest dreams occurred to me that one day I would board the 21st century version of a Comet or Boeing 707 and fly down to Australia My excitement was uncontained as I boarded my aircraft to Perth via Dubai
I had however realised that I needed a companion to do the literal and metaphorical “heavy lifting”. A kind of latter day Jeeves or Passepartout or valet, indeed a general factotum After many interviews I appointed the said General I have heard ugly rumours around that the interview was not completely fair but I will defend until my dying day that the fact he was my husband played absolutely no part in my decision making
I adored them and thus was born my obsession with the geography of the world I would spend hours and hours reading them and inwardly digesting them There were articles on the construction of the Hoover Dam, the Panama Canal etc but what fascinated me most was the flora and fauna especially of Australia It never ever in my wildest dreams occurred to me that one day I would board the 21st century version of a Comet or Boeing 707 and fly down to Australia My excitement was uncontained as I boarded my aircraft to Perth via Dubai
I had however realised that I needed a companion to do the literal and metaphorical “heavy lifting”. A kind of latter day Jeeves or Passepartout or valet, indeed a general factotum After many interviews I appointed the said General I have heard ugly rumours around that the interview was not completely fair but I will defend until my dying day that the fact he was my husband played absolutely no part in my decision making
I also learned that Australia is not Godalming with the heat turned up
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The next day we flew to Launceston Tasmania
TASMANIA
So it is off to Sydney
SYDNEY
All good things come to an end!!
I have of course left so many things out but I have tried to give you a taste of all the unusual places and sights. For example we went to Bondi Beach, a bit disappointing if truth be told It is quite small and full of much tourist tat, but still we have to do these things I hope more than anything that you have read this with a new understanding that Australia is a wonderful, exciting, interesting place with more to offer the not very adventurous traveller sights and sounds that will stay with them for a lifetime.
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