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Seventh visit and still having first time experiences

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  For those with limited reading time: Highlights Less of a highlight Hearing exciting news from Kyle and Jade, congratulations on your engagement and on Kyle's cert III as a carpenter - both Not being home to congratulation and hug Kyle and Jade – both, especially Mum Being back in water by going to the town aquatic centre- Kath  Not having the grandkids with me to take to the town aquatic centre- Kath Seeing a Bower Bird with all its white goodies decorating its bower - Kath   Meeting Marie, the Indigenous Elder - Kath   Finding what looks to be an old authentic Indigenous spear and handing it into the Aboriginal Land Council - Both   The evenings becoming milder and more days without the cold wind - both   Popping in to the Supreme Court - both   ...

Home among the gum trees

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  Home among the gum trees Highlights Less of a highlight Being amongst friends - both The cold wind - both Seeing familiar places - both The cold nights - both Being amongst the trucks – Bill Kath’s computer having a hissy fit - Kath Finishing my RSA refresher course quickly - Kath   Facetiming family – both but especially Grandma   Getting an article published in the Centralian Today newspaper - Kath   Chatting with Phil from the Centralian Today newspaper - both     It’s less than a month since we left home and here we are in our regular home away from home, surprisingly right under a gum tree. I never appreciated how the leaves of one gum tree hang down in a way different to home. The tree is near our communal firepit and the evening light through the ...