Week 33 One Daily Positive and Project 365. Still in Australia.

Forgot to mention last week that the flat finally sold and the money came through, phew. Just the council tax to pay for dates owed, but I need to call them so that will have to wait, plus I need to sort the electricity bill out, however the water was easy to do as I didn't set up an account after the tenant left in November.

Loving our visit to Australia, just a week left, then home for work. We've seen and experienced so much since we've been here and are already planning our next trip here in 2023.

224 Saturday Drove up to Mossman for the weekend, staying in the rain forest, visiting waterfalls along the way and beautiful walks in the rain forest.

225 Sunday A day in the Daintree rain forest which involved a river ferry crossing and a beautiful scenic drive. 

226 Monday Day spent on the beach at Port Douglas, then off to the airport to fly to Brisbane and collect hire car before driving up to the Sunshine Coast for the week. Son and girlfriend flew back to Sydney for work.

227 Tuesday We spent the day in and around where we are staying, long coastal walks, coffees and dinner out. The sunsets here are amazing, must get up early for a sun rise.

228 Wednesday We drove towards Brisbane, found a park and ride train about 40 mins out and paid $25 return. parking in the City was about $16 per hour and it also saved us the stress. Got off the train on the South Bank to explore then crossed the river to the City for lunch and a wander round to the Botanical Gardens. Stopped at the supermarket on the way back for dinner.

229 Thursday Drove north to Noosa to explore more of the area and a beautiful coastal walk. Looked for Koala's that inhabit the area but didn't see any, but we did see Whales blowing water in the distance.

230 Friday Packed and enjoyed a leisurely drive south of Brisbane to the Gold Coast stopping off for coffees and lunch along the way to meet son for the weekend at the next part of our trip. Went on the beach to read our books. Had a wonderful meal in the evening on a roof top bar.

On the blog this week:

My English Garden in August

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One Daily Positive - Week 44 My week in photos

Wow that was a long week, Peter home early hours of Friday and back off for two weeks on Sunday. Welcome to my new life.

Made appointment for blood tests next week to check on my iron levels since going wheat free, feel much better in regards to no migraines, but the headaches and neck pain have been creeping back slowly, but this could be from stress and all the travel.

300 Sunday So back in Dubai for one day and I dropped Peter at the airport this morning for his flight to South Africa till the end of the week. To say I'm not happy with this change in job, is an understatement. But we'll make it work, we always do. I watched the Rugby and supported Wales as it's my country of birth. I started the process of the cat and dog relocation to the UK the end of January 2020. Afternoon and evening spent tidying up the garden and making long lists of things to do before my next UK trip in December, complicated with the renewal of Dubai visas.

Christmas has arrived in the stores in Dubai.

301 Monday Up early and all chores completed by 9am, went out for coffee, had my hair cut and a manicure. Afternoon spent working in the garden and cleaned the balcony, which involves running a hose pipe upwards. In the evening I was researching my family tree.

302 Tuesday New road system here in Dubai, I was away for 7 weeks, bridges, underpasses, new junctions and roads have appeared and roundabouts gone for ever. Thank fully my GPS has kept up to date with it all. Finally got to the dog park for a nice morning and catch up. In the afternoon bathed Bob and all his bedding and washed the pet bowls out. Finished tidying the garden and mowing the lawn. Paperwork completed, more appointments made and flights and car hire booked for November 26th for a week in the UK.

303 Wednesday Off to the vets to get the necessary paperwork completed for the cat and dogs move, then off to IKEA to meet a friend for the day. Spent the evening and afternoon sitting outside enjoying the cool breeze and on the laptop, sorting out issues with Mum's flat and our daughters care plan.

304 Thursday Decorated the outside of the house for halloween, it's a big event here in Dubai and all nationalities join in. Cleaned throughout the house. Popped out for coffee and a food shop.

305 Friday Peter arrived home around 7am, he's home for a few days then back to South Africa for 2 weeks. He went straight to bed, I walked the dog and packed my case for my UK trip in December, taking over all my winter clothing, a bed for Bob and food bowls. I now have a 42kg allowance with Emirates for each flight, my case weighs 21kg. I may take a second case with all our UK paperwork. I'm going to have to buy white goods for the house, as Peter will need the ones we have here and all the stuff in the flat is integral, don't think my allowance will cover them anyway lol.
Did some blogging and when Peter woke we went out for Brunch.

View from Dusit Thani of the Sheikh Zayed Road, towards the airport.

306 Saturday Go Bokke. Even though SA beat Wales on Sunday and I was born in Wales, I actually lived full time in SA longer than I did in Wales so feel I qualify to support them against England. We went to the mall in the morning, watched the rugby and took Bob on a long walk around the estate to explore the new road network, that didn't exist when we moved here 2 years ago.

On the blog this week:

What happened with our move to South Africa?

We're returning to the UK, the process of repatriation has started

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