After staying with our good friends Anne-Marie and Mark at their home in Calamvale (on the south side of Brisbane) since I arrived on 28th January, the big day arrived for moving into our first home in Australia on 1st April (was there any hidden message here I had to ask myself). Anne-Marie, Mark & their boys had been brilliant hosts. I was collected from the airport by Mark after my 36 hour journey via Adu Dhabi and Singapore. Having just missed Australia Day, I obliged the locals by walking through the Arrivals Hall with a 5'x3' Union Jack draped over my baggage trolley. Start as you mean to go on they say! After a shower and a cup of tea, we set off for a lovely long walk along the Brisbane river, a City Cat
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