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We have been quiet on the blog for the past couple of weeks as we have as intended been spending time with our family who live in Perth.
In addition, we have had some unplanned journeys after dialling 000 as a result of some cardiac arrhythmia issues. An ER is a really interesting place to watch a different slice of human endeavour. The ER was locked down with police guards when my ambulance arrived. From Marg's nursing experience I was aware that this mostly happens when a felon, or seriously at risk victim needs urgent medical assistance. In this instance, the patient was under constant armed guard as well as the external entry/exit from the busy ER.
During the 4 hours where I was being sorted out by ER plus resident Cardiologist, there was an amazing mix of activity including a couple of very serious critical arrivals. The team at Joondalup Hospital are very well managed with no panics when any family member would be panicking.
There was also moments of excited joy in ER. A very sick patient was brought in suffering terrible pain. She left some hours later with the well received news she was pregnant.
Problem solved!
I was lucky to get quick access to a Cardiologist in Perth and have had some tests to see why the hearts electrical circuit is creating additional heart beats, and why my rest pulse had dropped a little low. Hopefully over the next couple of weeks we can get on top of the issues, adjust meds and hopefully head north to warmer climes.
Winter has arrived here in Perth with cool evenings. Queenslanders don't like night temps around 4C much, so in the space of a few days we have moved to our warmer bedding, and even a beanie on a really cold night.
We have a camp site at Yanchep Beach at Capricorn Resort. This is a tired but clean and spacious caravan park, about 3 minutes drive from where our son is building his new home, and 15 ks from their present home. The beach here is really clean and inviting - make note to revisit in the summer!
This weekend was the annual Model Railway Exhibition at the Perth Show Grounds. The extended family of 6 travelled by train to the show grounds, all for $11.00 plus show entry. This was
the first time Ben has really seen model trains, and was a little bored. My generation grew from the steam age to modern diesel electrics and high speed trains, this was a little meaningless to the grand children. But you should have seen his eyes when he saw the 39 metre long Lego suspension bridge with Lego trains running in both directions.
There was also an interesting Meccano display that intrigued both Ben and Bec. There was a small mechanical locomotive moving around an intriguing track which included a clever variation on the old mouse exercise wheel. In this case, each time the loco tried to climb up the wheel, it rotated until the loco drove out of the wheel to continue its journey.
Besides the trains (both electric and steam powered), there was an really good display of radio controlled trucks. This included road trains, semis etc. One very powerful prime mover towed a train of 10 trailers. It needed a little assistance to start towing if the train was not straight (most of the time), but once rolling, accelerated away towing the train around the display area. Another truckie was demonstrating backing a road train (3
trailers) and how to turn the whole rig around in a small area.
A tired troop arrived home for dinner in agreeance that we had enjoyed a great fun day out!
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Good to see the blog again.
A good blog once again with great pictures. The model show was one to not be missed by the look of your photos. Lots of time and effort for sure. You were going well under your "own steam" Rob too.