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Thursday 21st. Today the delivery of Lucy to Conlan is brief for me as I won’t go in. I want to transition away from being by her side 24/7. The pickup may go the same way and she might need to walk home alone, we will see. I wanted to return to Macquarie because itContinue reading “Day 5:”

Its Wednesday 20th January. I think Lucy is tired from a combination of travel, increase in exercise and any lingering anxiety about her new surroundings. I get it and she has done really well to cope with these changes. She is a bit slower out the door today and we needed to head briskly over toContinue reading “Day 4:”

Back to Conlan this morning and we didn’t get lost – already an improvement on yesterday. The process of dropping Lucy off and making connections with Susan and Paul takes less time and I’m quickly off for another walk to St Ives. My plan is to walk as often as possible, despite the heat, asContinue reading “Day 3:”

Lucy starts The Conlan College at 8.30am this morning! I thought getting Lucy up and running was going to be interesting at best, but she surprised me and managed to be ready in reasonable time.  I had built a bit of wiggle room into the morning schedule for the ‘just in case’ and that provedContinue reading “Day 2:”

We have now been in Australia for seven days and finally found time to create this blog.  I have gradually set up what we needed to exist i.e. banks, phones and travel cards and resourced the apartment for what will be an eight week stay. These first posts will be a rundown of those days.Continue reading “Week Won”

My blog is being refreshed with a new look and some new thoughts. My new mantra is all about peace and this image is of the front steps of my house. These steps were made over 100 years ago to celebrate Armistice Day in 1918. I have carried this theme into the house and appropriatelyContinue reading “Te Rangimarie”