6:30am sharp(ish) – On the road from Newcastle to Sydney – need to be there two hours after Pacific Blue flight containing my dog (Levi) and my cat (Wanda) touches down at 7:30am. 6:40am – Wonder if Levi has thought to pick up a couple of bottles of Bombay Sapphire duty free on his way … Continue reading A Most Frustrating Day
In 2008 I sold the house in Diamond Harbour and following the nightmare of my son’s testicular cancer, the kids and I had a fantastic holiday in England. Unfortunately, while we were away the company I’d been working for had been sold to a global organisation. Staff were being laid off and I was one … Continue reading The Move to Newcastle
I never thought for an instant that I would consider leaving Diamond Harbour and return to Australia to live. But I also never dreamed that on September 4th, 2010, I would be woken at 4:35am by a shallow magnitude 7.1 earthquake centred only 70km from my home. The night before the earthquake was a Friday … Continue reading September 04, 2010 – The Christchurch Earthquake
I had no plans to buy a new house until the day the kids and I decided to take a drive to Lyttelton. About twelve kilometres from the centre of Christchurch, Lyttelton is a port town that is accessed either by travelling through the road tunnel or by driving from Cashmere over Dyers Pass down … Continue reading Diamond Harbour
When Mum phoned me from New Zealand with the devastating news that she had been diagnosed with cancer and had only months to live, I couldn’t believe it. I don’t think she did either. The kids and I arrived at Christchurch airport from the Gold Coast two days after I received the call. The day … Continue reading The Winter of her Life
