9th November 2013
Its been a while - we arrived in Perth two weeks ago.  Clive was offered some building work through Matt whom we have been staying with, so we brought our stage of travel from Geraldton to Perth forward - flexibility is the name of the game !
I have taken the opportunity to have a week with Marsha and family - just lovely to reconnect with them all.  Finn starts school in January and is becoming a grown up young man.  Neko is terribly cute and has an amazing vocabulary for a not even 2 year old ( 21st Dec).
They have both transitioned into having me around with absolute ease so its lovely to know that they havent forgotten me/ us over the last 6 months.  Neko just called out to me ( I'm babysitting) " Nanny I need you" !!  She also has me totally won over as whenever she wants something she says " Please Nanny" in the cutest way !!!!  Works in her favor every time.
So, Clive's work will finish middle of next week then we will move ourselves along the south west coast of WA, heading to Adelaide by 18th December, where we will do a housesit for a week as well as spend some time with Brendan.
When we leave Adelaide we plan to head to Melbourne following the Murray River.  Conscious that it will be through the school holiday period then so think it may be slightly less crowed inland rather than coastal. It will also give us another part of Victoria that we haven't seen already.
 We are now seeing a real change in the scenery where there is actually green grass and pastoral land, in stark contrast to red dirt and very limited bush/ general growth.  no pics this time - don't have the camera stick with me.
Love to you all
Marian