After some false starts, the time has come to leave our beautiful family and our new friends in Nhulunbuy. To say our time here has been wonderful is an understatement. We have had the most fabulous experiences and met terrific people, and I’ve tried to share most of these on this blog. The most precious time, of course, was watching Joey grow from a brand new baby to a happy, chubby six months old, as well as having so much quality time with Tommy.

Although the covid rules and lock downs prevented Tayler from going back home to Perth at the end of her three weeks holiday with us at Christmas, it was a huge bonus for us to have the extra six weeks with her and for me to have my side of the family all together.

The last ten days since we were supposed to leave, have been interesting. The heavy rain brought two crocodiles to the golf course! When the course opened, golfers had to battle sodden greens and cane toads as well as looking out for crocs! (Photos courtesy of Jane Utting)

We had a couple of lovely evenings out. First to the Golf Club for dinner with some of the teachers and then to the Boat Club with Kyran, Vanessa and boys. Sunsets on both nights were beautiful.

It was a lovely way to end our time in Gove but it was time to move on.