[Margaret Pilkington]

For five years before I retired I saved up so that we could go to Oz and spend six months there touring around....you know the kind of thing...no expense spared...business calss travel, good hotels.....fine dining at good restaurants....then in 1999 hubby had a stroke and I thought that my plans would be consigned to the bin....anyway, eventually he recovered well and we DID the trip........He got homesick after 3 months, but I could quite easily have skipped off into the bush and never been seen again.
We travelled to Queensland and went out to the barrier reef......we went to Alice Springs and the Red Centre.......I did the King's Canyon walk (at %am in the morning - to beat the heat of the day)...we spent time looking around the wineries of South Australia.......had time in Sydney.....Perth was beautiful.
I have so many photographs and so many lovely memories to pick me up when it is cold and grey here.
One thing I haven't managed to do is The Sydney Harbour bridge climb....i would love to do that, but as time passes I realise I am getting a bit long in the tooth to do it now.