Thursday, December 20, 2012

Journeys End

We're finally at Journey's End.
We've driven many, many miles through the desert to be in my Beloved's hometown for Christmas.
We've admired the vineyards of the Yarra Valley, the Christmas Lights of Wagga Wagga, the stunning sky, opals and ingeniousness of Lightning Ridge, the mass of animals and goodwill at Milmerran.
We've seen emus and kangaroos, held puppies, yabbies, hens, ducks and turkeys. We've fed lambs, swam in dams and been down mines.
Four nights after leaving Melbourne we're finally at our home-from-home in Queensland, admiring the mangoes growing on the tree in the backyard and the deep green of the banana leaves.
We're a wee tad tired.
If we lived in Europe our journey would be roughly the equivalent of Edinburgh to Rome. (A tad further) but we crossed three states rather than four countries.
Now at journey's end I'm grateful for catching up with friends and family, for the wonder on my kids faces at all the new and amazing things, for the chance to reacquaint myself with the heartland of this fragile, ancient land whose edges I cling to. I'm grateful we managed to avoid flood and flame (although we saw the singed trees that edged my Uncle in Law's property and the smoke on the horizon). It's been an amazing trip...  but I'm so grateful to have arrived!

Joining with Maxabella at kidspot for 52 Weeks of Grateful.


                 

                     

                                     

             


                                     


                       


9 comments:

  1. Lovely photos- great trip!

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    1. It was fantastic! But now I want to sleep for a long long time!

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  2. I want to come visit you and see kangaroos. Every time you post pictures they are so unimaginably gorgeous and exotic!

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    1. O do come! It would be so wonderful to catch up properly! I don't even want to think about how many years it's been since Iona!
      Come visit and I promise lots of kangaroos!

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  3. I love the photos! Especially the flying bus. Hope you have a lovely time up in Queensland with plenty of time to unwind and relax. I do envy you being with family. I want my Mummy... but she's half a world away.

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    1. O - it's so hard being so far away at Christmas and New Year. I hope you have Skype - it's not the same... but it's better than before!

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  4. Gorgeous photos! Looks like fun! It's so nice to reconnect with home at Christmas! Wishing you a beautiful one xx

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    1. Thank you! So many wonderful memories and so lovely to be back in Queensland with my in-laws!

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  5. gorgeous photos! Love the duck! have a great new year!

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