Neil and Anita's Aussie Trip 2022
Today we decided to go over to Sydney and say good buy to HRH or as she is s as Lao known ( according to JFR ) big chief Sheila
Evening trip to Newport on the bus for a pub quiz at the local real ale bar , with Joss , a bloke called Alan from Rawdon and Mike from Halifax , plus a local Sheila . Came joint second by a point ! lost on Aussie speed skaters and Russell Crowe books
Left the dogs in Newcastle, bless them , to head back for two nights . Stopped off for house instructions in the next sit which is on the way to Ella’s, an hour North in a place called Kariong. Looks good
Back home then out to the Manly 16ft Skiff Sailing club for steak night , $ 14 steak and chips , $ 13 for a pint of beer
Today and yesterday were a day of beaches . When your near the coast in Australia that’s what you get . So your going to see a few photos of them with Anita in
Today there will be no blog out of respect for the passing of our wonderful Queen , Elizabeth 2nd . We both shed a tear
Anita asked a very good question. Relating to furniture. As the last age was the Elizabethan one eg our sofa is an Elizabethan sofa ( from Next ) . If we had bought it in King Charles ‘ s reign , what would we call it after he dies ?
It’s raining
Our two little “ fur babies “ are lovely but very early risers . Anita feeds them and I walk them . They are now in the bedroom ( bathroom & kitchen ) with us & do after an early start and with Anita working on line submitting tenders I did an early bush walk
The evening ended with Anita’s first ever dog poo pick up . She loved it
As usual we counted down the hours to the taxi to the airport, but it was good to have a base in East Singapore for final exploring and classic Singapore noodles to finish
Last full day In Singapore, before off to Sydney tomorrow night. Staying with some lovely friends of Anita . Great Indian meal followed by pudding of Agar jelly ( didn’t wobble)
Sunday morning , off to Anita’s old church , St Georges Tanglin . Hot and sticky, the only person who talked to us was the visiting preacher from Melbourne. An ex Liverpudlian gloating over his teams 9-0 win over Bournemouth
Typical Singapore full English- Duck Porridge- the green egg ruined it for me
Anita revisited her old home in Singapore from 20 years ago . It’s now been upgraded to a tower block . But the nice security gentleman allowed us in . The pool was still there but not Ella’s rubber ring
Every time we go out Anita is on a mission to get her favourite Chinese chicken dish – Hainanese Chicken rice – tonight we found it
Fortunately my beer was affordable and my bowl of curry soup was tasty , though labour intensive ( chicken on the bone with a plastic spoon ) . We were lucky as we avoided the $58 tourist Satay sticks (6) outside
Correction- there was cucumber garnish, eaten whilst I was off serviette hunting ( unsuccessful)
