Back to Australia

Arrive in Sydney on time. Clear customs and get train to Siesta Inn near Darling Harbour. Bit tatty. We have been spoiled in Africa
Dumplings in China Town then Darling Harbour dinner. Free bottle of wine with seafood basket, lovely.
Opera House and Bridge look nice on a warm evening.Great to walk the streets after dark and we get back to the hotel about midnight.

Next day wake at 11am. Jet lag.
Pack, argue on late checkout charge. Have a quick walk to the harbour to take pictures of the Opera House and Harbour Bridge Minibus to airport, then virgin flight to Melbourne. Too easy after the Malawi buses. Meet our great friends Peter and Jenny at McDonalds at Melbourne airport. Wonderful to see them in the warm sunshine and we are home.

Dave blows his Soweto vuvuvsela outside Maccas and two passing guys want to buy it. We should have bought more. This could be one item for Youngmis internet trading business.We are driven home and find the arrangements with the estate agent to get back into our house were not followed. We carried a door key safely around the world but the agent used another lock. After a while Youngmi climbed in through a window and we were home. The house looked great after being rented for a year. Then onto the Lincolnshire arms for steak and red wine.

Two days later Peter was back to help us again. With his trusty chariot and trailer we made two runs to the store room and got everything back to the house. 5 days of sunshine and lots of washing machine action got everything refreshed.
Many thanks to Peter for helping us over several months to get a new citizenship certificate, new passport, bank cards and pin numbers all with great patience and humour. Settling back into Oz has been much easier than we thought and again thanks to Peter and Jenny for welcoming us back. So nice.
Thanks to everyone who has read the blog over the last 12 months. Your interest has helped to sustain us in our great adventure. Onward and upward.
Does anyone know how best to send a big electric organ to Tanzania?