As we walked under the sign displaying the words “final call” and “flight QF3 Honolulu” how glad we were to finally step off the emotional, stressful rollercoaster that was packing away our lives for the next few years!

The process of getting the house ready to sell, home opens, cleaned again, open again……finally over, with a big fat “under offer” sticker across the sign out the front. Hopefully now it’s just a matter of time till there’s a big red SOLD sign on it! All the things we wanted to keep are now packed neatly away in storage (apart from the last few bits which were hastily thrown into the container while the taxi waited patiently on the verge!).

The rest was given away or sold on gumtree. And just a moment in praise of gumtree; we posted so many things for sale there & all but 1 sold. So now we own half as much “stuff” as we used to and even the car, which didn’t go up till the 11th hour, has gone. It’s true what they say, it feels really good to lighten the load Some things were a little harder to say goodbye to & I have to admit to shedding a few tears when the deal was done. But our beautiful boat Sandy Feet and her new owner Kit are currently nearing the southern cape underway to Sydney. We wish you fair winds & calms seas and are looking forward to a few of the stories from the journey Asha, our rescue cat, has once again landed on her feet with her beautiful new adoptive family already perfectly trained in the art of tummy rubbing. There were more tears from us girls when she went, but an afternoon off schoolwork went a long way to distract from the sadness & guilt of saying good-bye to a loved family pet. And of course our amazing friends who made it all the harder to say good bye to Perth. Thank you for all the special memories we will take with us, we will miss you so very much & hope it won’t be too long until we see you again x And so the packing madness is over let the fun begin

-Laura