My lovely cousin Jane, from Oxford University, is at present in the Philippines doing work related stuff. Good on her! Me? Well, I'm off tomorrow with Rene for 4 days in Sydney. Not quite as romantic, but just down the road (well, just over an hour by plane). Meanwhile my sore thigh (muscle) hasn't recovered so I went this afternoon for another check up at the doctors and left with a script for pain killers. Hopefully, I'll be able to do some things in Sydney. The Sydney Festival is on http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/ so I'd like to get out and about a bit. I'm taking the wireless laptop and a good book, so if I have to rest up, I can do it in comfort with enough to occupy me. I think the drugs are working though, I'm much more optimistic.
Wills....not altogether a nice topic but an important one. As Rene and I get more entangled in property and other commitments its been necessary to revise my will and also for Rene to get one drawn up for the first time. A successful visit to a solicitor who specialises in same sex couples has left me feeling very positive about the security of our future. Even down to who has the right to turn off life support machines etc, permission for surgery, pensions kept in Holland, superannuation here in Queensland. It all has to be faced, and we took the first steps today. A good move all round.
The advent of LCCs (low cost carriers) has meant one-way tickets for flights at very reasonable prices. Tomorrow we fly Qantas, but our return on Sunday is by Virgin Blue, not because of price but timetable (and similar cost). I still remember one flight in 2003 from London Stanstead to Holland for GBP0 plus taxes. Just the tax. One flight I booked I never even bothered taking because my circumstances changed, the cost was nothing much at all. Yet the cost of getting to and from the airport is often more than the ticket. Go figure!
The Brisbane Airport Corporation is run by Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airport and is currently Australia's #3 airport but #2 for overseas flights. http://www.bne.com.au/content/home.asp A new parallel runway is to be built to extend capacity. It already has a shopping outlet complex (125 stores) on site and a proposed hotel to be built plus extensions to both the domestic and international terminals.
When I post again there'll hopefully be some Sydney pictures. Until then, have a great remainder of your week.
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