Packing & Sorting!

It's been another busy day at Casa Jaluka. We are slowly getting rid of a life time of stuff... Believe me, that's a lot of baggage. Over the last few days I have managed to finally get to the bottom of all the paperwork we need for our new life in Australia; the stuff I am not taking has filled three very large bin liners. The documents I have left, still have to be sifted through again; we are travelling lite after all!

I have come across many memories during this move, some things I haven't seen in years; old photographs, business folders, postcards from mine and Darrell's time abroad and even old camcorder videos from the 90s. I have actually enjoyed looking through all of these items, photographing some and recording others that have sentimental value!

We have decided to ship a small number of objects each, ones that have meaning and relevance to us as a couple. Of course picking out what to take is a terrible challenge in itself. I could quite easily keep everything, unable to decide. In the end, I may well just take nothing and just start all over again.... Good for the soul!

I have my Cousin Chris and his wife Maria arriving tomorrow, so I will be able to at least sit back and relax for a couple of days. Our Casa is such a bombsite at the moment, I am grateful they actually booked an apartment for the next four days....I wouldn't want to stay here!

I want to finish clearing the property by the end of April, even though we aren't leaving until May, at least then we can both take it easy for the last month...This has been a telling time for us both!