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Christmas 2012

This is what Christmas is all about
DESSERT !!!

Arrived back in Perth and Robert off to Royal Perth Hospital for a check up post 36hr flight.
All well, as best can be expected, leg in brace and crutches, no showering, only sponge baths for 8 weeks.

First transfer of three - the whole process was bigger than Ben Hur

1st transfer with Ambos in Brussels

One of many

First Class - Brussels to Perth - what a way to get an upgrade, the luxury of travelling First Class, was lost with the accident. The food, service, and crew were wonderful - the should give us another free seat. Next time Rob said it is my turn to 'break a leg'

The metal.

St Pierres - Belgium

Well as most of you know Robert had a huge accident, broke the tibia in 6 places, big operation, me arguing with the french speaking hospital administration SURPRISE !! SURPRISE!! and then an Emirates First class flight home to perth over 36 hrs. What a great ten days and it all happened in the last 2 hours of our 10 week holiday

The Scar !!!

This was the breakfast, lunch and dinner tray, nearly the same for every meal over ten days
Apart from loosing weight by being in hospital, this quality certainly helped in my weight loss and Roberts too!!

November 2012 - WTF +++

Well the 25th Nov a day to remember - I was attacked and grabbed at the throat, robbed, jewellery taken and Robert injured. Falling down a railway subway for 3 metres and landing on his right knee immediately curtailed the holiday.
Robert had given chase, jumped over a balcony and crash. People offered to assist in looking after your bags - yeah right kiss good bye to them NO WAY !!, Strangers helped, police and ambulance arrived - destination St Pierre's Hospital .
Belgium WAS such a nice place

Friends we met.....

Carmine &

Tonya & Bill

Six of the best from Europe 2012

ABC.......Another Bloody Castle...............

Europe ...a few favourite photos.....

Salzburg

Our Cruise Boat

Not Sure.......

The Inspiration for Walt Disney

Bavaria

8 weeks Later.....Europe here we come !!!!!

Now is the time for the trip to Europe - 15 countries in 9 weeks.......10 trains.....1 cruise.......lots of walking and lots of sights

Scenery was just too much to put up online , so here is a few pictures of Robert with friends he met along the way, many varied and funny memories

Octoberfest 2013

In a Museum I think

Everyone is out to make a buck

Secret Nurses Business (IHMS)

While in the remote nursing clinic a job offer came through for IHMS a private organisation that contracts to the federal government for the provision of services at detention centres across Australia, for primary health

This is situated in the northern part of WA and is a great place to meet and get to know many nurses both primary and mental health. I stayed here for 9 weeks and robert stayed in Perth. There was a great cafe scene in Derby which considering where it is, it has a great ambience. We were always off for a coffee at the end of shift and the best coffee was, the late one at the Windmill, with my friend Eleanor. We had many a heart to heart at this wee place and continue to have those talks over the phone from all over Australia

Back in Remote

Another sight on the road to the remote clinic was these huge rocks called the Marbles and as you can seein relation to the car they were massive

The road in never changes and goes on forever and forever, sometimes you get very tired of it and then around another corner it amazes you............

Believe it or not this road is on a GPS not your average GPS but it is on one so we really new where we were .....believe it or not..... clinics never change really from one spot to the next except in this spot, it was a big clinic and there was lots of storage space to work and relatively new..........a pleasant change from the other 4 communities I had worked at .....

Katherine - For a short time not a ...........

Well it was a quick time in Katherine, went to work in ED, great staff, BUT lasted three weeks in one of the worst staff quarters I have ever seen. Short of sheets blankets,crockery, pots and utensils. Nothing fitted the bed, nothing good it was either,chipped cracked dirty missing or broken.

Town was great and the staff at ED were one of the most helpful I have met and the admin girls were always wonderful BUT what can I say, the confidentiality agreement precludes me

White Water Rafting - My only request

What more can I say, a good time was had by all and this time we did not have to have the 400 steps to get out of the valley, Robert did the negotiations with the kiosk guy and we told him that we would be back if it was the wrong tour, what with all us oldies we needed the least climb with the least effort

May 2012 - My 60th in Bali

Well here is the group a little late in putting up on the website but there is a few more pictures coming. A great way to spend my 60th
Week in Bali from the 19th May, a wonderful time was had by all accommodation was fantastic as you can see,

This was our villa from across the pool looking back to the lounge and bedrooms
The 2 outer arches contain the bedrooms and in the centre is the kitchen lounge and a viewing area out over the pool as below

This is the view out from the lounge overlooking the pool and the water,so warm every morning to swim, if fact it was warm at anytime for a swim as we all agreed with. Well used and well worth it
Villa Seminyak - a great choice and a great time