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Hi Rammygirl, we, unfortunatly insured with the shipper.

Best of luck to the young couple, may they have a long and fruitful marriage. For a ranga that's not a bad pull. I wonder if they'll invite his dad to the wedding?

Many thanks snifter. Two working days, and one "clearing my desk" day, a Saturday, (paid at overtime rates,) and I leave work. A week of doing sweet sod all, then head down and bum up getting returning to the UK organised.

Well, this took a strange turn...

Now down to my last 5 working days. I've been very flattered to the response of my colleagues to my leaving, but am committed and will go.The nice thing is that I will officially be on holiday for the first five weeks of my retirement, so will still have a wage coming in until mid-January. I'm still saying I'm retiring at 58, even though I will be 59 by the time of the actual retirement day!!The next month will be spent organising our move back to the UK..

Nice one, thanks!

Just agreed to do an extra day at work. I'm not being magnanimous, it;'s a Saturday and it's being paid at overtime rates. So as of today I have 10 working days left.

Will report back when it happens Beckfield.,

Thanks Cal, it's dragging like hell now though... I fly back to Blighty on Jan 17th.,

Now at 13 days of work left... Just saying....

It is insured, but I will have to change that insurance to "unoccupied property" insurance. Thanks for the draining tip.

My thanks!!

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Fair comment. In the main though, in the parts of Aus I have experienced over the past 16 years, wind, rain, storms, snow, all tend to be short lived, if intense, and then long periods of blue sky, sunshine, and bland hot weather is the norm.

One of my main reasons for moving back to Blighty is the variety of weather we get there. I love the winds, rains, and storms. I find the weather in Aus bland.