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The Darwin Letters No. 12

Trenna seated looking thoughtful. She is wearing sunglasses.
Our photos of our escape to Sydney were atrocious. This is easily the best. I know it was taken on that trip, but where, I don't know. The watch Trenna is wearing was given to her by her Legatee, Mr Harkness, when Trenna was quite young. She really appreciated the gift as the face of the watch was extremely easy to read. March 1996.

If you’ve missed it, this series starts here.

Saturday, 4 May 1996

20/288 Casuarina Drive
Nightcliff 0810

G’day folks, 

How’s life down there in sunny Perth? We hope you are both well. We’re just spiffy. It’s “The  Dry”!

There have been a number of unequivocal signs to verify this. Firstly, on Thursday evening  21 March our balcony was engulfed in a hovering swarm of dragon-flies which according to Margie is – a sure-fired sign that “The Dry” is on … Read the rest ... “The Darwin Letters No. 12”

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1990s Darwin Writing

The Darwin Letters No. 3

Boxes of books waiting to be unpacked into Billy Bookcases
We had quite a few boxes of books taken up to Darwin. This is during the unpacking. We put them into our Billy bookcases. The bookcases survived but the humidity gave the long shelves quite a bow (IKEA redesigned them in later years). The VCR sitting on the state of the art TV proved to be invaluable for entertainment in Darwin. 28 November 1994.

The Actual Letters…

or at least the first of them

If you’ve missed it, this series starts here.

Welcome to the third instalment in this series.

I’ve changed my mind several times, wrestling with how best to present this series of stories from when Trenna and I lived in tropical Darwin.

I’ve now decided I will do it by publishing, in the order they were written and sent, the letters Trenna wrote to my Mum and Dad.

We later … Read the rest ... “The Darwin Letters No. 3”