18^th January 2017 – Perth to Singapore/Kuala Lumpur

We were sad to leave Phil and Becks and Australia and said our final farewells before they both departed for work. 

By the time we had arrived at the airport we had driven 531 km in the Northern Territory, 2424 km in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland and 3928 km in Western Australia a total of 6883 km (4302 miles) and enjoyed the journey, culture, scenery and climate, the hospitality of my relatives and the friendliness of Australians in general.

Sheila on route to Kuala Lumpur

However, the Australian experience is certainly not over and there is plenty more to see and enjoy. “We’ll be back”.

On the flight to Singapore we both watched “Queen of Katwa”, a true and moving story about a girl from the Ugandan Katwa slum who becomes a chess Grand Master.

As I finished this blog Sheila caught up with the final part of “The Lost World of Joseph Banks” the naturalist, explorer, collector, patron and President of the Royal Society and who funded and accompanied Cook on his expedition to Australia.  Although I haven’t seen the full documentary yet I now know what a Banksia flower looks like, named after Sir Joseph Banks.

Banksia

"Room with a view"