Beaming back to Victoria

The errant (I wish! – We have been working waaay too much to be errant!) travellers return to sunny (?) Melbourne tomorrow. Our journey back begins at 4.45am tomorrow morning, with a four and half hour drive from Yulara to Alice Springs. We will then pass the van over to Amanda (God bless her) and hop onto a shuttle bus which takes us to the airport. We board the plane to Melbourne at approximately 11.00 am. We arrive Melbourne at 3.05 pm. My mumma is picking Kristy and I up from the airport and taking us back to her place, where, after travelling for over ten hours, we will be able to relax. I am assured by my mother that wine is chilling in the refrigerator (I will need it). She has chocolate for Kristy (I may have some of that too). Please explain to me again WHY we are not flying directly from Yulara to Melbourne???

There was an amazing storm here today. I was massaging a guest, and was looking outside as the storm raced through. Lightening, thunder, wind whipping the trees, torrents falling from the sky, the works! That guest had a very memorable experience – getting a one hour massage while a storm raged through the desert!

Ummm... have just thought... hope there is road access to Alice Springs, so we make our flight. Perhaps we won’t be beaming back to Vic tomorrow after all! Nah, it IS the desert! The rain on the road will dry up quickly. All will be fine.

I am soooooo excited about Mel’s wedding. And seeing little Elle! It is going to be the best!

It will also be good to spend some time with Kristy, well I hope I can anyway. Between us, with our jobs, we are just not seeing each other. We leave notes to communicate now! Although K did come in and have lunch with me today, and it was great to see her, if only for half an hour. Both of us, though, have a lot to do when in Victoria, so even then we may not spend heaps of time together. Perhaps after the ten hours of travelling together, this will be a good thing??? Just kidding – Kristy and I actually travel really well together. We sing, play cards (sometimes both together!), do puzzles, eat, chat and drink lots of diet coke!

Oh I am back in Melbourne tomorrow! I get to see shops! Lot’s of shops! I get to eat Thai food! I get to order a pizza and have it delivered! I get to walk down the street and no-one will know me, or will wonder who I am! I get to see tame dogs and cats! I get to watch a BIG TV screen! I know I will miss the heat and quietness of Yulara, but it will be good to see civilisation again, even if it only for a short time.